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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar takes a dig at Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement ahead of Union Budget 2023 that she identified herself as middle class and that the current government had not imposed any tax on those who earn below Rs 5 lakh annually.
Satish Acharya, too, makes light of the Finance Minister’s comment as he draws attention of how rising unemployment, loss of income and price rise is breaking the backs of the middle class families.
Kirtish Bhatt spotlights Oxfam India’s report on inequality which says only 5 per cent of Indians hold more than 60 per cent of the country’s wealth, while the lowest 50 per cent of the population owns only 3 per cent. In the illustration, a couple is pointing out to a man sleeping contently, saying that he must be happy on hearing a half-baked truth that the poor hold 60 per cent wealth.
R. Prasad comments on law minister Kiren Rijiju’s recent letter to the SC Collegium suggesting it to consider panels with government representatives to advise on appointments of judges.
Sandeep Adhwaryu attacks the Centre’s order to pull down ISRO’s report on sinking of Joshimath in Uttarakhand. Government organisations and scientific groups have received orders from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) not to communicate with the media or post information on social media about land subsidence at Joshimath.