
‘Budget lacks concern for middle class’
The Hindu
Opposition parties describe it as ‘anti worker’ and ‘anti-people’
There is all-round criticism against the Budget presented by the Union government on Tuesday, with the opposition parties lashing at the Centre for ‘lacking concern’.
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has denounced the Budget as ‘anti-worker’, ‘anti-people’ and termed it ‘destructive’ in nature. Akin to the Economic Survey presented a day before, the Budget reflected an insensitivity to the miseries in the form of huge loss of livelihood, loss of earnings and deepening impoverishment, its members said.

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Under the NBS, newborns are screened for communication disorders before they are discharged from the hospital. For this, AIISH has collaborated with several hospitals to conduct screening which is performed to detect hearing impairment and other developmental disabilities that can affect speech and language development. The screening has been helping in early intervention for those identified with the disorders, as any delay in the identification poses risk and affects successful management of children with hearing loss, according to AIISH.