The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS,) on the 1st of February, criticised the Union Government and showed disappointment with the Budget presented for the year 2020-2021.
B. Vinod Kumar, the Vice Chairman of the Telangana State Planning Board said, vice-chairman B Vinod Kumar said that the budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman was deadpan and there was nothing new in the budget.
Mr. Kumar said, “Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge for the second time it is unfortunate that there is no flagship scheme which they can claim to have brought. The allocations to the departments are made routinely and there were no new thoughts.”
Vinod Kumar said, the Central Government declared the Country to be young and for youths, they did not propose any scheme for the youths of India. He further added, the centre did not allocated a single penny for development skills.
According to the TRS members, the Union Budget 2020 brings nothing new to the Nation and is coated with all old schemes and ways. Leaders expressed their disatisfaction and said the Union Budget is not going to benefit Telangana in any means.
Nama Nageswara Rao, a Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha, representing the TRS said the Union Government did not stand by the expectations of the Telangana Government.
He said the State Government expected money allocation for Telangana, the fast developing State in many aspects. However, the Union Budget had nothing for the State development.
Highlighting some of the demands, Mr. Rao said the Centre ignored the demand to provide national project status to Kaleshwaram, implementation of promises made in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, Industrial corridor etc
Nama Nageswara Rao said, “We wanted the Tribal Museum to be set up in Telangana but the Centre allocates it to Ranchi. Our Samakka Sarlamma Jatara is big Tribal festival but there is no recognition,” said Nageswara Rao. He further said that farmers were not given input money but the Centre talks of doubling the income of the farmer. He said that the Central policies were not in favor of growth. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said it was unfortunate to ignore the demand for national project status to Kaleshwaram project. “People of the state were expecting national project status either to Kaleshwaram or Palamuru but Centre ignored it.”
Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister of India, on the 1st of February, presented the Union Budget, which aimed to boost people’s income and double farmer’s income.
This year’s theme of the Budget was based on ‘Aspirational India.’ However, the Union Budget seemed to have disappointed the opposition parties.
