has to be silent (and avoid the press as usual) on yet one more topic !
And that topic is about the details of the so called Ayushman Bharat (National health protection scheme for the poor) that his FM has made a song and dance about in the budget !!
The announcement is as grand as it can possibly be. 10 crore poor people will be covered with an annual health insurance of Rs 5 lakhs each at a premium of Rs 1000 per head.Â
Vow !
There can be few other measures that can wipe out all the great harm the komaaaaali party govt has done to the poor in the last 3 years !
But......
Where are the funds going to come from ??
Does the budget say anything about how the govt plans to raise resources for this scheme ?
Not a word !
However, a closer look reveals telling details !
The allocation for the MNREGS (the employment guarantee scheme for the poor) is down by a few thousand crores !
The allocation for Agriculture and rural development (again primarily for the poor) is down by a few thousand crores !
The allocation for healthcare itself (for govt hospitals, the only resort for the poor) is down by a few thousand crores ! Which means that the already severely ill equipped govt hospitals will become even less functional !
But.....even after transferring all those thousands of crores from such schemes meant for the poor, there would still be a large gap in funding this health insurance !
And considering that fiscal prudence has become such a big compulsion imposed by international lending and rating agencies, the govt can hardly afford to increase the deficit further up from the 3.3 % of GDP it targets !
Which can only mean that the Ayushman Bharat too is going to be just one more massive ^jumla^ like the earlier health insurance promise of the komaaaaali govt (where Rs 1 lakh coverage was promised but the maximum amount ever given to anyone was Rs 30000)Â !
Eversince the congress took my field to rehabilate the RSS (Refugee Sevs Sangh ) people I forgot farming . Can any of the above expert writers about farmer tell me in which tree the rice grows. thanks
Everyone is blaming that person who could never get elected but has become the most rotten Finance Minister ever. Guys it is not his fault. He is only writing & speaking what his master has suggested. This is Modi's budget & as one clearly knows his knowledge of economics can be written on the back of a postage stamp. We already have a verified failed account of Demonitization & badly botched up GST. This looter must be shunted out or else he will run away with all our money if he ever comes back to power next year.
Re: Modi Jhumla Budget
by sahul hameed on Feb 03, 2018 09:33 AM
I totally agree with you that the FM is inexperienced man and knows nothing. It is useless budget ever seen in India. People are suffering and companies with 250 cr turn over are going to enjoy with 5% reduction in tax. Under the view of PM and FM, the people for suffering for food, medical assistance, good water are rich and companies with 250 cr turnover are poor. So they have been considered. Poor and middle class people can not be considered any thing in BJP Govt. We have to wait one more year to throw these people
Re: Modi Jhumla Budget
by sahul hameed on Feb 03, 2018 09:35 AM
I totally agree with you that the FM is inexperienced man and knows nothing. It is useless budget ever seen in India. People are suffering and companies with 250 cr turn over are going to enjoy with 5% reduction in tax. Under the view of PM and FM, the people for suffering for food, medical assistance, good water are rich and companies with 250 cr turnover are poor. So they have been considered. Poor and middle class people can not be considered any thing in BJP Govt. We have to wait one more year to throw these people
Re: Budget
by Inzy Bhai on Feb 03, 2018 08:22 AM
You are absolutely right. Such a jhumla budget for the poor farmer was never ever imagined. The farmer has been cheated like never before & when he goes to the mandi he will be shocked to learn that he has been doubly duped.
Re: Budget
by Prakash Bedekar on Feb 19, 2018 12:24 PM
You are absolutely correct. No other FM in the past had guts to present such jumla budget since Independance. Bravo, Homn PM/FM and don't worry, for all your mighty failures you can blame Nehru Gandhi family