BUDGET-.ANTI-POOR-PRO-CORPORATE...ALLOCATIONS.!!!

9 charts that ask whether it really is a pro-poor budget

Sunday, 1 March 2015 - 11:19am IST | Place: Mumbai | 

Agency: dna webdesk

Shubhashish

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Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey slammed the goverment for presenting a budget that is anti-poor. They said, "There are a lot of cuts in social sectors in this budget."

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Arun Jaitley might have announced a budget that largely had Narendra Modi's stamp all over it. Also, the Budget might have pleased the industry. But is the Budget pro-poor as being said? 

In an exclusive interaction with dna,Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey slammed the goverment for presenting a budget that is anti-poor. They said, "There are a lot of cuts in social sectors in this budget," adding, "Panchayati Raj was anyway getting only Rs 3,000 crore and it has now been reduced to a mere Rs 94 crore. This is a joke." 

Slamming the government, they said that the Budget is absolutely in favour of the rich and industry as the government has cut corporate tax but increased service tax which directly affects the middle class and the poor. "This budget is in tune with the image of the government -- anti-social and pro-industry." Dey said that it is unimaginable that eveneducation sector isn't spared from spending cuts.

Below are 9 charts that show how much the government has allocated to ministries that directly affect the poor. 

Department of Health and Family Welfare

Panchayati Raj

Women and Child Development

Labour and Employment

Department of School Education and Literacy

New and Renewable Energy

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Environment, Forests and Climate Change

Department of Water and Sanitation

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