Extremely Disappointing, A Damp Squib: Tharoor On Union Budget 2022-23
Mumbai: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the Union Budget is “extremely disappointing, a moist satire” and has nothing in it.
Talking to ANI, the Congress MP said that there is no mention of MGNREGA, defence or any other urgent priorities before the public.
“Extremely disappointing, a damp squib! There seems to be absolutely nothing in this Budget. It’s an astonishingly disappointing Budget. When you listen to the speech, no mention of MGNREGA, of Defence, of any other urgent priorities facing the public,” said Tharoor.
He further said that the country have to wait for 25 more years for ‘acche din’ to arrive.
“We are facing terrible inflation and there’s no tax relief for the middle class. This is a Budget that seems to be pushing the mirage of ‘achhe din’ even farther away. Now it’s India at 100, we’ll have to wait for 25 more years for ‘acche din’ to arrive,” said the Congress MP.
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“Very clear that as far as digital currency is concerned, Government was heading in that direction. To the best of my knowledge, a reasonable proposition, I don’t think we will be criticising that. But we are more concerned about lack of substance for common citizens in Budget,” he added.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said India has set a target of reducing the fiscal deficit to 6.4 per cent of GDP in 2022-23 from an estimated 6.9 per cent in the current fiscal.
The fiscal deficit for the current financial year 2021-22 has been revised to 6.9 per cent of GDP, as against 6.8 per cent in the budget estimate.
(With ANI Inputs)
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