Some central trade unions on Tuesday termed the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as “a farce, anti-people and another step towards the Centre’s privatization target”.
The Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) said in a statement that the budget was “little abstract” and showed “insensitivity” to the problems of workers during the pandemic.
The CITU statement said, “The budget is presented in the overall backdrop of desperate and disastrous privatization drive fully embracing infrastructure, manufacturing and minerals sectors, both domestic and foreign from the national kitty to private hands.” Facilitates the transfer of such resources.
It said that the Sangh would go on a general strike on March 28 and 29.
The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) said the budget was “another bonus for the corporates”, while the common citizens were left to fend for themselves.
“The whole exercise appeared to be a farce as it was claimed to be the budget vision for 100 years of independence. In 2015 also the budget presentation was claimed to be for 25 years. The finance minister failed to give an account of what happened to all the big claims and goals of employment, smart cities, skill India, doubling farmers’ income, relief to poor and middle-income groups, improving health infrastructure, etc. . AITUC said in a statement.
The RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh welcomed some aspects of the budget, which focused on infrastructure development through ‘PM Gati Shakti’, but pointed to a “great disappointment” in pensions under EPS 95. Was. “Revised fiscal deficit of 6.9% is a matter of concern. It seems that the government is leaning towards privatization,” the BMS said.
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