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00:00My name is Ayush Agarwal. I am the State Secretary of the Punjab Patej Gopal Mandal and I am also the National Secretary of the Patej Gopal Mandal.
00:16The common trader, whether from Punjab or outside of Punjab, has some expectations for the budget.
00:23Last year, the government prepared a roadmap for the development of the nation by 2047.
00:30It included youth, farmers, women and people below the poverty line.
00:36Last year, the traders did not get anything. There were expectations.
00:39We hope that the traders will be heard.
00:43For the past two years, we have been sending recommendations every day that Punjab being the border state,
00:48we all know that for the past 28 years, there has been a shortage of goods in Punjab.
00:52One of the major reasons is that the borders of Punjab are closed.
00:56The farmers have closed their borders.
00:58There have been two agitations in the past.
01:01One was that a year and a half ago, when everyone went to Delhi, it was also closed at that time.
01:05Punjab had a loss of 4 lakh crores.
01:08And yesterday, Ludhiana had a loss of 1 lakh crores.
01:11Even today, even if they do not go to Delhi, the borders of Punjab are closed.
01:16There is a shortage of goods and there is a shortage of common people.
01:19Only the transportation cost of Punjab's traders is Rs. 100 crores per week,
01:25which is the additional cost of the goods.
01:27The work is going on, the work is not stopping, but there is an additional cost.
01:30Secondly, we have written many letters to Mr. Nirmala,
01:35that all the investments in Punjab are our data.
01:41MSME Export Promotion Council has its own data.
01:44The Central Government has its own data.
01:47When Mr. Nirmala Sitharaman came to campaign last year during the MP election campaign,
01:52she also showed that we are also looking at the same thing.
01:56In the last three years, 85% of the investment in Punjab has been cut.
02:02Be it business, be it foreign direct investment,
02:06be it any kind of work that needs to be done here.
02:10The state government's capital expenditure has also been cut.
02:13Even though the books have been changed, they have been cut.
02:16On the other hand, let's talk about the nationals.
02:21In India, in the last three years, the minimum to minimum investment has increased by 85%.
02:27The FDI has increased by $1 trillion last year.
02:32Punjab is also a part of India.
02:35If we believe that Punjab is suffering losses,
02:38then we also have to believe that we have to fix those losses.
02:41Today, there is a loan of 4.5 lakh crores in Punjab.
02:45Now our government is living on that loan.
02:48Now we are fortunate that this government has come.
02:50But the traders still have hope from the state government and the national government
02:54that maybe they will listen to us.
02:57Let's talk about the GST collection.
02:59In December 2024, the GST collection went up to 1.78 lakh crores in the whole of India.
03:04And yesterday, Punjab's GST went up to 2 lakh crores.
03:07If we look at the year-on-data of national and state-wise,
03:11then the collection of Punjab comes down to 20-21 lakh crores.
03:16The state of Haryana is 80 lakh crores.
03:20That's four times more than Punjab.
03:23Uttar Pradesh.
03:24In Uttar Pradesh, the GST collection goes up to 1 lakh crores in the whole of India.
03:29So, it is clear that Punjab and the traders need support.
03:34How will we get that support?
03:36We expect from the budget that Punjab, being the border state,
03:41should be given an economic package,
03:43as the national government provided to Jammu and Kashmir, of 17,000 crores.
03:47In Himachal Pradesh, they gave the same scheme of 15,000 crores.
03:51And the rest, the state government, with its investment scheme,
03:54its industrial scheme, attracted the package of 20 lakh crores.
03:58In Uttar Pradesh, the central government provided an economic package of 7 lakh crores.
04:03Punjab is a very populous state.
04:07It is a green state.
04:09So many people come and work here.
04:11It is an agricultural state.
04:12The national government should also see that this is a border state.
04:16If there is a problem, it needs to be fixed.
04:18As you have mentioned about the package,
04:21it seems that there should be some policy regarding the import.
04:25Because in a large number of industries,
04:27like the horse industry, the cycle industry,
04:29there are some obstacles in the import.
04:32Yes, of course.
04:33There should be a policy regarding the import.
04:36All the GST rates and import duties,
04:39the feedback that the government receives,
04:41and the recommendations that are given by the council,
04:45they set the rates on that basis.
04:47These associations do not meet the government.
04:52They do not take any advice.
04:54Usually, the association sends a recommendation after the rule,
04:58that it should be fixed.
05:00If it is not fixed, then it is not good.
05:02It goes on for a long time.
05:04Now, when it comes to rate clarification,
05:06in today's time, the cloth traders are also worried.
05:10We are connected to all the traders.
05:12We understand everyone's pain.
05:14They have said that the cost of cloth is more than Rs. 10,000.
05:18Now, the cloth has become a luxury.
05:21Usually, if a person gets married,
05:24the cost of cloth is more than Rs. 10,000.
05:27This means that getting married is also a luxury.
05:30The basic necessity of the cloth,
05:32which the government has given in its definition,
05:35is the necessity to make bread cloth.
05:37The GST rate should be 5% above the necessity.
05:39The government had made a provision before the GST rate.
05:42The council had given a recommendation.
05:44The cloth should not be given as a 28% luxury.
05:48To stop tax theft, other things can be done.
05:51Other provisions can be made.
05:53But the purpose is not to increase the tax rate.
05:55Usually, the burden falls on the common man.
05:59Number three.
06:01There are many problems in GST,
06:03which the traders also want to be simplified.
