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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: Exploring the Key Highlights of the Union Budget 2024: Part 2
Description: As the dust settles on the proposals that the Finance Minister made in the Budget earlier this month, some aspects have become clearer while questions remain on others.Budget 2024-25 saw several initiatives around employment and skilling being proposed. Do these form a good first step in addressing the jobs challenge the country faces? Or should the government have begun addressing the problem at the level of primary school and worked upwards?Guest: Amit Basole, Professor of Economics at Azim Premji UniversityHost: K. Bharat KumarEdited by Jude Francis Weston<...