

She said a few big companies making profits or the stock market rising to new heights does not mean that the economy is recovering. “Now, he is dismantling the public sector built up over the past 70 years with strategic, economic and social objectives in mind… What will happen to employment of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, for instance, if public sector companies and institutions continue to get privatized? Already lakhs upon lakhs of people, mostly young, have joined and continue to join the ranks of the unemployed.” Congress members in the Central Hall of Parliament on Wednesday. He is continuing on that disastrous path, but calling it monetization. The rising prices of cement, steel and other basic industrial commodities also do not bode well for economic recovery.”Īccusing the government of selling off precious national assets like banks, insurance companies, public sector enterprises, railways and airports, she said, “First, the prime minister destroyed the economy with his demonetization move of November 2016. She added that “the prices of edible oils, pulses and vegetables are burning a hole in the monthly budget of every household. Also read | In Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi gives ‘list of dead farmer protesters’, seeks aid
