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As India urbanizes, rural places reclassified as urban should not deprive anyone of welfare benefits

A binary classification of areas as urban or rural doesn’t reflect today’s reality of urbanization, but state programmes still go by it. This could result in abrupt cut-offs from schemes that vulnerable households depend on. Here's what policymakers should co…

By T C A Anant· Livemint· 21 days ago· 2 min read
As India urbanizes, rural places reclassified as urban should not deprive anyone of welfare benefits