By TCN News
The budget 2017-18, presented by the finance minister Arun Jaitley in Loksabha on February 1, 2017, has crashed the hopes of the common person, SDPI National President A. Sayeed said in a press statement. The budget has been prepared keeping in view only moneyed section and the struggling people comprising eighty percent of the population has been left aside. The form of capitalist state has further been strengthened by the provisions of budget and allocations to the welfare of poor people are negligible, he said.
“The universal education and health have not been granted due attention and the minorities have been totally ignored in spite of well-known findings of Sachar Committee in the hapless conditions needing special safeguards and aids. The privileges due for the betterment of Artisans and Craftsmen working in the unorganised sector have not been in the attention of government, particularly, the problems of weavers and their loan intricacies have been ignored. No remedial steps are taken to facilitate the way-out for weaker people and those who are still out of banking system from hardships created by demonetisation,” Sayeed added.