By
L S Herdenia
BHOPAL: Central budget evoked mixed
reaction in Madhya Pradesh. While BJP termed it as revolutionary Chief Minister
Kamal Nath described it as Jumla. Kamal Nath said it is nothing but election
budget. With this the last hope for aachhe din is lost. “The general budget
presented today is totally an election budget and will prove to be Jumla and
chhalava. The government remembered farmers, the poor, labourers and Gau Mata
during the last days of its tenure. The provisions made for farmers are very
less compared to what’s required” the CM twitted.
AICC general secretary Jyotiradity
Scindia called it a “Jumla Budget”. Scindia lashed out at the Modi government
in a series of tweets. “Modi government’s announcement to give Rs. 6,000 to
farmers annually will find its place in the list of jumlas. It will never reach
the hands of farmers, just like the Crop Insurance Scheme and MSP never did.
Will the government that humiliated and condemned farmers ever run scheme to
honour them?” Other Congress leaders asked why there is no mention of the 10
crore jobs promised by BJP before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections,
Surprisingly almost all the
organisations of Kisans have termed the Rs. 6,000 annual handout an “insult” to
Kisanas. According to reports reaching Bhopal farmers and their leaders said it
is too insignificant. “We will give the government Rs. 12,000 a year if it
ensures that farmers get the price of produce according to cost of cultivation”
said Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh national president Shiv kumar Sharma aka
Kakka Ji pointing out that Rs. 2,000 every four months is an insult to the
sweat and toil of farmers.
Bhartiya Kisan Union state president
Anil Yadav said “It’s a cruel joke on farmers when the cost of production is
going up all the time, and all agricultural equipment have been put under GST.”
Kisan Sangarsh Samiti Ramakanat
Dhankar said, “Instead of Rs. 6000 annual to farmers it would have been better,
if government would have fixed reasonable support price (MSP) for the farmers.
Just because there is no MSP, farmers are not getting fair price for sugar cane
crop. Whatever benefit PM Narendra Modi’s government has given in the budget is
just like drop in ocean”.
While farmers declined to welcome
budget salaried sections of the society hailed the relief given to income tax
payees. Tax relief will benefit nearly 5 lakh officials of Madhya Pradesh by
the tax exemption.
Rajpatrit Adikari Sangh president
Ashok Sharma said “Class-4 never come under tax net. But now with the tax
exemption up to Rs. 5 lakh, mainly officials of class-2 and class- 3 will get
benefit with this pro-employees budget”.
Madhya Pradesh Swasthya Karmchari
Sangh President Laxminarain Sharma said “It is good that tax exemption will be
up to Rs. 5 lakh. But there after the slab is 20 percent. It would have been
better if slab were rationalised as well. A slab of 10 percent would have been
reasonable. It is against employees.”
Kalpatru Multiplier Limited MD Adity
Manya said “It is good budget. It is first time, union government has provided
facilities at door step of middle to poor class of the society. Poor and middle
class have been specially considered in the budget. Such budget will definitely
pay dividend to Modi in general elections.”
Confederation of All India Traders
(CAIT) general secretary Bhupendra Jain said, “It is totally election budget.
Tax given by traders, businessmen has been distributed just like toffees to
farmers. It is not justified. We are not against farmers but there must be
something for traders in the budget which lacks.”
MP Petroleum Dealers Association
president Ajay Singh said, “Farmers should have been given Rs. 6,000 per month
so that farmers would work tension free. Such small and marginal farmers have
to do job other than agriculture sector. It is totally elections budget but how
much it will pay dividend to PM Modi in general elections time will tell”.
According to a calculation done by
taxation expert about 18 lakh income tax payees will benefit by relief
announced in the budget. Real estate spokesmen have also welcomed the relief
given to them. Over ten lakh persons in the unorganised sector will benefit by
the pension scheme announced in the budget. EPFO insurance limit has been
raised from Rs. 2.5 lakh to Rs 6 lakh. This will benefit 32 lakh policy
holders. (IPA Service)
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