Rs 72,000 per annum: Rahul Gandhi promises minimum income to 20% poorest families
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Mar 25, 2019, 14:31 ISTHighlights
- The scheme will cover five crore families
- As many as 25 crore people are expected to benefit from the scheme
- Rahul also added that it is fiscally possible to implement the scheme
NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that if his party comes to power at the Centre, it will provide Rs 72,000 per annum to the 20% poorest families under the minimum basic income guarantee scheme.
Addressing the media, the Congress president said that his party will deliver justice to the economically backward people by ensuring them a basic minimum income of Rs 12,000 per month.
"It is an extremely powerful, ground-breaking and well-thought through idea. We have consulted many economists on the scheme," he said.
"It will be world's largest minimum income scheme," the Congress president said.
The scheme will cover five crore families and as many as 25 crore people are expected to benefit from the scheme, Rahul said.
Rahul said that his party is committed also added that it is fiscally possible to implement the scheme. “We had successfully implemented MGNREGA. We can implement this scheme as well,” he said.
As per the scheme, the minimum income line has been set at Rs 12,000 per month, the Congress president clarified.
Addressing the media, the Congress president said that his party will deliver justice to the economically backward people by ensuring them a basic minimum income of Rs 12,000 per month.
"It is an extremely powerful, ground-breaking and well-thought through idea. We have consulted many economists on the scheme," he said.
"It will be world's largest minimum income scheme," the Congress president said.
The scheme will cover five crore families and as many as 25 crore people are expected to benefit from the scheme, Rahul said.
Rahul said that his party is committed also added that it is fiscally possible to implement the scheme. “We had successfully implemented MGNREGA. We can implement this scheme as well,” he said.
As per the scheme, the minimum income line has been set at Rs 12,000 per month, the Congress president clarified.
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