Chidambaram counters FM, says social sector spending dipped ‘as a proportion’ after 2014-15

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday hit back at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for stating that the NDA government’s developmental expenditure was higher than that under the UPA regime, asserting that as a proportion, social services expenditure had plummeted after 2014-15. Citing the Reserve Bank…