H.D. Kote: Former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday criticised the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as ‘Sab ka vinash’ budget for its poor allocation to various sectors such as health, agriculture, education food security and employment generation among others. The former CM also expressed his concern over mounting debts of the country.
Addressing a press meet at Jungle Lodges and Resorts at Karapura yesterday, Siddharamaiah regretted that the allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme had come down by more than Rs. 25,000 crore in comparison to last year even though a large number of people had returned to their villages after losing their jobs in COVID-19.
