New Delhi, March 18 -- Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday sharply criticized the social security policies of the Modi government, highlighting the weakening of pension and welfare schemes over the past 12 years.
"Over the past nearly 12 years of the Modi government's tenure, several social security schemes have gradually weakened, or have been deliberately weakened," Ramesh said in a post on handle X. "Even a basic facility like pensions has remained largely unchanged for a long time despite rising inflation," he said.
Ramesh pointed out that this has had a direct impact on elderly and economically weaker pensioners, who are among the most vulnerable sections of society. "In the current period, when inflation is at its peak...