REACTIONS
Ramesh Chennithala
Leader of the opposition
No solutions
Now the minister says KSRTC will be made three centers of profit. The CPM should remember the protest they raised when the UDF tried to implement such a program.
This budget is a work of fiction. It doesn't offer any solution to basic issues.
A M Arif
CPM
Contextual Budget
Unlike in the past, the sources of tax revenue for states have come down. Income has also come down. So we need to review the Budget from such a point of view.
Rajmohan Unnithan
Congress
Just literature
Just like the previous one, it's a 'literary' Budget. It would have been better if he concluded with ONV's poem on one's wishes.
V Muraleedharan
BJP
Not realistic
Thomas Isaac is only a dreamer. It doesn't work out.
Dr Mary George
Senior Economist
KIIFB, Tax, welfare
As of now the beneficiaries of health insurance are not patients, but middlemen.
It may take two years to for tax revenue to grow as the finance minister expects.
I have great expectations about KIIFB.
Saji Gopinath
CEO, StartUp Mission
Startup
Startup sector needs technical assistance to go to the next level and projects to find market.
Dr Roy Sam Daniel
MG Varsity Syndicate Member
Education
It would be good if there is some allocation for giving the RUSA fund found from education cess to private-unaided sector.
The budget should not sideline education sector.