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Mr. Chidambaram, You Ignored
 The Middle Class Students!
      By Anwesha Sen Majumdar
A well planned ‘fun’
• For us students, the budget is the time when our parents
  start worrying about their daily expenses.
• A time our parents ask us to be careful with our daily budget .
• We are the middle class students who live on the roadside
  snacks and endless shopping at Janpath but we are also the
  children of globalization .
• So, not only we enjoy eating the roadside ‘Golgappa‘ , but
  also the ‘Aloo tikki’ burger from Mc Donalds .
• We plan our monthly budget accordingly, determined to
  have ‘fun’.
Budget 2013 was closer to home?
• A Tax of 12 % was imposed on all restaurants which had Air
  Conditioning .
• It means you have to pay more for that ‘Aloo Tikki’ burger you
  were enjoying in 30 rupees or the softy you were enjoying at
  KFC for mere 12 bucks .
• These fast food restaurants had already increased their rates
  due to increase in the cost of raw materials , rent and
  transportation .
• In fact, with the rising cost of electricity, more and more
  homes are using lesser power but to charge extra just
  because restaurants have AC is having a biased view .
Just a middle range joint
• Why club the middle range restaurants with the high end
  ones who charge a bomb for the simplest of meals?
• Why put the tax on restaurants and fast food joints just
  because they have AC?
• These places don’t serve liquor, they don’t have exorbitantly
  priced dishes.
• They employ young men and women who work there part
  time, to fund their education or for want of some extra
  pocket                        money                         .
Utility rather than beauty
• By increasing the tax on these middle class fast food joints
  and restaurants, the government has shown a completed lack
  of understanding of the habits of the youth.
• Yes, tax the super rich, tax cigarettes and beedis , tax people
  who buy yachts and SUVS and tax the high end restaurants
  which are a favorite haunt of the rich and famous but do not
  tax the reasonably priced eateries and joints, which have AC
  more out of necessity than out of luxury .
• They have installed AC’s because we need them.
• In a country like India where people and crops die due to heat
  wave , saying that AC’s amount to luxury is an irony.
• Now students will have to be even more careful with their
  expenses .
• With rising cost of education , rents and even basic amenities
  like food and water, the middle class students will be hit
  badly .
• Many of them are funding their own education, living away
  from home and their idea of eating out with friends and
  families are food courts and fast food joints.
• Now, they will have to think twice about the amount they
  spend outside
Once in a while
• Just like cold countries have heaters installed even in their
  homes where it is not a luxury but a necessity , it has become
  a necessity for us Indians to have air conditioning .
• We are a country that loves to eat .
• We are still a developing nation and all of us want to sit in the
  new swanky Mc Donald’s outlet once in a while, spend some
  time with our friends and family and bond with out loved
  one’s with a KFC bucket .
• It is not just about the food, it’s about the experience.
• Read more on Youth Ki Awaaz

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Budget on middle class

  • 1. Mr. Chidambaram, You Ignored The Middle Class Students! By Anwesha Sen Majumdar
  • 2. A well planned ‘fun’ • For us students, the budget is the time when our parents start worrying about their daily expenses. • A time our parents ask us to be careful with our daily budget . • We are the middle class students who live on the roadside snacks and endless shopping at Janpath but we are also the children of globalization . • So, not only we enjoy eating the roadside ‘Golgappa‘ , but also the ‘Aloo tikki’ burger from Mc Donalds . • We plan our monthly budget accordingly, determined to have ‘fun’.
  • 3. Budget 2013 was closer to home? • A Tax of 12 % was imposed on all restaurants which had Air Conditioning . • It means you have to pay more for that ‘Aloo Tikki’ burger you were enjoying in 30 rupees or the softy you were enjoying at KFC for mere 12 bucks . • These fast food restaurants had already increased their rates due to increase in the cost of raw materials , rent and transportation . • In fact, with the rising cost of electricity, more and more homes are using lesser power but to charge extra just because restaurants have AC is having a biased view .
  • 4. Just a middle range joint • Why club the middle range restaurants with the high end ones who charge a bomb for the simplest of meals? • Why put the tax on restaurants and fast food joints just because they have AC? • These places don’t serve liquor, they don’t have exorbitantly priced dishes. • They employ young men and women who work there part time, to fund their education or for want of some extra pocket money .
  • 5. Utility rather than beauty • By increasing the tax on these middle class fast food joints and restaurants, the government has shown a completed lack of understanding of the habits of the youth. • Yes, tax the super rich, tax cigarettes and beedis , tax people who buy yachts and SUVS and tax the high end restaurants which are a favorite haunt of the rich and famous but do not tax the reasonably priced eateries and joints, which have AC more out of necessity than out of luxury . • They have installed AC’s because we need them. • In a country like India where people and crops die due to heat wave , saying that AC’s amount to luxury is an irony.
  • 6. • Now students will have to be even more careful with their expenses . • With rising cost of education , rents and even basic amenities like food and water, the middle class students will be hit badly . • Many of them are funding their own education, living away from home and their idea of eating out with friends and families are food courts and fast food joints. • Now, they will have to think twice about the amount they spend outside
  • 7. Once in a while • Just like cold countries have heaters installed even in their homes where it is not a luxury but a necessity , it has become a necessity for us Indians to have air conditioning . • We are a country that loves to eat . • We are still a developing nation and all of us want to sit in the new swanky Mc Donald’s outlet once in a while, spend some time with our friends and family and bond with out loved one’s with a KFC bucket . • It is not just about the food, it’s about the experience.
  • 8. • Read more on Youth Ki Awaaz