By D N Singh
Once again the government of India is in an upbeat mood so far as the central government employees are concerned. A proposal is afoot that, soon there shall be a rise in the pay package of the above employees. The DA shall be pegged to raise many eyebrow.
Accordingly, the pay packages shall get a bigger boost at the month end. Reports say that the Central government may increase the DA by 5 %, then the pay package of the employees may enjoy a cushion of an increase of salary by Rs. 27,000. These are all under the scope of possibilities that the Union government is working on.
Now, coming back to the kick-start slogan of the NDA in 2014, ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikash’ was an altruistic call people then took with great sport.
Some have raised the question that why this cherry-picking in giving solace to one section of the system whereas the majority is left to bear the brunt of an unprecedented inflation in last eight years.
Let’s go by the latest data from the National Statistics Office, the people in general have faced the back-breaking inflation of little over 7.7 per cent that has created a sharp imbalance in the handling of the economy.
A cursory glance at the retail inflation that is in an upward swing and, perhaps, surpasses all in last eight years.
Electoral Dividends!
And, not to be economical with the truth, that the situation has boiled down to, the wholesale price index showed a nightmarish increase from 14.5 % to 15% in between March and April. A whopping challenge for the slogan of’ Sabka Sath’.
Are the people working under the Central government are only going to be hard-hit by the inflation or is it another way of pandering to the whims of a minority for electoral dividends.
While the political opposition proposes to discuss inflation at all fronts including the latest wrap on the knuckle i.e GST then, the voices likely to be heard by the people is suppressed by the allegation of ‘disruption’ of the proceeding in the parliament headlined by ‘obstruction’ to smooth conduct of business in the Houses.
The NSO further harps on the Consumer Price Index which underlines inflation in many ways.
Does Not Hit The Few Privilege
It requires no repeat mention that, ‘Roti Kapda Makan’ where essential and food items are essential for everybody while, other commodities like light and fuel are still a luxury for the major population of India. It has been a 17 months high in food items pegging itself up to 8.38% in last April. When the majority of the Indian population feel the barb.
