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BJP’s Christian Outreach- Genuine Initiative or Clever Politics for Votes- A Podcast

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Greetings to all listeners and readers!! BJP has been trying very hard to execute its Hindutva project and othering of minorities for years. At this juncture, the BJP is trying to expand its foothold in new regions and among new communities like never ever before. Since the early 2020s, BJP has been trying to reach out to the Christian community mainly through the clergy and leaders of the Church. Understanding this topic is needed to understand whether it is in fact a genuine step to integrate a community into its policy-making or it is solely for votes for which the concerns of the community might be taken granted for. This podcast episode will dive through these topics directly from the expert on all these topics.  About The Guest  Joseph Jose- I s the co-founder and secretary of the NGO Asian MUN Circuit and he is a professional trader Adv. Mukund Rajesh- Has experience in various political parties and currently is the legal officer at a Commercial Bank Read the Newscapsule of the
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Important takeaways from Indian Financial Budget 2021

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On February 1st 2021, the Finance Minister of India, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the financial budget for the financial year 2021-2022. It was a significant budget this time as the country is going through the biggest pandemic of the century. On 29th January, the minister had submitted the Economic Survey for the year 2020-2021.  Credits- The Indian Wire Challenges to the budget Economic revival  Increase public spending  Employment generation  Fiscal deficit (9.5%) The main takeaways from the budget A major push for digitalisation, as the FM read out the budget from a Made in India tablet. An app was also unveiled for people to know and understand the budget as well.  The speech was just over one and a half hours.  Increase in Health spending for this year at Rs 2.2 lakh Cr and Rs 35,000 Cr for Covid-19 vaccination.  Introduction of PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana for improving healthcare infrastructure.  No change in Income tax slabs this year. Exemption for senior citizens
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