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| Raging inflation during corona pandemic has devastated poor: Harsh | | | 
EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAMNAGAR, June 4: Pointing towards the steep hike in the prices of essential commodities and resultant hardships faced by the people, Harsh Dev Singh Chairman-JKNPP and former Minister said that unbridled inflation at the time of deadly Covid pandemic had posed the most menacing threat to the very survival of common man. The unprecedented hike in the prices of petrol, diesel, LPG had resulted in escalation of prices of various goods and services in general resulting in immense public hardships.
The worst afflicted were the poor and middle class people whose earnings had drastically reduced in the recent past due to Covid pandemic and economic slowdown. The poor labourers, the daily wagers, the contractuals, the small and marginal farmers were facing worst ever economic crisis and rather felt terrorized due to negligible income and increased expenditure due to the incessant hike in prices of essential items of everyday use. He was interacting with the people in villages Thapal and Jandrairi in Ramnagar constituency. He distributed ration and relief to 150 poor people on the occasion.
Accusing the govt of having failed to fulfill its obligations as a welfare state, Singh said that while the prices of essentials had multiplied manifold, it had failed to effect any increase in the wages and honorarium of the poor daily wagers and contractuals working in govt establishments thus forcing them to starvation. It had failed to provide the much needed financial assistance and relief to the poor and BPL families despite the deductions being made from the DA of the govt employees, pensioners and Ex-servicemen.
While the wages for MGNREGA continued to remain at Rs. 204 per day even during the times of raging inflation, the other marginalized sections too suffered the worst nightmares due to adverse price index.
Seeking the linking of daily wages and other relief to marginalized sections to inflation, Mr. Singh sought immediate review of minimum wages Act besides hike in honorarium and emoluments of other lesser privileged sections of work force and govt employees. He sought payment of minimum relief of Rs 6,000 p.m besides creation of Welfare Fund for poor landless people, labourers and dalits who were living below poverty line.
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