06:05I will explain to you how to simplify it.
06:07There are people who have a turnover of more than Rs. 5 crores.
06:12If they have to pay the R1 of their GST every month,
06:15they have to press the button that they have started paying their returns.
06:19They have to press that button
06:21because the GST report of every day runs automatically on the portal.
06:25By chance, if a person pays his late returns,
06:28the buyer spends his ITC for a month.
06:31If a person pays his quarterly returns,
06:33he spends his ITC for three months.
06:36GST should be automatically done for re-invoicing.
06:41The third and most important thing is online trade.
06:44This has been going on for a month in India.
06:47The online traders like Amazon, Flipkart, and Bigshot
06:54give discounts on the cut rate from the market rate
06:59and attract people to their platforms.
07:03When people get used to the platform,
07:05they increase the rate.
07:07The ultimate button is usually worn by people.
07:11Plus, the offline market dies.
07:16The government should make a pricing policy
07:19that we do not refuse to trade online.
07:22We support it.
07:24But how can they give a cut rate from the market rate?
07:27A rule is necessary to end this flawlessness.
07:32Usually, Bigshots attract people
07:35by giving a discount rate of D-grade quality.
07:40Usually, people do not know about the quality of the material.
07:44How will they tell?
07:45What will we do?
07:46Will we stay on B2B?
07:47B2C is a working capital.
07:50There are 8 crore traders in India
07:52who give employment to 25 crore people.
07:55The trader also comes under the MSME category.
07:58MSME provides 60% employment in the country.
08:01The government should make a pricing policy.
08:05Punjab was one of the first three states in India
08:12and now it is the 20th state.
08:16Punjab has been ignored in every budget.
08:20Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand.
08:25Punjab has always been ignored.
08:27It is time to give something to Punjab.
08:30Punjab's survival is very low.
08:32It is a border state.
08:33We cannot export.
08:35We are sitting in the last corner.
08:37Our neighbour is Pakistan.
08:38Our goods can go there.
08:39Their relations are not good.
08:40Punjab needs a special package in the budget.
08:44It is very important.
08:45But the unfortunate thing about Punjab is
08:47that the central and state governments have always been opposites.
08:50That is why there is a lot of problem here.
08:52Secondly, the issue of GST.
08:54GST has made it very complicated.
08:56Earlier, there was talk of one nation, one tax.
08:58There will be a country and a tax will be imposed.
09:01But now, some have 2%, some have 12%,
09:04some have 18%, some have 28%.
09:06Then there is electricity and petrol.
09:08Now we have to pay 2 crore in the furnace bill.
09:11We have to pay a tax of 40 lakhs on top of that
09:13which we do not get in return.
09:15That is why it has been said to cover GST.
09:18All the components of GST are not there.
09:21Then they have put TCS on GST.
09:23They have put TDS.
09:25They have made it so complicated
09:27that it needs to be simplified.
09:29Then there is income tax.
09:31It should be reduced by at least 10 lakhs
09:33because inflation is high.
09:34It is very difficult for everyone to manage
09:36at Rs. 60,000-70,000.
09:39Then there is the locational disadvantage of Punjab.
09:42At one time, there was a freight subsidy.
09:44All the government iron was available
09:46at one rate to all the states.
09:48Now the subsidy has been stopped.
09:50Then there is freight equalization.
09:52We are not getting any incentive
09:54for exporting.
09:56That is why there are a lot of problems
09:58for Punjab.
10:00After that, Punjab has a major demand
10:02that Punjab needs an export subsidy
10:04to promote export.
10:06The textile sector has been ignored.
10:08A special package is needed for textile.
10:10The old machines that we buy
10:12from other countries
10:14should be tax-free.
10:16This is the demand from our center.
10:24One thing that needs to be learned
10:26from Trump is that
10:28our factories are closing
10:30and the goods from other countries
10:32are being sold here.
10:34He said that the goods from other countries
10:36are being sold here.
10:38India should do the same.
10:40India imports
10:42are around Rs. 5,46,000 crores.
10:44India exports
10:46are around Rs. 3,59,000 crores.
10:48India exports are around Rs. 2,96,000 crores.
10:50India exports are around Rs. 2,96,000 crores.
10:52India is a big country.
10:54That is why there should be duties
10:56on imports.
10:58The government imports
11:00are coming from other countries.
11:02Plastic is coming from Rs. 60,000 crores.
11:04Oil is coming from Rs. 3,00,000 crores.
11:06Edible oils are coming from other countries.
11:08Farmers will get benefits from this.
11:10That is why the government
11:12should pay attention to this.
11:14There is no budget for MSMEs.
11:16There is no budget for MSMEs.
11:18The reason is that
11:20there is a budget of Rs. 5,000 crores
11:22and Rs. 6,000 crores for MSMEs.
11:24There is a budget of Rs. 8,000 crores for MSMEs.
11:26There is no budget of Rs. 5,600 crores for MSMEs.
11:28That is why there should be a budget
11:30of Rs. 2,00,000 crores.
11:32Most of the schemes
11:34like CLCSS
11:36have been shut down.
11:38The government has also
11:40reduced the number of
11:42foreign exhibitions.
11:44That is why there is a need
11:46to increase the budget.
11:48Banks do not get subsidies.
11:502% of the loans
11:52have been shut down
11:54by the micro and small sectors.
11:56The loans for big families
11:58are being charged
12:00from 9% to 18%.
12:02This is a very difficult situation.