Budget disappointing for the Labour - Press Statement Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) Ref-BMS/D-20/37/2018 Dated-01-02-2018 Press statement issued by Sri Virjesh Upadhyay , General Secretary, BMS on 1st February 2018. Budget disappointing for the Labour - BMS to hold countrywide demonstrations on 2nd February Even though today’s budget for the first time has given more thrust to rural development, agriculture, health, infrastructure etc., it has totally neglected the woes of labour. Anganwadi workers, ASHA karmis and other scheme workers who belong to the poorest paid workers appointed under the Central Government have nothing as relief in the budget. Middle class employees are unhappy with no increase in their ceiling for tax exemption; at the same time the cess on income tax is increased from 3% to 4%. This was done at a time when the budget claimes 41% increase in the tax payers’ net. Moreover the Government treasury has been hugely benefitted by the new GST regime, demonetization and ...