https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article572.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article572.html 2008-03-10T06:28:01Z text/html en Jayati Ghosh <p>This was supposed to be a “people-friendly” Budget. After all, the government has completed nearly four years of its tenure and this was almost its last chance to make good on its promises to the people in the National Common Minimum Programme. And then, general elections are due after a year. So even the most basic political sense should have ensured a Union Budget with allocations that would benefit the people. <br class='autobr' /> But the surprise is that, going beyond the verbiage of the budget speech, (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique52.html" rel="directory">March 8, 2008</a>