Just hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi promised an income guarantee scheme to eliminate poverty from the country, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley put out his counter to what the Congress has described as a “final assault on poverty”.
Just hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi promised an income guarantee scheme to eliminate poverty from the country, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley put out his counter to what the Congress has described as a “final assault on poverty”.
Jaitley added up the expenditure incurred by the government on the ongoing welfare schemes to argue that the Narendra Modi government’s welfare benefits to people averaged Rs 1,06,800 annually, as against the Rs 72,000 that the Congress seeks to promise.
Jaitley added up the expenditure incurred by the government on the ongoing welfare schemes to argue that the Narendra Modi government’s welfare benefits to people averaged Rs 1,06,800 annually, as against the Rs 72,000 that the Congress seeks to promise.