Budget 2022-23 What Is in it for the People, Part V – Proposal for an  Alternate, People-Centric Budget
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Budget 2022-23 What Is in it for the People, Part V – Proposal for an Alternate, People-Centric Budget

If the government partially withdraws some of the concessions / subsidies / transfers of public wealth being given to the rich, and imposes some additional taxes on them, it can raise enough additional revenues to finance a big hike in its social sector expenditures.

No Roadmap in Budget to Increase Farmers’ Income
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No Roadmap in Budget to Increase Farmers’ Income

Kabir Agarwal   While the broad consensus among economists was that the government needed to focus on putting money in the hands of those who are at the bottom of the pyramid, the 2020–21 budget has stayed away from making any such commitments.   The focus, in particular, had to be on providing a fillip…