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The article does not state who came up with this great idea of Urban MGNREGA. If it is the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea, I would say that he is the worst populist politician after UPA. Indira Gandhi spoke lot of populism and spoke of Garibi Hatao. She did not spend anything to follow as she had no clue about eradication of poverty. UPA found a way of drainign the treasury by distributing largess through MGNREGA. Now, Modi has to do better than UPA. I am sorry to note that the originality of thinking which prevailed in Modi 1.0 has been lost. Now, BJP is no different from Congress. Little wonder that India has no money for defence upgradation while the enemy is standing at the gate.
Ila ma’am has argued well. However, it would be great to know what she’d suggest to address the collapse of incomes of urban poor. In her earlier videos ma’am has suggested that getting people out to work and spend safely is the best stimulus there is. Seems like vaccine is atleast 6 months away, what do we do?
The article does not state who came up with this great idea of Urban MGNREGA. If it is the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea, I would say that he is the worst populist politician after UPA. Indira Gandhi spoke lot of populism and spoke of Garibi Hatao. She did not spend anything to follow as she had no clue about eradication of poverty. UPA found a way of drainign the treasury by distributing largess through MGNREGA. Now, Modi has to do better than UPA. I am sorry to note that the originality of thinking which prevailed in Modi 1.0 has been lost. Now, BJP is no different from Congress. Little wonder that India has no money for defence upgradation while the enemy is standing at the gate.
Ila ma’am has argued well. However, it would be great to know what she’d suggest to address the collapse of incomes of urban poor. In her earlier videos ma’am has suggested that getting people out to work and spend safely is the best stimulus there is. Seems like vaccine is atleast 6 months away, what do we do?