AICC Press Conference After The Piyush Goyal Present the Budget for session 2019-20 at parliament House, The Congress leader P. Chidambaram, Randeep Surjewala and Priyanka Chaturvedi Address The media at AICC HQ, and said that - This was not Vote on Account, this was an account for votes, It was not an Interim Budget. It was a full-fledged Budget accompanied by an election campaign speech. By doing so, the government has trampled on time-honoured conventions. The govt has no hope of returning to power.The big takeaway is that the present govt has further weakened fiscal stability. For the 2nd year in succession the govt has missed the Fiscal Deficit target. The revised estimate shows a slippage from 3.3% to 3.4%.The govt’s desperation is proved by its announcement of the Farmers’ Income Support Scheme to provide a measly sum ₹6,000/year to every small/medium farmer.By recklessly breaching fiscal discipline, the govt will fund the Scheme this year entirely out of borrowed mo
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