Labour, livelihoods, and employment in the 2021–22 Union Budget

Basole, Amit (2021) Labour, livelihoods, and employment in the 2021–22 Union Budget. Economic and Political Weekly, 56 (9). pp. 43-47. ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

Coming in the midst of the immense damage inflicted on the Indian economy by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021–22 Union Budget needed to perform the unenviable task of compensating households for massive livelihood losses as well as stimulating economic growth while maintaining some fiscal discipline. As it turned out, the government chose to focus on the second and third goals and largely ignored the first.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Basole, Amit
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Budget 2021, Union Budget 2021–22, COVID-19, economy, COVID-19 lockdown, workers, labour, livelihoods, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), unemployment, capital expenditure
Subjects:	Social sciences > Economics Social sciences > Economics > Macroeconomics & related topics > Factors affecting income and wealth > Poverty
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Arts and Sciences
Full Text Status:	Restricted
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7432
Publisher URL:	https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/9/budget-2021%E2%8...

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