Employees' unions oppose govt plan to sell shares in LIC

-PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will be listed as part of the…

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Union Budget 2020-21: Total rural budgetary allocation, including MGNREGA slashed -Jitendra

-Down to Earth This comes even as rural India is suffering its worst unemployment crisis in 45 years The Union…

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Examining the FM's plan to double farmers' income in two years -Ashok Gulati

-The Indian Express The FM’s other ideas for agriculture, especially on Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), which she repeated this…

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Health sees minuscule increase; govt to privatise district hospitals -Sumi Sukanya Dutta

-The New Indian Express The proposal, mentioned in the Budget, has raised doubts. NEW DELHI: The idea to privatise district…

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Deposit insurance cover raised to Rs.5 lakh

-The Hindu The first increase in 27 years assumes significance in the wake of the crisis at PMC Bank Mumbai:…

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A Budget exercise that is designed for stressed times -TT Ram Mohan

-The Hindu The FM deserves credit for keeping the capital expenditure steady amid receipts shortfall; but her plan does not…

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Dream of promised land shattered for M.P. tribals -Sidharth Yadav

-The Hindu State govt. upends park rehabilitation policy, declares 39 displaced families ineligible after 20 years Bhopal: Displaced from his…

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Farmers' group not impressed with Union Budget 2020-21

-Press released by All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) dated 1st February, 2020 Delhi, February 1st 2020: Budget fails…

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Aruna Roy bereaved of her sister -Mohammed Iqbal

-The Hindu ‘Barefoot College’s archives bear testimony to Ms. Lindsay’s methodical and painstaking work’ Manya Jayaram Lindsay, younger sister of…

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Economic Survey sources data from Wikipedia, other private entities

-PTI The Survey is also marked by quotes from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Rig Veda, Adam Smith’s ‘An Inquiry into the…

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Budget 2020: Income tax slabs lowered for those who forgo exemptions

-The Hindu Announcing new income tax proposals in the Union Budget 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the new…

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CAA-NPR-NRC will harm de-notified and nomadic tribes the most -Varsha Torgalkar

-Newsclick.in In Maharashtra, most DNTs don’t have houses or villages, no ID cards or birth or land certificates. Not even…

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Explained: How the government plans to reboot the economy with this budget -Udit Misra

-The Indian Express Boosting consumption by leaving people with higher disposable incomes is the key strategy The fine print of…

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Rural India reels under economic slump -Avani Kapur, Meghna Paul & Vastav Irava

-Hindustan Times Currently, two of the Government of India’s (GoI) largest schemes focussed on reviving the rural economy have been…

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MGNREGA allocation slashed by Rs. 9,500 crore in the Union Budget 2020-21, allege Right to Work activists

-Press release by Peoples’ Action for Employment Guarantee dated 1 February, 2020 The Peoples’ Action for Employment Guarantee is distressed…

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