51 cow universities, old pension scheme, jobs – what RSS affiliates want from 2023 Budget

New Delhi: Various affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have not held back while presenting their wishlists to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the 2023-24 Budget, which she will present on 1 February next year, ThePrint has learnt. From the setting up of 51 cow-centric universities, to an inflation-linked increase in the minimum support income for farmers under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, to measures to discourage Chinese imports, to creating more jobs — these are just a fraction of the demands from Sangh Parivar bodies during Sitharaman's pre-Budget consultations with several stakeholder groups, held between 21…