{"id":8476,"date":"2017-02-01T17:09:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8476"},"modified":"2017-02-01T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:53:05","slug":"8476-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8476","title":{"rendered":"BUDGET : THE DISAPPOINTED MIDDLE CLASS : INDIA MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OF RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUDGET : THE DISAPPOINTED MIDDLE CLASS: INDIA MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OF RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH<\/p>\n<div class=\"thread-info\"><span class=\"thread-date\"><span class=\"short\" title=\"Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 2:47 PM\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RAJIV UPADHYAY <a href=\"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RKU-263x300.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8461\" src=\"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RKU-263x300-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"rp_RKU-263x300.jpg\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485947703536_2241\" class=\"thread-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485947703536_2240\" class=\"body undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485947703536_2239\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485947703536_2238\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485947703536_2237\">\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2723\">The salaried class is severely disappointed by the union budget presented today .<\/div>\n<div>Arun Jaitley had said in his first budget speech that he would have liked to give more relief to salaried middle class if he had money.\u00a0But now in his fourth budget he has proved that he is looking after only the voters ie \u00a0the mandatory poor , the rich \u00a0traders and the self employed lawyers , doctors etc.\u00a0.Salaried class is grossly neglected as it has no godfather in the financial establishment.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_3024\">It is well known that the Dearness \u00a0Allowance given to government employees \u00a0is based on the actual increase in prices and is paid much after the increase in prices\u00a0. If it gets taxed at 30% or even 20% the actual purchasing power of the government salaried \/ pensioner \u00a0class decreases with time . This is true for the entire salaried class .One would have thought that he will see this logic and compensate them once at least now that he had the money\u00a0. But he has not increased MAT a smoke screen \u00a0for lawyers traders etc \u00a0who get the security from scrutiny by paying a nominal tax , Income tax on salaried class keeps increasing like a taxi meter every time DA is paid .<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2688\">Traders are the king now a days as the margins between the retail and whole sale prices have increased considerably . Earlier ten percent imported dal was given subsidy to keep dal price low in the country \u00a0. Now trader sells indigenous dal at imported price and keeps the margin as huge profit \u00a0. No wonder traders are buying cars !<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2734\" dir=\"ltr\">He is lead by babus and \u00a0typical conservative economists who are making the country lose a great opportunity by not carefully \u00a0increasing the money supply and promoting the sunrise industries.\u00a0PPP in infrastructure sector\u00a0\u00a0is virtually dead but no one is worried !\u00a0Budget speech was directionless . He could have supported our pharma or sunrise sector of health care which has the potential of becoming another software . The rich in the world are greying and we can look after them at much lower cost. Some relief like first ten years tax holiday to the new international standard hospitals would be very useful. \u00a0Earnings from foreign patients could be made tax free and treated as deemed export\u00a0.He failed to give any relief to IT sector likely to be hit by Trump ban . Its growth is not so rapid now . Research in artificial intelligence could be heavily \u00a0subsidized the way Rajiv Gandhi had lowered duty on computers\u00a0.Demonetisation will hit creation creation of high salary jobs but he is not worried .<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2806\" dir=\"ltr\">In general one gets an impression that the PM is worried about winning the next election , Amit Shah and Piyush Goel about traders and Jaitley about Davos type awards for presenting a conservative \u00a0budget which would have made\u00a0 economists of 1910 very happy.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2871\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2898\" dir=\"ltr\">Arvind Subramaniam and Pungaria are quite happy to be under Status Quoist \u00a0Babus of finance\u00a0 ministries otherwise they would know with slight risk of increased money supply and with control on traders by banning loans against food grains stocks for controlling inflation ,we could grow at least fifteen to twenty \u00a0percent more than the present rate by imaginative budgeting and finance policies\u00a0.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2962\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2905\" dir=\"ltr\">At the end it is now getting clear that the Modi government is the government of the Babus lacking courage, conviction and knowledge to usher any big change .<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2961\" dir=\"ltr\">As Shiv Sena\u00a0alleged even if incorrectly ,\u00a0it is more pseudo secular and\u00a0cannot attract brilliant and intelligent non conformist thinkers that congress was able to attract like Dr.Sarabhai \u00a0of ISRO, Homi Bhabha of Atomic Energy ,\u00a0Man Mohan Singh , Sam Pitroda , Montek etc . It needs to induct , trust and tolerate brilliant non conformists to give radical solutions for rapid growth of the country. We are heading for an industrial stagnation with this uncaring attitude about industrial growth.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_2960\" dir=\"ltr\">But its saving grace is its so far corruption free tenure because of which PM Modi is trusted by the nation and could implement the Demonetisation so peacefully . It is as pseudo secular but\u00a0\u00a0not rabidly anti hindu like Sonia Gandhi government so people are not happy but yet tolerant\u00a0\u00a0.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_3079\" dir=\"ltr\">Only those who understand and know that like a democratic USA we have the potential of growing much faster and\u00a0match \u00a0China \u00a0are unhappy . But such people are so few in numbers . PM with his trust in staid babus will never know come to know the brilliant minds that can make it happen !<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4765300843yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485938130992_3127\" dir=\"ltr\">India will remain for ever a developing country because our lion like leaders also behave like \u0915\u094b\u0932\u094d\u0939\u0942\u00a0\u0915\u0947 \u00a0\u092c\u0948\u0932 \u00a0bullocks when the yoke of government is put on them.\u00a0.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDGET : THE DISAPPOINTED MIDDLE CLASS: INDIA MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OF RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8230; <a class=\"meta-more\" href=\"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8476\">more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-2","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8480,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8476\/revisions\/8480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}