00873nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100004500041245005600086260003200142300003400174520052300208773003200731260612b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aVaibhav, Vikash and Kaushik, Arun Kumar  aRevisiting inclusiveness: Some preliminary findings aEconomic & Political Weekly a61(20), May 16, 2026: p.26-30 aHorizontal inclusiveness across various socio-economic groups in receiving the benefits of government welfare policies is examined using the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022–23. Contrary to popular perception that “freebies” are designed to woo the marginalised, data finds that welfare benefits in the form of high-value durable items are disproportionately cornered by more well-off sections of society. – Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/20/commentary/revisiting-inclusiveness.html  aEconomic & Political Weekly