Kurukshetra: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Charuni) slammed the central government budget while saying that he had nothing to the country farmers but only statistics.
In his press release issued from Kurukshetra on Tuesday, Bku Charuni said, “Obviously from the Ministry of Finance (Union) the government worked to take revenge from farmers because of his defeat in Kisan Andolan (Farmers’ protest).
Minister of Finance did not reveal any statistics in his speech And everything became clear when the statistics came out.
“Bku Charuni said the budget for agriculture and several sectors attached had been reduced to 3.84 percent compared to 4.26 percent last year and also, the budget for rural development declined from 5.59 percent last year to 5.23.
This year’s percent.
The agricultural Union said that the pradhan budget of the Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has been reduced by Rs 500 Crore from RS 16,000 Crore last year to RS 15,500 Crore this year.
The agricultural Union also attacked at the center to reduce the MGNREGA budget (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Rustic 2005) from Rs 97,034 Crore to Rs 72,034 Crore.
It is said that the central government also reduces the budget under PSS (price support scheme) and eg (market discovery scheme) which provides plant prices to farmers, from RS 3,595 Crore to 1,500 crore rs.
Uni said that the budget for the Aasha umbrella scheme (Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan) made by the former United Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to ensure the minimum support price (MSP) to farmers, has decreased from Rs 1 Crore only.
It was said that the government’s contribution to the Agri infrastructure fund was reduced from the RS 900 Crore to Rs 500 Crore.
The agricultural Union questioned that the government spoke of supporting cooperative communities but reduced the budget for farmer producer organizations (FPO) from RS 700 Crore last year to Rs 500 Crore this year.
About the budget marked to stop burning plant residues (Parali), BKU Charuni said last year the center had marked the Rs 700 Crore budget, but had been reduced to zero this year.
BKU spokesman Charuni Rakesh Kumar Bains said the government confused farmers in statistics.
“The Minister of Finance Uni said that the record of 1,208 lakh metric tons (MT) of wheat and rice will be obtained from farmers in 2022.
Whereas, according to last year’s statistics (2021), 433 lakh MT wheat and 873 lakh MT Paddy were purchased from farmers, namely a total of 1,306 Lakh MT grains obtained.
The government throws dust in the eyes of farmers with the miracle of statistics and this time, farmers have been disappointed with the union budget because the budget provision has been made by the government to establish a new APMC (Agricultural Product Market Committee) “, said Rakesh Bains.