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in today featured cartoonAlok Nirantar weighs in on what Nirmala Sitharaman offered India’s middle class in the 2022-23 budget – next to nothing – after posting a record GST collection of Rs 1.40 lakh crore in January, which she says, was possible because of the “rapid economic recovery”.
EP Unny wonders if Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget for 2022-23, presented on Tuesday, will turn out to be ‘upyogi‘ (beneficial) for the ruling BJP in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said last month that UP plus Yogi (Adityanath, the CM) was a ‘upyogi‘ combination.
Satish Acharya also comments on election considerations for UP CM Adityanath as he builds on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement highlighting the importance of the budget in relation to the upcoming Assembly polls.
Sajith Kumar reflects on India’s jobs crisis – after the 2021-22 economic survey highlighted a surge in jobs data – alluding to protests that have erupted in UP and Bihar against alleged discrepancies in Railway Recruitment Board Stage 1 NTPC exam results.
R. Prasad uses a BJP campaign slogan to comment on the Income Tax Department’s raids on businessmen allegedly linked to Samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav.
After US President Joe Biden warns Russian President Vladimir Putin about rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Sandeep Adhwaryu hints at US withdrawal from Afghanistan and takeover of the country by the Taliban to show mocking laughter at Russia, Pakistan, China and the Taliban.