Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on speaking at a press conference held at the Congress headquarters on Tuesday described the Union Budget 2022-23 as disappointing and said that there is nothing for the poor, weak, tribals, youth, middle class and it is a completely ‘capitalist budget’.<\/p>\n
Mr. Chidambaram said that no steps have been taken for the common man in this budget, so the public totally rejects this budget. He said that seven, eight important aspects related to the general public were in front of the Modi government and the Finance Minister, but they have not been given any attention and by completely denying them, the budget has been made a feeder of the capitalist system. He said that the country’s economy is at the level of 2019-20, that is, the country’s economy is running behind two years, but the government has not taken any steps in the budget to emerge from it.<\/p>\n
He said that no efforts have been made in the budget to muster resources for how the work will proceed. Per capita expenditure has come down from Rs 62,056 in 2019-20 to Rs 59,043 in 2021-22 and 4.6 crore people have been covered under the government’s budget. They have been pushed into severe poverty due to policies but arrangements have not been made to deal with it. The Congress leader said that crores of jobs were lost and the sources of income of 84 percent of households were lost.<\/p>\n
Per capita income has come down from one lakh eight thousand to one lakh seven thousand. Per capita expenditure reduced from 62 thousand to 59 thousand. The future of youth, especially rural children, has gone dark, with the country reaching 101 in terms of malnutrition out of 116 countries and inflation crossing six percent. He said that the way the Finance Minister has presented this budget, there has been a cruel joke on the poor, youth, employed, middle class, farmers, Dalits, tribals, urban poor.<\/p>\n