Nirmala Sitharaman needs to announce bold measures for undertaking additional public spending on an urgent basis
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New tax rates can be introduced instead, especially on the super-rich whose incomes have been relatively less affected
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Increasing budgetary allocations towards Rural Employment Guarantee Act is non-negotiable
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Nirmala Sitharaman should increase allocation for Jal Jeevan Mission substantially
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Why the Union Budget 2021-2022 should increase allocations for child health and nutrition.
This would be the right time to constitute the inclusion funds recommended in National Education Policy, 2020
Children have largely remained unscathed by the virus, but disruptions due to the pandemic and the resultant lockdown have affected aspects of a child’s life and wellbeing
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Only 16% employed women were able to keep their jobs during and after the lockdown as opposed to 60% men
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Nutrition interventions, with an already faltering coverage, hit a blockade due to COVID-19 disruptions; the Union Budget is a critical window for opportunity
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