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Saturday, July 11, 2009

All issues cannot be resolved overnight; But

All lights are off and the Budget show is over. Before the great deal, once in a financial year, expectations were pretty high. FM just watched it over his round glass and neglected it. But he made some indications in his speech, only time will tell the exact meaning of those words and suggestions.
Is the budget so bad? A lound no is the answer. Everyone will agree, considering the adverse situations prevailing all over the world, that the budget 2010 is very important regarding the fate of the country. Naturally expectations were also high. After the budget speech Panob Mukherjee said that every issues can not be resolved overnight. Everything will take it's own time to get resolved. Market reacted in a negative manner to the budget. (Share market always reacts drastically to changes even if it is very small, even the FM was also shocked by it's reactions). The budget was more people oriented. The rail budget also had the same 'face value'. This clearly indicates that the central government headed by UPA is more focussed on people, especially the people they call aam admi.
In the budget script right from the beginning more concentration was on the infrastructure development. The second topic in the speech was agricultural reforms. Consequent to the announcements related to infrastructure and agriculture Indian markets showed some activity. Infrastructure development is a big issue need government attention so also agriculture. During the second part of the budget speech finance minister announced the allotments to social welfare projects. Altogether the budget spoke the language of common man which the corporates didn't understand.
India is the youngest country in the world. We have 55 crore youth residing here. Youth, as they say, is the most vibrant time of a man, full of passion, novel ideas and above all they are ready to work. All they want is some motivation. But in India they lack is the opportunity. It is the duty of the state that it should provide appropriate medicines to its people to fulfill their dreams. In this more complicated world knowledge is power, otherwise information is wealth. One who gains knowledge is the most powerful man in the world. One gets knowledge through education hence education should be the top priority to every government. But the union budget failed to address the issue properly. Of course there are suggestions, but it always happens and nobody cares. Education loans should be more liberalized. It should be interest free, more relaxed paper work, less traveling for the student and the parents. More relaxation to the terms for the students below the poverty one and some more consideration for the deserved one among them. Through proper lobbying from government only this will happen.
The next big thing is agriculture reforms. Climate change and attitudinal change are the major factors which adversely affects the agriculture sector of the country. The proposed food security bill is a major step in this regard. But some more serious steps should be taken to tackle this menace. China is thinking ahead in this context and they had already started steps to address the issue which will become a major concern for all the countries in the world in the future. Government should ensure the safety of the corps by implementing proper insurance schemes. Irrigation and power power supply to the rural india should be the main priority, these issues should be take care of in the proposed infrastructure development projects.
Another issue which needs proper care is the health care sector. The price of life saving medicines are increasing on a daily basis. Rural india is striving from lack of health care facility. Treatment is a kind of huge burden on them. Actually they are dying because they have no money to afford the treatment. Some rural insurance schemes should be implemented to overcome the problem. Subsidy should be given to the poor (poor should be determined based on their earning capacity)
There are no major proposals in the Budget to address these issues but these are the burning issues in the country and government should consider these also when they take issues into consideration.