Hn_Ani_Delhi_Trade_Unions_Pre_Budget_Meeting_17-48-15

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00:00Today we had a pre-budget meeting with the finance minister of the Central Trade Unions.

00:0910 Central Trade Unions have given a joint memorandum.

00:13We told them the reason for our meeting.

00:17We told them that the situation has become such that

00:21the Indian Labour Conference has not been held for a decade to listen to the workers.

00:27So, if you do not listen to the workers and make policies without listening to them,

00:31we have also expressed our concern that the current economic situation of India

00:37is showing an increase in inequality.

00:41And this is not only being said by the agencies in India.

00:45Today, according to international reports,

00:50credible international reports, world inequality reports,

00:52are saying that India is one of the countries with the highest level of inequality in the world.

01:01Very few people are collecting as much money as possible.

01:06And the share of wealth and income in the hands of the general public is decreasing day by day.

01:17And these are established facts.

01:20Keeping this in context, we appealed to the finance minister

01:25that as a representative of the people of the country,

01:28the budget should be the centerpiece of this inequality.

01:31It should be the centerpiece that if people do not have purchasing power,

01:35then the economy cannot run.

01:37In India, with the presence of Nirmala Sitharaman,

01:39there is a strong economic slowdown that we have seen even before COVID-19.

01:43A strong economic slowdown.

01:45So, we will have to consider how to give money to the public.

01:48And from there, we have suggested that there should be an indirect tax burden.

01:52Indirect tax burden should be reduced from the shoulders of the public.

01:55GST has just been reviewed.

01:57So, the indirect tax in the form of GST should be reduced from the public.

02:01And on the rich, because year after year in the budget,

02:05we are seeing that the corporate tax that should be given to the corporate,

02:08is being left in the corporate tax year after year.

02:11We are seeing that the burden of non-performing assets on our government banks is increasing.

02:18So, in such a situation,

02:20NPA is being right-off.

02:24NPA is increasing and it is being right-off in the budget.

02:28So, it is decreasing.

02:29After the budget, it is decreasing because you are right-off.

02:32And with NPA, Adani ji, Ambani ji,

02:37are not paying the loan from the State Bank of India.

02:41And their loan is being right-off.

02:43But the farmer's loan is not being right-off.

02:46So, in such a situation,

02:48we told them that the budget should be made according to the public.

02:51The wealth creator is poor.

02:53No matter how much Modi ji says,

02:55the wealth creator is not a few corporate houses.

02:58The one who works hard is the wealth creator.

03:00So, according to him, how to give money to the public.

03:03According to him, the direct tax should be increased.

03:05And the indirect tax should be reduced from the public.

03:08Secondly, we said that the one who works hard,

03:11according to the price of hard work,

03:16his life will be good.

03:18His financial condition will be good.

03:20So, it is important for the economy of the country

03:23to protect the rights of the workers.

03:25But what are we seeing?

03:26We are seeing that in the name of disinvestment,

03:28the public sector undertakings,

03:30which have been present in our country for 75 years,

03:32and we are very proud of them.

03:34Our public sector undertakings are known to India.

03:37They are being sold in the name of disinvestment

03:39by the big rich people.

03:41If the public sector undertakings are sold,

03:43it means that the rights of the workers

03:45who are working there will be violated.

03:48And in a way, this is not happening.

03:50Sales, ONG, etc. were in favor.

03:53And if you talk about the losses,

03:55then private companies,

03:57what was the situation of the jet airways in front of you?

03:59Whenever private companies go down,

04:01the government has to inflate the cash.

04:03Mr. Nirmala Sitharaman has himself

04:05inflated the cash twice or thrice in the economy

04:07through RBI.

04:09Because the private sectors were going down,

04:11and they were creating a recession in the economy.

04:14So, the point is that the government

04:16has to give the money

04:18when the private sector also goes down.

04:20But the name of the loss is always...

04:22Tell me one thing.

04:24Indian Railway.

04:26Do you see Indian Railway as a benefit or a loss?

04:28Do you see Indian Railway as a benefit or a loss?

04:30Do you see Indian Railway as a benefit or a loss?

04:32It comes to Delhi from India by train.

04:34So, if you see it as a benefit or a loss,

04:36then sell it to Ambani.

04:38The country belongs to the people.

04:40If the country is not of Ambani Adani,

04:42then the finance minister has to understand this.

04:44The current government minister has to understand this.

04:46This is the love for the country and the people.

04:48There is no love for Ambani Adani.

04:50That is why I said that

04:52you should stop selling public sector undertakings.

04:54There are some things

04:56that you will see as a benefit or a loss.

04:58So, the condition of your universities,

05:00you have to stop it.

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