JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot termed the Budget 2023-24 a "disappointment" for his state saying many of their demands remained unfulfilled.
"Only headline-making jumlas have been used in the budget. People of the state are disappointed as the Centre is refusing our demand according to national status to ERCP, an important project related to the development of Rajasthan, Gehlot said.
He further termed it surprising that the allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has cut drastically in this year's Budget to Rs 60,000 crore. This implies that this budget is anti-poor, landless farmers and anti-common people.
Many fake announcements related to agriculture and farmers' welfare have been made in this budget, but in the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, about 6 % (about Rs 7,500 crore) less amount has been provisioned than last year. Likewise, there has been a significant reduction of 15 % (approximately Rs 23,000 crore) in the urea subsidy item as compared to last year.
There has been a very slight increase in this budget compared to prior years, despite the central government's neglect of crucial areas like education, health, social justice, and women's and children's development.
Since several years ago, the entire nation has been plagued by inflation. As a result, the cost of everyday items like bread, beans, oil, and soap has significantly increased, making it more challenging for the average person to live. The common man's life will get increasingly harder if there is no policy announcement regarding lowering inflation.
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