{"id":104284,"date":"2021-01-04T05:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T05:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/?p=104284"},"modified":"2021-01-04T05:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T05:14:02","slug":"dear-nirmalaji-what-i-want-from-the-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/business\/dear-nirmalaji-what-i-want-from-the-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Nirmalaji: What I want from the Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"
On February 1, 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget for Financial Year 2021-2021.<\/p>\n
Nirmalaji<\/em> has asked us to send the finance ministry inputs so that the government can prepare an all-inclusive Budget, one that will incorporate the needs of its people.<\/p>\n In a month-long series, A Ganesh Nadar\/Rediff.com<\/em><\/strong> will speak to Indians across the land about what their expectations from Budget 2021 are.<\/p>\n Rajeev Kumar Singh<\/strong>, 30, a native of Behla village in Bihar, works as a security guard at a building in Lokhandwala Complex, northwest Mumbai .<\/p>\n His father Kamal Singh Narayan Chauhan is a priest in Behla village, which has a population of about 800 people.<\/p>\n Rajeev had to stop studying after Class 9 because of family problems. He has ensured that his wife continues her education.<\/p>\n Rajeev used to work in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, as a tailor, where he earned Rs 7,000 a month.<\/p>\n Somebody told him he could earn more money in Mumbai, so he came to the city in 2008 when he was 18. But there was no job waiting for him.<\/p>\n “I stayed under the Lokhandwala bridge for two days when I first came here,” Rajeev recalls.<\/p>\n He found a job as a security guard for a salary of Rs 3,550 a month and had no choice but to take it. He now earns Rs 7,500 a month.<\/p>\n This is what he would like to tell the finance minister:<\/p>\n Dear Nirmalaji<\/em><\/strong>,<\/p>\n Food items have become so expensive; please reduce the taxes on them.<\/p>\n Petrol\/diesel prices are rising rapidly because of which people are very upset. Please don’t tax them so much. The price of diesel has a cascading effect on all food items.<\/p>\n Clothes are also expensive.<\/p>\n To stay in Mumbai in a small room, I have to pay Rs 30,000 as a deposit; the rent is between Rs 4,500 to Rs 5,500.<\/p>\n On top of this, I have to pay the water bill and the electricity bill.<\/p>\n I know you cannot reduce the rent, but please reduce the water and electricity charges. That will make all of us happy.<\/p>\n I come from Belha village, which is in Madhubani district, Bihar.<\/p>\n Please build toilets and bathrooms in my village.<\/p>\n Power comes and goes as it pleases in my village. Please ensure that we get 24 hours uninterrupted supply.<\/p>\n Please give funds to build roads in my village as the roads are very bad. We also need a hospital in our village.<\/p>\n I hope you will fulfill all our needs.<\/p>\n Thank you.<\/p>\n Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani\/Rediff.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On February 1, 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget for Financial Year 2021-2021. Nirmalaji has asked us to send the finance ministry […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":104283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
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