பட்ஜெட் குறித்து 28.2.2013 அன்று மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர் மகா சம்மேளனம் விடுத்துள்ள பத்திரிகை செய்தி கீழே தரப்பட்டுள்ளது . பெரு முதலாளிகளுக்கு ஆதரவாகவும்,தொழிலாளர் வர்க்கத்திற்கு எதிராகவும் அது எவ்வாறு அமைந்துள்ளது என்பதை அதில் தெளிவாக சொல்லப் பட்டுள்ளது .
PRESS STATEMENT Dated Feb,2013 of FEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
Another pro-rich budget
The Union Budget 2013-14 presented by the Finance
Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, today in the Parliament was extremely
disappointing to the common working people . No doubt they have not expected
any relief from this anti people Government and especially from its Finance
Minister, Shri P.Chidambaram. However, they hoped against hope that the
Government will read the discontent that is growing fast amongst the people,
manifested admirably in the two day strike of the Indian Working Class on 20th and
21st. Despite the erosion of the real value of the wages due
to the high rate of inflation, the wage earners genuinely thought that they
would be provided with some relief by way of an adjustment of the non taxable
maximum. While the give away to the corporate sector continued as the
Finance Minister himself has noted in his budget speech in as much as the
revenue foregone on direct taxes did register an increase from a lakh crore
rupees to Rs. 1.13 lakh Crores in the last year he never felt the need to
address the agony of the workers.
Despite the fall in the rate of growth of economy,
the Finance Minister has taken pride in the fact that India continues to be one
of the fast growing economy. What type of growth he was visualizing is
hard to gauge when the number of people below poverty line had been on the
increase year after year. There had been all-round increase in the prices
of all essential commodities including those where the Government had a say in
determining it. The Railway Minister did not increase the fare for
passenger trains for he did it before he presented the budget. The
economic growth and recovery would be a mirage so long as the purchasing power
of people get depleted. There had been substantial reduction of workforce
in the organized sector due to intensified contractorisation.
The pronouncement of increased allocation of
funds for agriculture, rural development, education etc. is a travesty of
truth. The FM has made comparison of the present allocation with
the revised estimates of the previous year, which in fact was much lesser than
2011-12. There had been gross underutilization of the allocated funds in
respect of most of the welfare scheme of the Govt. last year. While
presenting the economic survey, the Finance Minister assured the country that
the days of recession were over and the era of growth will usher in soon, which
has only pleased the TNCs and corporate houses in the country. The FM has
unambiguously spelt out the continuance of the neo liberal economic path of development
with much more fervor in the months to come.
To expect that the Govt. will
address the concern of the common people and the working class is foolish, if
the Budget proposal is any indication. But how long the people
are to suffer this agony. Every decision of this Government being
anti-working people and the Budget being a policy pronouncement, we must strive
our best to organize movement to oppose the disastrous policies being
pursued by the UPA Government.
KKN KUTTY
SECRETARY GENERAL
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