Sukhbir @ 7pm: Shiromani Akali Dal tables policies to support small scale businessmen
Sukhbir @ 7pm Episode 5: Amid restrictions on physical rallies and roadshows in five poll-bound states, including Punjab, ahead of the Assembly elections 2022, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal is connecting with the masses through its virtual campaign — Sukhbir @ 7pm. To read in Punjabi, click here.
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In the fifth episode of Sukhbir @ 7pm, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal held a brief conversation on the issues faced by with small scale businessmen
“Take any politician or government, everybody is busy talking about industrialists and farmers. There is hardly anyone who is concerned about these small scale business owners. These are the people who have created their own ecosystem and are feeding their families out of it. They get no grants, facilities, tax relief from government’s end. And slightest of disturbance in law and order affects them, they are forced to keep their shops shut- fearing the mob attacks” said Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Sharing his vision to solve this issue of Punjab, the SAD chief ministerial candidate said “so I called upon them and asked what bothers you the most? Many so many of them replied fire breakouts’ is a major issue that a lot us face. One such incident takes years to overcome”
“To solve this problem we have decided to give fire insurance worth 10 lac rupees to every small scale business owner. Life insurance worth 10 lac rupees and medical insurance worth the same amount will be offered by us if voted to power. We are also thinking to introduce interest subsidy of 5% on the loans availed by these business owners.”
A local business from Zirkpur, Shiv kumar Mittal owner at Mittal Agencies & Super Store while expressing his concerns said, “Farmers get their loans waived off, and on the contrary we have to pay high interest. A middle class business owner like me would take a lifetime to repay those loans. On festive occasions we are exploited by the administrative officers”
Replying to the issue raised by Mital, Sukhbir Singh Badal said, “In our last tenure we had scheme, under which a small scale business owner with annual income less than of 25 lakh rupees would have to pay a sum of rupees five thousand to the government and nobody in police or other administrative department would dare to ask them for such favours. But as soon as congress came into power they discontinued this scheme. But will we ensure to get this restarted”
Punjab will go to polls on 20 February.
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