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This government bandies about the slogan Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, all the time. It assures inclusive growth, whereby all groups of people get to participate in the growth process and benefit equitably. That happens when inclusion is embedded in the growth process, and when, in an unequal, poor economy like India, the increase in the incomes of the bottom 40% of the population
The Principal of the Government Pre-university College for Women in Udupi who has barred eight girls from entering their classrooms wearing the hijab has only the college’s uniform code on his side to defend his action.
The focus of Budget 2022-23, presented to Parliament on February 1, is to facilitate “the process of strong growth”. Accordingly, the Budget “seeks to lay the foundation and give a blueprint to steer the economy over the ‘Amrutkaal’ of the next 25 years – from India at 75 to India at 100”.
India has lost a decade chasing multiple, and sometimes contradictory, economic goals
Indian independence was achieved by a commitment to the ideals of democracy and secularism, while the modern Indian State was created to respond to a range of crises, from communalism and poverty to secessionist tendencies and movements. The State’s ability and tendency to centralise power is undermining the country’s democracy