DIBRUGARH, Feb 1: The All India Trade Union Congress(AITUC) Assam State Committe said that the Budget 2025-2026 belies hopes of workers, farmers and unemployed youth but no relief in sight for common man from price rise of essential commodities.
“The Budget 2025-2026 reflects that there is continuity of polices which have resulted in the increase of inequalities since Modi Government came to power. This Budget would also lead to that direction only,” stated Ranjan Chowdhury Secretary AITUC, Assam State Committee.
He said, “There were loud statements from the finance minister while presenting the budget which lacks substance for the down trodden sections. The track record of this government has been to announce schemes and never informing the nation what happened to the implementation of the same”.
“This budget is another blow to informal economy workers, unemployed youth, poor and marginal farmers who are ignored. The budget does not do justice to the needs of our people for more needed allocation to education, health, drinking water, shelter to the poor, marginal and lower income group people. The cosmetic announcements are short lived to garner votes only,” he said.
He further added, “The raise in the tax relaxation to middle class is made but the price rise of essential commodities has already brought hardship to the people and this budget fails to address the issue of inflation. The wage depression is the scenario due to inflation. The fact revealed by Economic Survey that the monthly wage of self employed and the salaried is gone down in 2023-2024 from 2017-2018,”.
“In case of self employed men, the wage is lower by 9.1% and for females by 32% in this mentioned period. Similarly for salaried class reduction was for males 6.4% and for females 12.5%. During this very period the corporates increased their wealth by 22.3 percent stealing the wages of working people is one of major factor in that. Employment expanded only by 1.5 percent as per the same survey. The expenses on education and health have increased exorbitantly which is a burden on the poorer sections of the society including the middle class. Hence this so called jubilation of increase in the tax slab for the middle class is more of a propaganda specially to garner votes in the assembly elections in Delhi and the coming election in Bihar,” he further added.
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