Budget 2017
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Reading between the lines: Forget the rhetoric, this is no Budget for India's poor
India's social-sector spending remains woefully low and despite claims of being a pro-farmer Budget, the effective allocations are nearly the same as last year.
Harsh Mander
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Budget fine print: A Rs 2-crore home in Mumbai could qualify for affordable housing subsidies
By defining affordable housing by size rather than cost, has the government defeated the very purpose of the measure?
Gurbir Singh
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In budget 2017, Arun Jaitley gave flailing public health programmes little hope
The finance minister gave the health ministry Rs 10,000 crores more this year, but that is still less than health allocation in 2011.
Indranil Mukhopadhyay
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Kalakshetra abuse controversy should force a rethink of power hierarchies in ‘classical’ dance world
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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The dark side of wind energy along Gujarat’s coast
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Is ‘glass skin’ achievable? A dermatologist answers this and other skincare questions in a new book
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Adani is merely a front for PM Modi, alleges Arvind Kejriwal citing ‘BJP leader’
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Budget 2017: Crafty politicians can bend the new rules on political funding even in their sleep
The new rules, such as a cap of Rs 2,000 on individual contributions and introduction of electoral bonds, have plenty of caveats.
Rebecca Brown, Milan Vaishnav & qz.com
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'Jai Shri Gram' and commando Modi: How front pages covered Budget 2017
A look at newspaper coverage of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's fourth Budget.
Scroll Staff
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Budget 2017: The Election Commission has a lesson to learn from Trump's America
The Budget shows why the poll body should have accepted the Opposition’s request to postpone its presentation till after the Assembly elections.
Ajaz Ashraf
Video
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Watch: Fire spreads through hotel in Indore, rescuers evacuate trapped guests with ladders
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Watch: Trapped miners rescued from collapsed gold mine in Congo as onlookers cheer in relief
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Watch: Israeli commando units stage undersea protest against government’s judicial overhaul plans
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Watch: Rescuer scales 65-foot telecom tower in Pune to save bird tangled in kite string
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Watch: Major pipeline bursts in Mumbai’s Mulund, sends water gushing high into the air
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Jaitley's Budget does little to reduce pain of demonetisation – but brings relief to Opposition
Opposition had feared the BJP would announce populist measures that could sway voters in the five states going to the polls this month.
Anita Katyal
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What to expect from the budget's Mahila Shakti Kendras: Not much, say activists
If Rs 500 crore is allocated to 14 lakh anganwadis, it amounts to just Rs 3,571 for setting up each women's empowerment centre.
Aarefa Johari
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Will the Rs 2,000 cap on cash donations for political parties bring more transparency in the system?
In the absence of a cap on the number of such payments or making details of the donors known, old loopholes remain.
Abhishek Dey
The Reel
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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After the 'bold move' of demonetisation, this Budget played it safe – thank god for that
There’s more prudence and less profligacy in Arun Jaitley’s financial outlay for the coming financial year.
Anupam Gupta
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The government still needs to find the money to eliminate TB and kala azar
Health experts say the budget plan to eliminate TB by 2025 is ambitious. They are also flummoxed by the finance minister's announcement on leprosy.
Menaka Rao & Priyanka Vora
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For rural and farm sectors, no dramatic increase in spending nor any fresh ideas
Like the rural employment guarantee scheme, allocations to rural infrastructure have largely been maintained previous levels, say experts.
Anumeha Yadav & Mridula Chari
The Field
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Table tennis nationals: Sreeja Akula clinches singles, doubles titles; G Sathiyan wins singles gold
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Sports world daily: IOC backs Russia’s return as neutral athletes; Messi scores 100th Argentina goal
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Football: Chhetri, Jhingan score as India win Tri-Nation title; Women’s team loses to Uzbekistan
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Spain Masters Super 300: Another chance for PV Sindhu to find her groove, Satwik-Chirag eye deep run
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Indian football: Sunil Chhetri – ‘My hunger to score is the same as it has always been’