Daily-wage workers in Mumbai. Credit: Reuters/Files In the run-up to the 2019 general elections, the fate of India’s welfare system has become a contentious source of debate.
This, in effect, is an illustration of how much has changed in the last decade. Since 2014, the NDA-II government has greatly expanded upon the UPA’s dreams of direct cash transfers in lieu of a subsidy-based ecosystem.
The BJP’s latest policy offering before the Lok Sabha polls was the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana – where India’s small, land-holding farmers will get Rs 6,000 a year in three instalments – a recognition of both […]
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