The Modi government is giving hefty concessions to the rich cutting corporate taxes. This package of 2.15 lakh crore, if used for public investments instead, would have built our much needed infrastructure and created lakhs of new jobs, provided employment to our distressed youth. Once they start spending their earnings, this will lead to domestic demand rising providing the required kick-start for an economic turnaround. However, the Modi government is committed to providing greater avenues for profit maximization to foreign and domestic corporates and is rejecting this people’s oriented alternative thus pushing the vast majority of our people into languishing misery. -CPI (M)