Budget 2021: Rejigging Social Sector Spending Priorities in the Wake of COVID-19
Besides the health sector, which obviously needs to be strengthened, both NREGA and NRLM deserve an allocation boost.
A woman worker in the construction sector. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Preparation for the presentation of Union Budget 2021-22 is underway.
Unlike in the past, it is expected that the priorities of this yearâs budget will be different. The pandemic-battered Indian economy is struggling to bring itself back on track due to its falling GDP growth rate, the rise in unemployment and the impact that COVID-19 has left on peopleâs health. While COVID-19, followed by the lockdown, has contracted Indiaâs GDP and revenue, demand for jobs, especially in the rural sector, and a shortage of health infrastructure need greater attention of the government.
The Mamata firewall against central welfare schemes
The Mamata firewall against central welfare schemes | India Today Insight
Why the West Bengal chief minister is keeping her state away from the Modi government’s welfare benefits
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UPDATED: December 29, 2020 00:31 IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public meeting, in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, Dec. 16 (ANI)
On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, saying it was preventing central benefits, under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, from reaching the state’s 7 million famers. Modi said the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) as well as the Left parties and the Congress were playing petty politics over the central grant, which entitles farmers to a dole of Rs 6,000 every year.
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USHA Silai School Along With Governments Of Meghalaya And West Bengal Takes Up Skill Development For Uplifting Thousands Of Women
USHA Silai School Along With Governments Of Meghalaya And West Bengal Takes Up Skill Development For Uplifting Thousands Of Women Written by Barkha Mathur | Updated: December 23, 2020 11:37 IST
New Delhi:
41-year-old Rejlin Warjri hailing from Umran Dairy village of Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya had to give up education after completing primary school because of the financial battles her family of 10 people was going through after her father s death. She was compelled to work at a tea stall at a very young age to earn a livelihood and contribute to putting bread on the table for her family. As she worked hard for survival, she managed to save some money which helped her learn basics of sewing, get a sewing machine on rent and start small scale cloth alteration and repair business which helped her earn about Rs. 3,000-4,000 a m