Demanding a white paper on the 100 day term of TDP Government, YSR Congress party has said that the State is laying more focus on excise revenue despite its poll promise of closing down the belt shops and waiver of agriculture and DWACRA loans.
“The Chief Minister has been replaying his old tunes of Janmabhoomi and other such schemes while the Finance Minister has been unhappy with the officials as they did not get the targeted revenue through excise for the period ending September 30,” party spokesperson Tammineni Sitaram told reporters here on Tuesday.
The VAT target set for September 30 has been Rs 2314.20 crores while the actual collection has been Rs 1,805.03 crores and the Finance Minister has expressed his displeasure on the officials for not meeting the target. There is no attempt to close down the belt shops which has been the second of set for five core promises TDP has made, loan waiver being the first.
While so much thrust is being laid on the revenue through excise, nearly 7 lakh old and sick people are being deprived of pensions in the new scheme scheduled to be launched on October 2, the Gandhi Jayanthi day. The committees, packed with TDP cadre and sympathizers, have weeded out nearly 7 lakh names from the pensioners list. Pensions should be given to all eligible and needy persons cutting across party lines and not to a select section as the benefit should not be based on party affiliations, he said.
