Minimum Income Scheme

Implementation of minimum income scheme proposed by Congress not an easy task, say experts

Financing Congress President Rahul Gandhi's minimum income scheme, aiming to lift five crore families or 25 crore people out of poverty, may be an uphill task, said several leading economists and social scientists.

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Universal basic income (UBI), until Rahul Gandhi's promise of it on Monday, is a concept which has so far had little traction in our part of the world. No country till now has adopted a full basic income.

Congress' minimum income scheme nothing but a poll gimmick, says Yogi Aditynath at Gorakhpur rally

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday termed the Congress' minimum income scheme a poll "gimmick" and accused it of obstructing the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya along with the Samajwadi Party and BSP.

Congress has history of misleading India in name of removing poverty, says Arun Jaitley on Rahul's minimum income promise

BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Monday described Congress president Rahul Gandhi's promise of giving Rs 72,000 per year to the most deprived families as a "bluff", and asserted the Modi government was already giving one-and-a-half times more money to them.