A day after Union Budget 2023 which was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana put up posters that read, "Telangana gets zero in Union Budget".


The BRS put up posters expressing disappointment over the Union Budget and non-allocation of funds to the state. 






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BRS MLC Kavitha on Wednesday claimed that Other than the increase in the Income Tax rebate limit from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh, there is nothing relevant for the people in the Union Budget, BRS leader K Kavitha said on Wednesday.


Pointing out that the budget failed to address the current situation wherein people are losing jobs, the BRS MLC said she was hoping that the Central government would come out with a comprehensive strategy on the issue.


"Overall, other than the tax exemption that they gave from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh, nothing seems to be relevant to the people. They gave ornate statements like youth empowerment et cetera. Nothing is mentioned on that," she said.


Kavitha further said that though the budget mentioned about Rs 10 lakh crore investments earmarked for infrastructure, there is no clarity given as to which infrastructure sector that the funds would be spent on.


Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter further said the budget also failed to give a roadmap as to how the country would become a developed nation in the next 25 years.


"Today, India's per capita income is USD 2,000. It has to go up to USD 12,000 if it has to go to the category of developed nation. But there is no clear roadmap for that. This is what I want to ask. Unfortunately, there are more than 800-900 schemes already announced in the last four years and they have no idea what has happened to them," she said.


According to her, the NDA government at the Centre announced several schemes during the last eight years and no state has received any benefit from it.


On the proposed 175 nursing colleges that Sitharaman mentioned in the budget, Kavitha said those institutions will be given where there are medical colleges sanctioned by the Centre and Telangana would not get one as it does not have one.


"This is a budget to cover up the failures of the Modi government, but unfortunately numbers don't lie," she charged.


(With PTI inputs)