Kejriwal promises unemployment allowance, job quota for Uttarakhand people if voted to power
The Hindu
“A separate ministry will also be created to address the issues of unemployment and migration”
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on September 19 promised to take big steps to end migration from Uttarakhand, assuring an unemployment allowance and an 80% job quota for people of the State if his party comes to power in the next assembly elections.
Making six promises, Mr. Kejriwal said every youth of Uttarakhand would get employment if the AAP is voted to power, and assured a monthly allowance of ₹5,000 to an individual from every family till they got a job.
He also promised to reserve 80% of both private and government jobs for the people of the State and to create one lakh employment opportunities within six months of coming to power.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists