Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday slammed the Centre for betraying the state even in its last budget.
Reacting to the Interim Budget presented in Parliament on Friday, Naidu said it had no mention of Andhra Pradesh.
Interacting with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers during a teleconference, the TDP chief said the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojna will not benefit the farmers.
"How will Rs 16 per day improve the conditions of farmers? Are you giving alms to them?" Naidu asked the Centre.
According to TDP sources, Naidu said there was nothing for the common man in the Budget 2019-20.
He pointed out that for reservation under the Economically Backward Class (EBC) quota, the income limit is Rs 8 lakh but the income tax ceiling is Rs 5 lakh.
He claimed that there are many such contradictions in the budget.
Naidu said the budget failed to address the issue of unemployment. Referring to a reported warning by China about rising unemployment in India, he blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party's wrong policies for the problem.
Naidu claimed that his government had done well to address the issue of unemployment in the state by providing employment to 14 lakh people during the last four-and-half years.
This announcement of the Chief Minister is against the family planning rules which prohibit the population. Naidu said, "The population growth of the state has declined by 1.6 percent in the last 10 years. The more mouths that remain to eat, the more hands will be there to earn.
He said, "In the last 25 years, the population of 50 percent of the population has increased in comparison to the total population of the state. I believe that the more children, the more the state will be younger. '
The Naidu government has told the constant birth degradation of the state to justify its scheme. He said, the birth rate in the state was 37% in 1000 in 2014, which has now come down to 10.51% in 2018.
According to Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh had the 10th rank in the country on the basis of population. Before the Telangana state was separated, the total population of Andhra was 8.46 crores. After this, Telangana was separated in June 2014.
