Signs are not good over Congress view on inheritance tax: Rajnath Singh
Singh was addressing an election rally in Lakhimpur Kheri in support of the BJP candidate and Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni.
Reacting on the projections of the Economic Survey which was presented by the Finance Minister in Parliament on Friday, Congress said the findings of the survey are totally disconnected from the reality.
“The Economic Survey comes nowhere close to revealing what the actual situation is. India is facing a very difficult time due to the Narendra Modi government’s mismanagement yet if you look at the Economic Survey, you will find it is totally disconnected from this grim reality,” Rajeev Gowda Congress spokesperson said.
He further added, “Economic Survey is not about talking of the past but the current situation in the country. The current situation is – the economy is in the worst phase in 52 years with unemployment at an all-time high.”
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Party leader Gaurav Vallabh on the projection said, “In this Economic Survey, the Chief Economic Advisor pays scant attention to distribution and inequality. Even today, inequality is worsening. Recent Oxfam report says richest 1 per cent of India hold over 40 per cent of national wealth.”
“After failure of Modinomics, a new word Thalinomics has been coined while the ‘thali’ of the common man is empty as the food inflation is at 14.12 per cent,” he added.
Congress further alleged the government of failing to contain food inflation as the prices of essential commodities are rising.
It further said that the “Make in India” failed after which “Assemble in India” has come up. But this will not add value to the GDP as the position is already grim.
“Talking of $5 trillion economy is only another talk. To reach there, India has to grow at 9 per cent but the current rate is 4.5 per cent. The next year’s projection is 6 to 6.5 which is far from the reality and the data does not support this claim,” Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said.
Congress also said that the country needs 38 per cent foreign investment against the current rate of 27 per cent to reach the target.
(Photo: IANS)
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