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    The Union Budget 2021-2022 announced the Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) with sets an ambitious target of 2.86 crore urban households receiving safe drinking water through tap connections. In 2019, the Centre had launched the rural version of the mission.

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    If the govt’s hope to create enough ‘jobs’ for the increasingly jobless is through a higher fiscal spending plan that is vaguely defined in the form of a govt-financed infrastructure project pipeline, then, not much is likely to change in months ahead.

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  3. il y a 3 heures

    Even record-breaking cold temperatures have not discouraged the security forces in the Kashmir from routinely conducting cordon and search operations, leaving the ailing, old and children to face the brunt of the chilly conditions. |

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  4. il y a 3 heures

    The neoliberal agenda continues with lower taxation, lower borrowing and efforts at asset sales to finance limited expenditures. It has not worked in the past, and possibly will not in the future. | C.P. Chandrasekhar writes.

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  5. il y a 3 heures

    “Health Care Takes Centre Stage, Finally” was the title of a chapter in the Economic Survey 2020-21, released a few days ago. Sadly, as we look into the details of the budget figures, that does not seem to be the case, despite all the talk.

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  6. il y a 4 heures

    Compared to last year, the share of agriculture and allied activities in the total budget fell from 5.1% to 4.3%. In absolute terms, the allocation fell from Rs 1.54 lakh crores to Rs 1.48 lakh crores.

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  7. il y a 4 heures

    “Despite the huge farmers’ protests and deep discontent at their economic plight, the government of India gave the lowest priority to agriculture in this budget,” the statement released after the analysis session read.

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  8. il y a 4 heures

    The unions which have been at the forefront of the farmers’ struggle against agri-marketing reforms for the last six months have expressed disappointment over the Union budget for agriculture presented today.

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  9. il y a 4 heures

    The fiscal consolidation through expenditure compression rather than increased tax buoyancy affects its quality. Allowing the fiscal deficit to rise above the threshold level of 3% of GDP, without significant expenditure compression, is welcome.

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  10. il y a 4 heures

    A slew of Twitter accounts were withheld by the social media site in response to legal demands today. By 9 pm, however, most of the accounts were back and functional. It is not known as to what triggered the reversal of the decision.

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  11. il y a 4 heures

    Out of 5 key ministries examined — Health, Women and Child, Education, Agriculture and Rural Development — the budgetary allocations of three have decreased in comparison to the budgetary allocations they received last year. Here's The Wire’s analysis.

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  12. il y a 4 heures

    The govt is hoping its big spend on infrastructure – physical and social – will create new incomes and lead to more spending. A mix of heavy market borrowings and raising resource, this Budget has been the most business friendly one in decades. |

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  13. il y a 5 heures

    In Budget 2021-22, the allocation for ‘health and wellbeing’ increased a stunning 137%. However, this figure is the result of clubbing the allocations for the Ministry of AYUSH, drinking water and sanitation and nutrition all under the head of ‘health’.

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  14. il y a 5 heures

    "Dear Jailer Saheb, Journalists with a free voice, who are known to speak truth to power, are being picked up by their very own police in the dead of night. Be careful how you treat these free voices," writes.

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  15. il y a 5 heures

    Skimming through the last budget (FY 2020-21) shows that since the Central government had spent – uniformly – far less in the region in the past financial year. The budget allocation for the northeast in FY 2021-22 has also dipped under most heads.

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  16. il y a 6 heures

    On Jan 31, several journalists registered their condemnation against the arrest of independent reporter Mandeep Punia. They gathered outside the Delhi Police headquarters and called for his release. The Wire spoke to the protesting journalists.

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  17. il y a 6 heures

    India’s vaccination drive began on January 16. The current pace of vaccination is around 0.1-0.2 million doses a day – nowhere near the required 3.3 million. Why could this be so? | Dileep Mavalankar

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  18. il y a 6 heures

    Keeping in sight the assembly elections in 4 states which will be crucial to BJP's strive to expand the party’s footprint in newer areas, announced a number of multi-crore, central infrastructure allocations to WB, Kerala, TN and Assam.

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  19. il y a 6 heures

    There is no ‘bad news’ in the Budget 2021 – a euphemism for the fact that there is no COVID-19 cess or a hike in income tax rates – but the average consumer has not been left with more money in her pocket. Who are the big winners and losers?

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  20. il y a 7 heures

    . breaks down how much the Centre promised to spend on key sectors and certain flagship welfare schemes over the last year few years, how much it actually expects to spend, and how much it has promised to spend in the year ahead.

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