Welfare programmes and subsidies are being eliminated, which will have the opposite effect of helping the average person. People who had previously been able to get themselves above the poverty level are now back down below it: Mehbooba Mufti, Chief of the PDP, Speaks on the UnionBudget2023.
The revenue forecast for this budget remains the same as it has been for the last eight or nine years. The government has raised taxes while simultaneously cutting back on spending on welfare programmes and government subsidies. Some crony capitalists and huge businessmen are benefiting from the collection of taxes. The general public ought to profit from taxes, but the burden is too much for them also she added.
