The communication revolution Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, there was useful investment, useful expenditure with a great return not only to the society but to the industry. But in the last five years, actually the Government expenditure has increased by 30 per cent, unproductive expenditure; the revenue had dipped by 10 per cent. Usually the Congress party speaks, the UPA Chairperson also speaks very high about the NREGP. Today morning also, the concerned, hon. Minister has stated as to how successful NREGP is. I want to submit before you this. What is the Central allocation for the NREGP? What about the flagship programmes, what about the the investment in infrastructure and what about the capital asset formation? Why is there this lacuna? Whom are they hoodwinking? Sir, the hon. Minister in charge of Finance has said in his Interim Budget that the fiscal deficit, actually according to his estimates it was to be 2.5 per cent but now because of recession and inflation, will be around 6 per cent. I would like to humbly remind him what my dear colleague in the other House had said. He said that the Interim Budget statement of hon. Pranab Mukherjee is like Satyam's balance sheet which contains all fudged figures, away from truth. Sir, a couple of days back the Prime Minister's Economic Council, before the Minister has presented the Budget, has said and has also put on the web that the fiscal deficit will be 8 per cent. We all know, Sir, if the Union Government's fiscal deficit is 8 per cent then the State Government's fiscal deficit will be around 3.5 to 4 per cent. That together makes the fiscal deficit of 11.5 to 12 per cent of the total GDP. If I want to remind your kind-self and all the hon. Members of this august house as well as.
