Been following the Budget since C.Subramaniam's budget in 1975.
No TV then, but I'd read the details in the newspaper with great interest.
Why?
I was still in high school, so why did it matter to me?
Cos it was the Govt telling us where public money was going.
That interested me.
No TV then, but I'd read the details in the newspaper with great interest.
Why?
I was still in high school, so why did it matter to me?
Cos it was the Govt telling us where public money was going.
That interested me.
Those Budgets would be very detailed and specific.
We were not a rich nation then, so an allocation of even 100 cr was a big deal then, and would attract attention.
Today the govt throws around numbers in lakhs of crores just like that - and no one bats an eyelid.
We were not a rich nation then, so an allocation of even 100 cr was a big deal then, and would attract attention.
Today the govt throws around numbers in lakhs of crores just like that - and no one bats an eyelid.
It's easy to announce schemes when no one is going to ask you any qns.
Forget new schemes, did anyone bother to check against schemes that you announced in the last Budget?
Is it even possible to check?
And, what is probably most likely in today's India, DOES ANYONE EVEN CARE?
Forget new schemes, did anyone bother to check against schemes that you announced in the last Budget?
Is it even possible to check?
And, what is probably most likely in today's India, DOES ANYONE EVEN CARE?
When you have a sense of ownership over sth, you bother to check on it.
Whether it's your home, or your country's economics.
I suspect many are disengaging from the latter (unless their job depends on it).
As long as THEIR personal finance is ok, they couldn't care less.
Whether it's your home, or your country's economics.
I suspect many are disengaging from the latter (unless their job depends on it).
As long as THEIR personal finance is ok, they couldn't care less.
I can see where they're coming from.
Tbh, I sometimes myself feel that way.
Not sure I have a sense of ownership anymore.
Am just mentally exhausted at all these schemes, lofty claims, unverifiable, possibly fudged numbers.
Where to even start?
The govt loves it if we don't care.
Tbh, I sometimes myself feel that way.
Not sure I have a sense of ownership anymore.
Am just mentally exhausted at all these schemes, lofty claims, unverifiable, possibly fudged numbers.
Where to even start?
The govt loves it if we don't care.
The more disengaged and indifferent we, the public, are, the more the govt will get away with looting us.
It collect so many lakhs of crores - imagine the scope for looting!
But ppl are more interested in the stock markets, and their portfolio, than questioning govt.
It collect so many lakhs of crores - imagine the scope for looting!
But ppl are more interested in the stock markets, and their portfolio, than questioning govt.
I know we have the CAG for govt audit, but I don't know how effective it is.
What I'd like is for ppl to show interest too.
Esp those who understand public finance well.
Maybe take ONE scheme and do a real deep dive into it.
See if you notice sth suspicious.
What I'd like is for ppl to show interest too.
Esp those who understand public finance well.
Maybe take ONE scheme and do a real deep dive into it.
See if you notice sth suspicious.
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