Priyanka Gandhi: 'Happy that women will benefit under minimum income scheme'

Congress President Rahul Gandhi had on Monday said that nearly 25 crore poor people in the country will get financial assistance of Rs 72,000 per annum if the party is voted to power under the ambitious minimum income guarantee scheme which the party has named "Nyay".

Priyanka Gandhi. PTI Photo

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she's happy that women will receive Rs 72,000 per annum directly into their bank accounts under the 'Nyay' scheme.

Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that Rs 72,000 per year will be given as minimum income to 20 per cent of the poorest families.

The Congress the Nyay is not a "top-up scheme" and is a women-centric scheme.

NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said she's happy that women will receive Rs 72,000 per annum directly into their bank accounts under the minimum income guarantee scheme 'Nyay' announced by party president Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that Rs 72,000 per year will be given as minimum income to 20 per cent of the poorest families in the country, benefiting around 25 crore people and five crore families, if his party is voted to power in Lok Sabha polls, and asserted it will be the "final assault" on poverty. "So happy that under the NYAY scheme, women will be the ones who receive the annual amount of Rs. 72,000 directly into their accounts. 'Empower a woman, empower a family'," Priyanka Gandhi wrote on Twitter.

So happy that under the NYAY scheme, women will be the ones who receive the annual amount of Rs. 72,000 directly into their accounts. 👍 Empower a woman, empower a family.

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) March 26, 2019

She said 20 per cent or 5 crore families belonging to the poorest category with monthly income less than Rs 12,000 will benefit under the scheme. Meanwhile, the Congress on Tuesday said the Nyunatam Aay Yojana (Nyay) is not a "top-up scheme" and is a women-centric scheme whereby the money will go directly into the bank accounts of the woman member of a family. On the proposed scheme, the Congress media in-charge Randeep Surjewala  said, "...every poor family shall be rightfully entitled to Rs 72,000 per annum. This will apply to both urban and rural poor families." "Rs 72,000 would be deposited directly in the bank accounts of the woman of the family. Modi Government's 'Economic Survey 2016-17' accepted that India under the Congress reduced poverty. Poverty which was 70 per cent  during Independence has come down to just 22 per cent in 2011-12. With the path-breaking 'Nyay' scheme, Congress will now eradicate the remaining 20 per cent poverty too," he said. Targeting the prime minister, he said, "The anti-poor DNA of suited-booted PM Modi and his incompetent Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stand exposed as they bitterly oppose the world's biggest anti-poverty scheme." He alleged that the prime minister "can happily waive" Rs 3.17 lakh crore for a handful of crony friends but opposes the Rs 6,000-per month respite for the poor. "Because Modiji opposes anything & everything that is pro-poor, People will now do 'NYAY' (justice)," he said.

Published at : 26 Mar 2019 09:53 PM (IST)

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