NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Congress party said will provide 72,000 rupees to poor families every year if voted back to power.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi said this would be a “final assault” on poverty.
Gandhi on Monday said the program would benefit a total of 250 million of a population of 1.3 billion.
He labeled the program as an extremely powerful, dynamic, and a well-thought-through idea calling it a fiscally prudent scheme in phases.
Gandhi claimed they have done all the calculations, and asked the best economists. “Our party is going to implement it”, he said.
However, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebuffed the idea as an enticement. (Agencies)
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