While SC/ST Budget Allocations Rise Marginally, Caste Realities Remains Unaddressed

Even as SC/ST allocations nominally rise in the Union Budget 2026-27, most funds remain non-targeted, underutilised, and inaccessible to the communities they claim to support


Budget 2026: Women and Marginalised Groups Have Been Shortchanged Again

Overall allocations towards women and girls and their utilisations do not seem to show any qualitative change


Labour In Budget 2026-27: Focus Shifts From Rural Women To Urban Men

Cuts to the MGNREGA funds impact the most vulnerable – rural women in the informal work sector from mostly poor states