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Words missing from the 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.
 

KeywordNumber of citations
20142016
Investment3423
Growth3120
NREGA/employment guarantee21
Nutrition20
Social security10
Children00
Integrated Child Development Services00
Midday meals/school meals00
Maternity/maternity entitlements00
National food security act00
Pensions (other than organized sector)00
National Health Mission01a

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:

 

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