NYAY: Rahul Gandhi's Nyuntam Aay Yojana explained
5 years, 9 months ago

NYAY: Rahul Gandhi's Nyuntam Aay Yojana explained

India TV News  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday made a major poll promise - a minimum income scheme that will give Rs 72,000 per annum to 20 per cent families belonging to the poorest category if his party comes to power. What Rahul Gandhi has promised Congress chief has promised to provide a minimum income of Rs 72,000 annually to poorest people in India, if his party is voted to power. Who will benefit from Rahul Gandhi's minimum basic income scheme Rahul Gandhi, in his presser said, that 20 per cent families belonging to the poorest category will benefit from the scheme. Since Rahul Gandhi's plan focuses only on the poor, it basically constitutes as the minimum income guarantee scheme.

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INDIA bloc to pay more to women, farmers than BJP gave to its 'billionaire friends': Rahul Gandhi
1 month, 4 weeks ago

INDIA bloc to pay more to women, farmers than BJP gave to its 'billionaire friends': Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the INDIA bloc will give more money to women, youth, farmers and poor than the BJP has given to its "billionaire friends", adding that the alliance in Jharkhand has decided to hike the honorarium given to women to meet their needs to Rs 2,500.Rahul Gandhi's reiteration came a day ahead of …

Congress Taking Forward 'Social Justice' Agenda Through ‘Nyay’ Guarantee Cards
8 months, 1 week ago

Congress Taking Forward 'Social Justice' Agenda Through ‘Nyay’ Guarantee Cards

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The Congress is taking its ‘social justice' agenda through ‘Nyay Guarantee cards’ to the voters' doorsteps as part of its campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Adilabad constituency. The party leaders are distributing guarantee cards with promises of ‘Yuva Nyay’, ‘Kisan Nyay’, ‘Bhagidari Nyay’, ‘Nari Nyay’ and ‘Shramik Nyay’. AICC leader Rahul Gandhi has spoken much about these …

Chhattisgarh deputy CM downplays Congress’ ‘Nari Nyay’ impact
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh deputy CM downplays Congress’ ‘Nari Nyay’ impact

The Hindu  

Playing down the potential impact of Congress’ ‘Nari Nyay’ guarantees for women on the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said that it was about “faith and not statistics” regarding such assurances. While the Ministers had described the Mahtari Vandan Yojana, a financial assistance scheme for married women, as a major achievement so far, the ‘Nari …

Congress’ NARI NYAY plan highlights party’s ambition ahead of Lok Sabha polls
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress’ NARI NYAY plan highlights party’s ambition ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Hindustan Times  

Five years ago, the idea of NYAY had dominated the Congress party’s manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Party leaders indicated that some of the top economists in the party were skeptical of such plans of the Congress, which had once aimed for “Garibi Hatao.” The NYAY never got implemented as the BJP trounced its principal opponent in that …

Rahul Gandhi's Nyay pledge to Uttarakhand voters
2 years, 11 months ago

Rahul Gandhi's Nyay pledge to Uttarakhand voters

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi made a fresh Nyay scheme push in poll-bound Uttarakhand. Rahul Gandhi addresses rally in Haridwar Addressing the Uttarakhandi Swabhiman Rally in Haridwar, Gandhi put forward his four promises to the voters, news agency ANI reported. “We will implement Nyay scheme here, under which 5 lakh families will be given ₹40,000 in a year,” ANI quoted Gandhi. …

Rahul Gandhi taunts Narendra Modi over claim on cloud cover during air strikes
5 years, 7 months ago

Rahul Gandhi taunts Narendra Modi over claim on cloud cover during air strikes

Live Mint  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that cloud cover "helped" IAF planes evade Pakistani radars during the Balakot air strikes. "Modi ji, whenever it rains in India, do all aircraft disappear from the radar," Gandhi said. Gandhi said his party's proposed minimum income guarantee scheme Nyay will jump start the …

Rahul Gandhi lies about NYAY yojana, journalist lies further to defend Rahul
5 years, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi lies about NYAY yojana, journalist lies further to defend Rahul

Op India  

Rahul Gandhi is on an interview giving spree and with each interview, he seems to make a bigger fool of himself. In an interview to NDTV, Rahul Gandhi changed the amount he would give every poor person as per his proposed NYAY Yojana. “We boxed PM in, he can’t talk,” says Rahul Gandhi on attack over jobs Watch full interview …

Can Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY help Congress revive its fortunes in Rajasthan?
5 years, 8 months ago

Can Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY help Congress revive its fortunes in Rajasthan?

Live Mint  

Banswara, Rajasthan: When Ramchandar, 52, wakes up in his thatched house every morning in the hilly tribal village of Katumbi in Rajasthan's Banswara district, his first preoccupation is to fetch water from the nearest village at a distance of two kilometers. With a 46.1% literacy rate, 91.3% of households earn less than ₹5,000 per month, making them eligible for the …

Opinion | Modifying the Nyuntam Aay Yojana to make it workable
5 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Modifying the Nyuntam Aay Yojana to make it workable

Live Mint  

When a manifesto presents a game changing idea, like the Nyuntam Aay Yojana, or the Congress’s minimum income guarantee scheme, it is likely that whoever wins the elections will adopt it in some form because of its immense political potential, going forward. The exclusion criteria should also exclude all women who are income tax payees or persons with cement-brick homes, …

Congress' 'NYAY' is 'ANYAY' against people, says Union minister HS Puri
5 years, 8 months ago

