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| Except routine exercise budget has nothing to offer: AMM | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 13: The Awami Mutahida Mahaz (AMM) is of the opinion that budget 2014-2015 presented by the government in Legislative Assembly today reflects rosy figures and is devoid of any relief for the common man. The budget has nothing significant to offer and instead has furthered desperation and disappointment for different sections of society be it the unemployed educated youth, people associated with business, agriculture, horticulture, handicrafts, causal labourers, daily wagers, ASHAs, contractuals, SPOs, old aged and handicapped, Nambardars and Chowkidars. There is no mention of budgetary provisions for newly created administrative. The AMM was dismayed over the response to the grave unemployment crisis in the state as the present budget lacks comprehensive plan to address the unemployment crisis in the state. It was expected from the present budget to mitigate the sufferings of the educated youth who are craving for jobs and most of them being at the verge of age bar. Handicrafts sector which is considered as traditional source of employment, is shrinking and the people associated with the business are sure to be dismayed as their aspirations have not been reflected. The budget is also silent about the delayed payment of wages to the casual labourers working in different departments for years together. Similarly, the budget has not mentioned anything about the marketing facilities and infrastructure for horticulture produce. Nothing has been earmarked with regard to establishment of cold storage chains across the state for better marketing of horticulture produce. Subsidization of fertilizers, pesticides and farm equipment, reducing the interest on farm loans, enhancing allocations for irrigation sector have been totally ignored. The government has once again shown its in-sensitiveness towards the basic issues confronting the common man and consequently the budget does not carry any mention of food security, universalization of public distribution system, solving unemployment and making social security schemes people oriented. A major chunk of population has been left out of PDS as the state was getting food grains as per 2001 census, they said adding that it would have been in the interest of the common man to provide subsidy under state share on the food grains and other daily needs. There is no mention of any initiative to regularize the daily wagers working in various departments for many years. The budget is silent about enhancement of honorarium in favour of the anganwadi workers and helpers out of state share and improving their working conditions alongwith ASHAs who were rendering services tirelessly. |
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