Best of BS Opinion: Fiscal consolidation risks, return of millets, and more

The Union government last week decided to discontinue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. In this context, our lead editorial notes that discontinuing the scheme, which was essentially a temporary measure, will result in significant savings, but the government has decided to extend its free-of-cost aspect to distribution under the National Food Security Act for a year, starting January 1, 2023. Such a decision at this stage should have been avoided. Read here
 

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