Budget 2023: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel raised questions on budgetary allocation to Railways, told the budget “ruthless”

[ad_1]

Budget 2023: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel questioned the budgetary allocation to the Railways and asked whether the money would be earmarked for the purpose of modernization before selling it to public companies. About Rs 2,35,000 crore has been allocated to the Railways. Is it for employees or for new recruits or for modernization of railways before selling it to private companies,” Baghel told news agency ANI.

Called the Union Budget a “ruthless” budget

The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh also called the Union Budget of 2023 a “ruthless” budget and said that it does not have benefits for youth, farmers, women, tribals or scheduled castes. He said, “It has been made purely keeping in mind the upcoming elections. There is nothing for Chhattisgarh in the budget.”

CM Baghel echoed the demands made by the people in Chhattisgarh

Ahead of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget presentation, CM Baghel echoed the demands made by the people in Chhattisgarh. He said that people have demanded new trains in Jagdalpur and Surguja areas and also demanded that GST and Central Excise for the state should be released at the earliest. He said earlier, “Earlier Railways used to have a separate budget, but now such announcements are not made separately. We also demand that our share of GST and Central Excise should be released at the earliest.”

Finance Minister announces an outlay of about Rs 2.4 lakh crore for Railways

In the biggest ever effort, the Finance Minister announced an outlay of about Rs 2.4 lakh crore for the Indian Railways, which will be used for electrification and station facilities and railway tracks etc. FM Sitharaman in her speech said, “Indian Railways capital outlay has been set at ₹2.40 lakh crore, the highest ever; 9 times what it was in 2013.”

[ad_2]

Source link