Budget & Common People

      On 26th February, 2010 in the house India’s Union Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjhee present budget for the year 2010-11, as this year’s budget finance Minister was presenting amidst uproar in the country from last more then seven months due to price rise of all the essential commodities price which spoil badly budget of average common people of this country, so it was believe that while making budget finance minister will consider inflation and pass on relief to the public of this country, when announced budget contain nothing to relief already badly hit common people by inflation but yes Finance minister added insult to injury by hiking price of petroleum products with immediate effect from midnight onwards, so now it is sure that until this year fresh bumper crop of essential food items will not hit the Indian markets, price will remain high, as per some experts even in near future because petrol and diesel prices’ are hiked so price rise issue will keep on boiling this country further. On the issue of price rise opposition parties may be trying to take mileage by agitation or walkout from parliament but no doubt common people of this country still has to grind further and his budget will have to bleed further. May be finance minister budget will boost industry, foreign investment and prove helpful to increase economy growth and as per his words we will eradicate poverty from country ,he is true if common people will not survive succumb to increasing inflation then where on India we will find poverty?
    One can divide India into two parts one is India which is shining, pampered and woo by our rulers with incentives second is Bharat which is spread across country, producing and feeding whole nation plus also have share to export other countries, but because of increasing cost and shrinking profits farmers are now start finding agriculture less attractive and profitable, reason of this cultivation area is reducing in the country. Considering the importance of the agriculture it is the responsibility of the government to give incentives to farmers, reduce or exempt taxes on farm tools and sops for modern and innovative technology. It is the tragedy that on to farmers hard work and produce crops, they get less then one third of price which sold in the market but hoarders and traders earn huge profits thus they exploit others hard work, government should make efficient arrangement for off take of farmers crop plus give money on the spot to them.
    Strength of farmers and agriculture can be feel in this country easily by everybody as last year rainy season was pass with less rain, resulted lot of parts of country declared under draught, and last more then seven months every category of consumer suffer a lot because of price rise and till date government unable to control price rise as there is huge gap between demand and supply and prices of all the essential food items of kitchen jumps many folds, despite assurances by government that they are doing efforts to check the prices’ and soon they will come down but in reality government is hoping and waiting for a good monsoon and bumper crop which will reduce price of items at its own but God forbid if this year also faces’ shortfall of rain then it will be really a cruel, un imaginary, and intolerable truth country is going to face on price rise front in this year.
   In the 14th Loksabha Left Parties were major obstacles of government’s anti common people policies of same U.P.A. government and when ever any action declared by government which was anti common people then they successfully pressurize government to roll back them. It is believe that TMC party headed by Mamta Benerjee ally of U.P.A in current Loksabha (15th )is also pro common people and when price hike announced by Finance minister of petroleum products she oppose it openly and declared price of petroleum products should be roll back.
   I remember a fact which I had read in the book that when Late Lal Bhadur Shastri was Prime Minister of this country then once country faces shortage in the production of grain and he requested common people to skip one time meal and surprisingly even commercial /business community like Restaurants and Hotels also close down by owners for one time ,that was the charisma and impact of our past leaders on to Indians but now a days people not accept the words of their leaders because people found lot of differences in their words and actions. Growth must be sustained by our rulers but it should not be at the expenses of our assets that is agriculture and it should must get share and appreciation by our rulers.