Budget Has Nothing For Poor, Farmers, Middle Class: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
The Congress leader, citing government figures, said that between 2018-2020, more than 25,000 Indians died by suicide or debt
Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said that there is nothing in the Union Budget for the poor, farmers and middle class.
“Budget documents are supposed to be a roadmap for the future, but here I haave found that there may be a map but there is no road in this budget,” Choudhary said. The Budget document is nothing but a sheer rigmarole and rumbling stories much to the confusion of common people.”
“The budget, which came against the backdrop of retail inflation of over six per cent, has done nothing to contain the rise in prices. Unemployment and inflation have crossed record highs. We can summarize the budget as zero,” he added.
Referring to the National Survey Report of September 2021, he said that the average income of farmers is only Rs 27 per day and the average loan of a farmer is Rs 74,000.
“The national survey report of September 2021 states that the average income of farmers is only Rs 27/day and the average debt of a farmer is Rs 74,000. The double whammy is that the cost of cultivation per hectare increased Rs 25,000/hectare/year. Do you have any answers? In seven years, Modi Government has fleeced the farmers of an additional Rs 17,50,000 crore,” he said.
He further said that the budget is a cruel joke on the poor, working and salaried class, middle class, farmers, migrant workers of the country.
The Congress leader, citing government figures, said that between 2018-2020, more than 25,000 Indians died by suicide or debt.
“According to the data, suicides among the unemployed have been increasing and touched a high of 3,548 in 2020. The growing stress due to unemployment is in line with the persistently high levels of unemployment -acknowledged even by the Government’s own annual surveys known as the Periodic Labour Force Survey,” he said.
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