Below we publish the extracts from the statements issued by various organisations on the interim budget presented by the union government on February 1.A Desperate Push towards Privatisation: CITUThe Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) strongly condemns the interim budget presented by union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, deeming it a collection of falsehoods and a desperate push towards privatisation. The budget is an attempt to regain political power by asserting an unfounded 50 per cent increase in average income and falsely portraying moderate inflation.