Chief Minister Hemant Soren while giving his reaction on Union Budget 2023-24 presented today by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “I am an optimistic person. Crores of tribals, Dalits, backward, farmers, youth, women and labourers like him were expecting from this year's budget presented in the post-Corona period. It was expected that special arrangements would be made regarding health, education and employment which were most affected during the Corona pandemic. We expected that the time would be extended for GST compensation but, contrary to expectation, the budget for MGNREGA, the lifeline of education, health and rural India, has been cut.”
The Chief Minister said that the silence of the budget on the issues of jobs, employment, inflation etc. is worrying. There has been no discussion on raising the minimum support price (MSP) on various agricultural products. I think they (the central government) have accepted that farmers' income has doubled just by announcing them.
The Chief Minister said that from the point of view of Jharkhand, we are trying to find out what has been done for our state in this. We are the ones who earn maximum profit for the country on the basis of per kilometer rail track, in such a situation, the scope of operation of passenger rail should have been increased, we should have got new rail lines, new trains. We understand who will benefit from the airport era.
The Chief Minister has said that only one thing has been left to support the middle class. What people lost and gained from the new tax policy of seven lakhs will be understood later. This budget, which discourages savings, is also going to make the future of the poor and middle class insecure.