jean-dreze | SabrangIndia https://sabrangindia.in/content-author/jean-dreze-8306/ News Related to Human Rights Tue, 01 Mar 2016 04:10:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://sabrangindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Favicon_0.png jean-dreze | SabrangIndia https://sabrangindia.in/content-author/jean-dreze-8306/ 32 32 Words missing from the budget: social security, nutrition, children https://sabrangindia.in/words-missing-budget-social-security-nutrition-children/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 04:10:48 +0000 http://localhost/sabrangv4/2016/03/01/words-missing-budget-social-security-nutrition-children/ The latest Budget speech perpetuates a chronic blindness to basic social needs. Children are not mentioned at all and nor are (say) nutrition, social security or maternity entitlements.   Keyword Number of citations 2014 2016 Investment 34 23 Growth 31 20 NREGA/employment guarantee 2 1 Nutrition 2 0 Social security 1 0 Children 0 0 […]

The post Words missing from the budget: social security, nutrition, children appeared first on SabrangIndia.

]]> The latest Budget speech perpetuates a chronic blindness to basic social needs. Children are not mentioned at all and nor are (say) nutrition, social security or maternity entitlements.
 

Keyword Number of citations
2014 2016
Investment 34 23
Growth 31 20
NREGA/employment guarantee 2 1
Nutrition 2 0
Social security 1 0
Children 0 0
Integrated Child Development Services 0 0
Midday meals/school meals 0 0
Maternity/maternity entitlements 0 0
National food security act 0 0
Pensions (other than organized sector) 0 0
National Health Mission 0 1a

a “Funds will be made available through PPP mode under the National Health Mission, to provide dialysis services in all district hospitals.”

The 2016-17 budget also continues the long-standing trend of ignoring the social sector at the expense of defence:

 

The post Words missing from the budget: social security, nutrition, children appeared first on SabrangIndia.

]]>