PRESS STATEMENT on Union Budget

The Union Budget 2009-10 presented in the Lok Sabha today (06.07.2009) does not give any solace to government employees and workers reeling under skyrocketing prices of essential commodities mocking at the official claim of declining inflation rate. The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association expresses its displeasure over the in-action on the part of the Finance Minister to consider various pending demands of government employees and workers. The nominal increase in the Income Tax limit will be of no use for government employees in the context of hike in their wages following the introduction of Sixth Central Pay Commission. Nothing has been said in the Budget about post creation and new recruitment in central government even though a number of new schemes have been announced and implemented over the years. And in the same breath the budget pleads about the tainted process of selling public assets of government companies in the name of disinvestment. Instead of using part of the huge reserves and surpluses with central public sector undertakings to the tune of Rs 4.85 lakh crore for creating productive assets for employment generation, the public sector undertakings are being put on sale in phases for so-called fiscal deficit management.

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(D. Ayyappan)
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