Empty Budget : Farmers Unions Allege Centre Gave Least Priority to Agriculture
The share of agriculture and allied activities in the total budget fell from 5.1% last year to 4.3%.
Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav at Ghazipur border in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Photo: PTI
Economy01/Feb/2021
Mohali: The unions which have been at the forefront of the farmersâ struggle against agri-marketing reforms for the last six months have expressed disappointment over the Union budget for agriculture presented today.
In a pre-budget and post-budget analysis, farmersâ leaders Yogendra Yadav, Avik Saha, Kavita Kuruganthi, Kiran Vissa and other agricultural experts said that the Union budget presented on Monday âhas proved the farmersâ apprehensions right â that this government is on a path of withdrawing support to agriculture, not strengthening it.â
Budget 2021 Utterly Disregards the Education Catastrophe Inflicted by COVID-19
Is it not amply clear that the fall-out from such persistent neglect of education is bound to create serious social and economic problems with long lasting effects?
Students wearing protective face masks are seen inside a classroom of a government-run school after authorities ordered schools to reopen voluntarily for classes 9 to 12, in Gurugram, India October 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Education02/Feb/2021
âNo surprisesâ seems to be the hashtag for this yearâs budget, as echoed by the giants of Indian industry on TV channels, as they heave sighs of relief and project hope for an economic recovery. No surprises, because the government proceeded on a mostly business as usual plan, reiterating its commitment to privatisation â albeit more openly â focussing on incentives to corporates, including labour reforms, no COVID-19 cess and plenty of other platitudes amoun
Ten takeaways from a Budget aiming for growth
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget 2021 speech, which ran into 17,031 words, holds several new ideas to get the economy going again. Though, it could have done without higher import duties. Here’s a one-stop shop for the most important details of the Budget.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget 2021 speech, which ran into 17,031 words, holds several new ideas to get the economy going again. Though, it could have done without higher import duties. Here’s a one-stop shop for the most important details of the Budget.
COVID knocked out tourism, can Budget 2021 revive it?
Several experts are of the view that the sector may take 3-4 years to fully recover and are expecting the Centre to grant long pending demand for industry status to the sector as well as lower GST rates, thereby giving direct relief, particularly to hotels
BusinessToday.In | February 1, 2021 | Updated 07:33 IST
The tourism and hospitality industry is seeking extensive support from the government in wake of unprecedented damage done by coronavirus crisis
The tourism and hospitality industry, which is one of the most-affected sectors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has pinned high hopes on the Budget 2021.