Modi unveils plan to boost India’s economy - Asia Times
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It promised free food for the migrant workers for two months. A ration card, which has been in works for more than a year, would help the poor get cheap grain anywhere in the country. But it’ll take another three months to implement. Yet, workers who earned nothing over the past two months and returned to their villages, many walking thousands of miles, weren’t helped with any cash in hand. This is seen as major lacunae in the package. Measures such as inexpensive rental housing and national ration cards for migrant workers and the urban poor can only be implemented over the longer term. The government has promised to hasten tax refunds, which may have been held back due to inefficiency, and cut immediate provident fund contributions, thereby increasing cash in hand. Experts say the steps are not as meaningful as they appear and are mainly aimed at boosting morale.
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