The most happening thing in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir used to be the budget presented by different finance ministers, however, this time it evoked no response in the Valley.
The most happening thing in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir used to be the budget presented by different finance ministers. The trade bodies in Jammu and Kashmir would comment on the budget for weeks before and after its passage in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as a lot of consultations would take place about it.
However, when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Jammu and Kashmir budget in the parliament on Thursday, it didn바카라t evoke any response in Jammu and Kashmir this time.
The government says budget 2021-22 for Jammu and Kashmir aims at maximum governance and minimum government, socio-economic development of the people, development of infrastructure across the Union Territory, and generation of employment. The total budget estimate for the fiscal is Rs 1, 08,621 crore, of which capital expenditure is of the order of Rs 39, 817 crore and revenue expenditure is Rs 68,804 crore.
While Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha welcomed the passing of the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2021, along with supplementary demands by the Lok Sabha, there is no response to it from political parties and trade bodies.
바카라The government is committed to invest more money in new and accelerated infrastructure projects, support new investments and increase business landscape through incentives in new Industrial Scheme. The budget lays down the roadmap for the tourism industry to get back on track. Besides, a push to the rural economy and agriculture would provide a fillip to horticulture and overall agri-sector and benefit the farming community바카라, Sinha said.
"A budget used to be a long consultative practice in Jammu and Kashmir. The practice was that the government would take our feedback and listen to our demands and suggestions. This time there was no consultation process and that is why no one knows what happened,바카라 says the president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC&I).
Former Education Minister and leader of Panthers Party Harsh Dev Singh said the budget passed in Delhi obviously will not evoke any interest in Jammu and Kashmir. 바카라Why should people there bother about Jammu and Kashmir? Their priorities are different. See there is nothing about employment in the budget,바카라 he said.
He also said that there was no consultation with stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir and people also have an interest in whatever the government claims. 바카라Lt. Governor described it as a historical budget. Since there is no right to reply to him you have to accept his historical judgment on the budget,바카라 Singh said sarcastically.
National Conference senior leader and the party바카라s president for Jammu, Devinder Singh Rana, however, called the budget a development-oriented budget. 바카라But there is a need for capacity building so that the budget can gainfully and optimally be utilized so that its benefits will reach all,바카라 he added.
He also said the government must come up with a clear road map detailing plans to deal with the issue of unemployment and unemployability. There is a need for an authentic verified database on the number of unemployed and unemployable people so that a realistic plan can be made to tackle it.
CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Taragami said more than the budget, political statements made during the budget have become its highlights. He said the Finance Minister바카라s comment that she wants to thank the people of Jammu and Kashmir for welcoming the changes of August 5, 2019, and the governor바카라s comment terming it a historical budget needs an analysis.
바카라What is historical in this budget,바카라 asks Taragami. 바카라Lt. Governor has said for 70 years nothing has happened in Jammu and Kashmir. How? What is the measuring rod? And Finance Minister says people have accepted changes and they didn바카라t come out on the roads. Tell me which law you didn바카라t invoke against people who were sitting in their homes and which jail and police station you didn바카라t fill,바카라 Taragami said.
바카라I wouldn바카라t have talked about it but they came up with such comments during the budget. The governor calls it a historic budget. How? Let him tell you about the jobs. Let him tell us how much the government owns to the daily wagers? Why don바카라t they tell us about people who donated their lands for water supply schemes? They didn바카라t get compensation for their land and at the same time they weren바카라t provided casual labour jobs as promised,바카라 he said.
Taragami said the government should first give an account of the works carried out during the UPA. 바카라In The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and other schemes there is no work being carried out as the government has no money,바카라 Taragami said.
He said the government hasn바카라t released wages to people working under schemes like Anganwadi in the past year. He said the central government has released its share in these schemes but the Jammu and Kashmir government is yet to release its share.