Rahul Gandhi promises big in manifesto, to give Rs 72,000 to 5 crore poor families
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today announced what he called a “historic” minimum income guarantee scheme assuring ₹ 72,000 a year for India’s poorest families if the Congress came to power.
The scheme, said the Congress president, would lift five crore families or 25 crore people out of poverty. The money will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of 20 per cent of the poorest in the country.
“It is not acceptable to the Congress that there is poverty in India in the 21st century. The final assault on poverty has begun,” he said of the scheme named Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
“It is fiscally possible. We have been studying the scheme for four-five months. We committed to the MGNREGA, we delivered MGNREGA … now we will ensure justice for the poor,” added Rahul Gandhi.
After making the big announcement, he asked the media, ” surprised ?”.
