#welfare-benefits
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…
Petition challenges move to link welfare benefits to SIR
Calcutta High Court hears PIL against stopping ration and Annapurna Bhandar benefits for people excluded in SIR ahead of 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.