Aurangabad : The country’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for the upcoming financial year in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. On the budget, public representatives and leaders of Shiv Sena, MIM, Congress, giving a mixed reaction, raised many questions on the budget. At the same time, BJP MLA Atul Save told that the budget of the Center is in the interest of the middle class, farmers and entrepreneurs.
District MP Imtiyaz Jaleel, while reacting to the budget, said that the salaried people expecting some relaxations in the income tax slabs have got a big disappointment. Because, that’s where people pay taxes immediately. Instead of giving relief to the common man by reducing the prices of petroleum products and gas cylinders from inflation suppressed budget, he has made the rich people of the country happy by reducing the customs duty for polished diamonds and jewellery. MP Jalil said that there has been a massive loss of business, industry and general public during the Corona period. In such a situation, these people were expected to get a big relief from the budget presented on Tuesday. At the same time, the government is promoting privatization schemes, so where will 60 lakh people get jobs? MP Jalil raised the question on this.
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People of the country fill GST on priority
On the other hand, Shiv Sena’s district chief and MLA Ambadas Danve said that BJP’s resolve to double the farmers’ income by the year 2022 was nowhere visible in today’s budget speech. BJP’s love for farmers is a sham, it has been proved once again. The anger of the public through the farmers movement last year shows that the common man is not happy with the policies of the central government. People of the country fill GST on priority. This is evident from the amount being received from GST. But, they are not getting the benefit of it. Inflation is touching the sky in the country. The central government did not take any initiative to reduce inflation.
60 lakh people will get jobs
Here, BJP MLA from Aurangabad East, Atul Save, while appreciating the budget of the Center, said that today’s budget will prove to be effective in making the country self-reliant and capable. There is a budget to give relief to the common man, farmers, industrialists. Tax exemption has been given for start-ups till the year 2023. This will lead to better start ups. At the same time, income through pension is tax-free. The central government has emphasized in the budget on promoting the use of electric cars. So that, the sale of petroleum products can be reduced. 16 lakh people will get jobs under self-reliant and 60 lakh people under Make in India. Taking important decisions for the general public, the government has given massive relief in the budget. Giving relief to the industrialists, the government has reduced the corporate tax from 18 to 15 percent. At the same time, tax will be levied after 10 crores. Medium and small scale industries will benefit from this. In the end, Save said that in the budget, the central government has promised to give 2 lakh crore loan to small scale industries. In a way, MLA Atul Save claimed that today’s budget will be beneficial for all sections of the country.
Budget creating ‘illusion’ of development
At the same time, Congress State General Secretary Dr. Jitendra Dehade, while giving his response, said that the common man has been disappointed with the budget being presented by the Modi government at the Center for the last 6 years. For the last two years, the people of the country have been fighting the corona epidemic. Due to which the people of the country are facing economic problems. In the budget presented on Tuesday, the common man was expected to get many reliefs. But, the public did not get any kind of relief from this budget. No decisions were taken as expected for women and youth. Budget creating ‘illusion’ of development.
How can ‘online’ provide education?
Responding to the budget, NCP MLA from Marathwada Graduates’ Constituency Satish Chavan said that the budget presented today is going to create an ‘illusion’ of development. The general public, farmers, working class, entrepreneurs, unemployed, students etc. are completely disappointed with this budget. A concrete action plan was needed to revive the agriculture sector that saved our country’s economy during the Corona pandemic. But that doesn’t seem to be happening. The Finance Minister said in his speech that he would give 60 lakh new jobs. The central government, which is on the path of privatization, shows only ‘growth rate’ in rhetoric. For the last two years, small entrepreneurs facing difficulties due to Corona had high hopes from this budget. Even though the central government says that it will try to provide ‘online’ education to the students, but in some villages, where even today ordinary electricity does not reach Tanda, how can it provide ‘online’ education?