Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Friday criticized the government’s economic survey for presenting agricultural and labor laws as part of structural reforms.
“According to the survey, the three most important ‘structural reforms’ were (1) laws against farmers, (2) the new MSME definition and (3) the four labor laws,” tweeted the opposition congress chairman.
“The farmers have rejected the three farm laws. The MSMEs have said they got no relief at all. The unions have rejected the four labor laws! What reform is, people have rejected. It is the new definition of “reform” and “democracy”, “he wrote on his Twitter feed.
The former finance minister criticized the language used in this year’s document, saying earlier it was about communicating the economic outlook in plain language, but now the purpose has changed.
“The most common word used in the business survey is regression. The current government has taught us the meaning of “recession”. When you know the meanings of ‘recession’ and ‘regression’ you can join the team to write the next economic survey, ‘he said.
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