Raghuram Rajan, Member of Economic Advisory Council to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, on Thursday argued that the Union Budget should have directed more money towards students, who have not been able to continue their education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of directing it towards production-linked incentive schemes to big industries.
“What are we talking about in the 21st century economy, if our children have not finished school? That is the kind of tragedy we must pay attention to, as much as other schemes,” he said, delivering the public lecture on Democracy and Indian Economic Development.
