Budget 2021 hasn't done enough to fix India's employment crisis, say experts
Budget 2021 hasn’t done enough to fix India’s employment crisis, say experts The budgetary allocation for 2021-’22 for the rural jobs programme is 35% lower than the 2020-’21 revised estimate. Representational image. | Sivaram V/Reuters The 34% rise in capital expenditure promised in the 2021-’22 Budget – from Rs 4.12 lakh crore in 2020-’21 to Rs 5.54 lakh crore – may not do much to resolve the employment crisis caused by the pandemic-led lockdown, our analysis shows. The push for big, long-gestation infrastructure projects is good but may not result in man...