West Bengal Assembly polls | Trinamool Congress manifesto promises universal basic income, student credit card
The Hindu
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday released Trinamool Congress’s manifesto for 2021 Assembly polls with promises of delivery of rations under the public distribution system at doorstep and universal basic income for every family.
Under the universal basic family income scheme, all the 1.6 crore families under general caste will get ₹500 per month and remaining Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe population will get ₹1,000 a month. The direct transfers will be in the name of the woman head of the family. The other announcements include increasing benefits of State government’s Krishak Bandhu scheme from ₹6,000 per acre to ₹ 10,000 acre per annum. Under the doorstep delivery of food grains under public distribution system, Ms. Banerjee announced that new facility under “Khadya Sathi Scheme” will ensure monthly ration to 1.5 crore families at doorstep.
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