New Delhi: The ‘Gruha Lakshmi’ scheme, one of many 5 ballot guarantees made by the Congress throughout its election marketing campaign, was launched by the Karnataka authorities led by Congress in Mysuru on Wednesday. The occasion chief Rahul Gandhi, who was current on the launch occasion, mentioned that “the 5 ‘ensures’ of Congress in Karnataka usually are not simply schemes, however they’re the governance mannequin.” “We had assured you earlier than the elections that the Congress occasion and its leaders preserve their phrase. Immediately, once we press this pill, Rs 2000 might be transferred on to the financial institution accounts of crores of ladies,” Gandhi mentioned.
“From right now onwards, crores of ladies will obtain Rs 2000 each month of their financial institution accounts by direct switch technique,” he added. “We had additionally promised you that after elections ladies in Karnataka will journey free of charge on buses. The scheme was named ‘Shakti’ and we’ve fulfilled it,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned. He mentioned that 4 out of the 5 schemes had been geared toward empowering ladies.” There’s a deep concept behind this”.
कर्नाटक में हमारी योजनाएं सिर्फ स्कीम नहीं हैं, ये गवर्नेंस के मॉडल हैं।
कर्नाटक में हमने जो किया है, वो पूरे देश में होने जा रहा है।
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— Congress (@INCIndia) August 30, 2023
The scheme will present Rs 2,000 month-to-month help to the lady head of BPL households. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and former president Rahul Gandhi had been amongst those that attended the launch occasion in Mysuru, Karnataka.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi mentioned that right now crores of ladies had obtained Rs 2000 straight into their financial institution accounts.
KC Venugopal, Congress Common Secretary, mentioned that will probably be the “world’s largest-ever welfare scheme for ladies”.
1.28 crore feminine household heads in Karnataka are anticipated to learn from this scheme, which can deposit the cash straight into their financial institution accounts from right now. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had mentioned on Tuesday that his authorities has the political will to implement the 5 ensures that had been introduced to the folks within the state by Congress.
The Karnataka CM had mentioned that the annual value of implementing the 5 schemes might be round Rs 50,000 crore.
Earlier Congress had declared the 5 principal ensures to the folks of Karnataka throughout its ballot marketing campaign this yr.
The 5 ‘principal’ ensures are 200 models of free energy to all households (Gruha Jyoti); Rs 2,000 month-to-month help to the lady head of each household (Gruha Lakshmi); 10 kg of rice free to each member of a BPL family (Anna Bhagya); Rs 3,000 each month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (each within the age group of 18-25) for 2 years (Yuva Nidhi) and free journey for ladies in public transport buses (Uchita Prayana).
