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budget in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram pushed forward five demands from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

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Chidambaram demanded that a minimum wage of ₹400 per day be fixed in the country. He also demanded a legally guaranteed MSP and that interests on unpaid education loans be written off till March 2024. He demanded abolition of the Agnipath Scheme and scrapping of NEET.

The former finance minister said that if some states want NEET, they can have it but let others scrap it. Chidambaram raised serious concerns about the Indian economy and lamented that the budget has presented a rosy picture while ignoring facts.

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He also expressed his reservation on the newly introduced employee-linked incentives to encourage new jobs. «It is an inspiring idea, but it does not inspire confidence that you will be able to place 290 lakh people under the ELI scheme as described,» he said. Raising questions on the recent RBI report claiming 4.67 crore jobs were created in 2023-24, he cited an example of UP where 50 lakh applications came for