What to Watch Out For Cong's 'ground-breaking' scheme promises Rs 72000 annual income to poorest families
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in a press conference on Monday unveiled the "ground-breaking" poll-promise, the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) scheme, an extension of the party’s earlier promise of a Minimum Income Guarantee plan.
The scheme targets 20 per cent of the ‘poorest’ families with monthly incomes below Rs 12000. Under the NYAY scheme, these families will be given direct monthly cash transfers up till the Rs 12000 mark.
A political slugfest ensued over Congress' 'mega' poll announcement with the ruling BJP hitting back at Congress' proposed scheme and calling it a ‘bluff announcement’.The ‘Justice’ scheme: Congress’ announcement, which it termed as ‘historic’, comes just a week before the country is set to hit the polls.
Gandhi said families which are earning less than Rs 12,000 a month will get the remaining amount to provide minimum income to them. He said each family will get up to a maximum of Rs 72,000 per annum.
He did not give details on how the party arrived at the Rs 72,000 figure, leaving it for committee head P Chidambaram, a former finance minister, to explain on a later date.
“We will wipe out poverty from the country," was the party chief’s big promise in yesterday’s presser.He said she said: Union finance minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley hit back at the scheme saying it was 1.5 times less than what BJP government was already paying to the poor and the farmers through various schemes.
“What we are paying to the poor and the farmer today, through 55 different schemes, excluding Rs 75,000 crore through PM-KISAN scheme and Rs 20,000 crore [through Ayushman Bharat also known as ‘Modicare’], is Rs 5.34 lakh crore. So what favour are you doing to the poor by giving them Rs 3.6 lakh crore?" he said.
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