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Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey write: Let's separate rights from freebies
July 14, 2023 10:38 am
Rajasthan government's promise of bringing in a Minimum Income Guarantee Law is welcome. Next, it must enact the repeatedly-promised accountability law
Time for a re-set
May 22, 2022 9:54 am
P Chidambaram writes: We cannot depart from the path of an open, liberal and market-based economy. That would be suicidal. Yet, we must take stock and, considering the global and domestic developments, re-set our economic policies. That requires the courage, clarity and speed of 1991
Wealth tax on top rich could fund Congress’s plan for poor: paper
March 27, 2019 11:52 am
Despite having some ability to benefit a section of the economically worse off, the researchers say, it is mostly a “political stunt” and limited in its ability to tackle income inequality.
India has highest number of poor despite 27 crore moving out of poverty in 10 years: report
March 27, 2019 8:33 am
In India, poverty reduction among children, the poorest states, Scheduled Tribes, and Muslims was fastest, the report says.
There is a way to deliver a minimum income guarantee — but Congress hasn’t found it
March 27, 2019 9:00 am
Instead of embarking on a massive administrative exercise with uncertain benefits, it is possible to think of another combination of public interventions that would actually ensure minimum income to a much larger proportion of the population.
Not so basic
March 27, 2019 12:45 am
Inequality deepens faultlines, but a handout, framed as rich versus poor, is hardly the answer
'Aay pe charcha': Sheila Dikshit lauds Rahul's promise, says biggest decision ever to benefit poor
March 26, 2019 9:23 pm
Congress leader Rajesh Lilothia told reporters that the party will launch a programme called 'Aay pe charcha' which will focus on providing employment opportunities in the country.
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