Congress' 'NYAY' is 'ANYAY' against people, says Union minister HS Puri

India TV News  

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's poll assurance of Nyuntam Aay Yojana will prove to be “Anyay” for the people of the country. Under NYAY, Congress has promised to deposit Rs 72,000 annually into bank accounts of 20 per cent of the poorest people across the country if it comes to power. On April …

The Economist magazine casts doubts over Congress' NYAY scheme, says it might contribute to injustice
5 years, 9 months ago

The Economist magazine casts doubts over Congress' NYAY scheme, says it might contribute to injustice

Firstpost  

Describing the scheme, the magazine said that rather than a “surgical strike” on poverty, NYAY is more like “dropping barrelfuls of ordnance from 30,000 feet.” Weekly business news magazine The Economist in its latest issue has raised several questions about the Congress party’s ambitious NYAY scheme. The magazine, in an article titled “The war on penury”, appeared in the Asia …

Rahul Gandhi's advisor Sam Pitroda: Prepare to pay more taxes for NYAY, don't be selfish
5 years, 9 months ago

Rahul Gandhi's advisor Sam Pitroda: Prepare to pay more taxes for NYAY, don't be selfish

Op India  

Ever since the Congress announced their proposed minimum basic income scheme NYAY, there have been speculations that it will mean increased taxes and a strain on India’s economy. Now, a video has surfaced on social media where Sam Pitroda, veteran Congress ideologue and Rahul Gandhi’s advisor, has stated in an interview with India Ahead News yesterday that the NYAY scheme …

Former Niti Ayog Vice Chairman slams Rahul Gandhi’s ‘NYAY’: Fiscally imprudent and may cost more than India’s defence budget
5 years, 9 months ago

Former Niti Ayog Vice Chairman slams Rahul Gandhi’s ‘NYAY’: Fiscally imprudent and may cost more than India’s defence budget

Op India  

After Congress President Rahul Gandhi proposed his new freebie scheme Nyuntam Aay Yojana, economists around the world have expressed their skepticism over the fiscal prudence of the scheme. Arvind Panagariya, a noted Economist and former Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, has viewed that the promise of the Congress party to implement a minimum income guarantee scheme would be “almost impossible”. Panagariya …

Busting 5 concerns about Congress’ NYAY scheme
5 years, 9 months ago

Busting 5 concerns about Congress’ NYAY scheme

Live Mint  

On 25 March, Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced the Nyuntam Aay Yojana, or NYAY scheme. Concern 1: It will make beggars of people This concern comes from the fact that the government will be distributing free money under the NYAY scheme with no conditions attached. Guy Standing, an economist at the School Of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, …

’Nyay’ will remonetise what Narendra Modi demonetised: Rahul Gandhi
5 years, 9 months ago

’Nyay’ will remonetise what Narendra Modi demonetised: Rahul Gandhi

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Nyay scheme will remonetise what Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetised and asserted that his party's minimum income guarantee for the poor has thrown the Bharatiya Janata Party into total disarray. In an interview to the Press Trust of India ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 beginning 11 April, Gandhi …

We will 'remonetise' what Modi 'demonetised', says Rahul Gandhi
5 years, 9 months ago

We will 'remonetise' what Modi 'demonetised', says Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the 'Nyay' scheme will remonetize what Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetized and asserted that his party's anti-poverty programme has thrown the BJP into total disarray. In an exclusive interview to PTI ahead of the 17th general election beginning April 11, Gandhi said the 'Nyay' scheme has the twin objectives of giving money to …

Rahul consulted Raghuram Rajan for Nyay scheme, ex-RBI chief confirms, calls Congress's minimum income scheme 'doable'
5 years, 9 months ago

Rahul consulted Raghuram Rajan for Nyay scheme, ex-RBI chief confirms, calls Congress's minimum income scheme 'doable'

Firstpost  

Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday admitted that he has offered his views to the Congress leadership on the Nyay scheme, Mumbai: Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday admitted that he has offered his views to the Congress leadership on the Nyay scheme, wherein the main Opposition party is promising to ensure …

Raghuram Rajan says he was consulted, offered views on Rahul Gandhi's Nyay scheme
5 years, 9 months ago

Raghuram Rajan says he was consulted, offered views on Rahul Gandhi's Nyay scheme

Firstpost  

Raghuram Rajan said it is a “misreading” of the Nyuntam Aay Yojana scheme by critics, who claim this will incentivise people to not work at all Mumbai: Former Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday admitted that he has offered his views to the Congress leadership on the Nyay scheme, wherein the main Opposition party is promising to ensure a …

‘We have capacity to implement NYAY scheme'
5 years, 9 months ago

‘We have capacity to implement NYAY scheme'

The Hindu  

The NYAY scheme announced by Congress President Rahul Gandhi is an audacious attempt to abolish poverty, but the time is right to do it now, Praveen Chakravarty, chairperson, Data Analytics Department of the Congress, tells The Hindu in an interview. We are a ₹200 lakh-crore economy today and it is going to double in the next five years to ₹400 …

'Nyay' has scared BJP, PM Modi: Rahul
5 years, 9 months ago

'Nyay' has scared BJP, PM Modi: Rahul

The Quint  

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses at the National Convention of OBC Department, at Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi, on March 27, 2019. New Delhi, March 27 Taking potshots at the Modi government over rising unemployment and for "destroying" the country's economy, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, the 'Nyay' income guarantee scheme would be a surgical …

Rahul Gandhi promises Rs 72,000 per annum to poor families
5 years, 9 months ago

Rahul Gandhi promises Rs 72,000 per annum to poor families

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Leaning on welfare economics in a bid to return to power in the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Monday announced its ambitious minimum income guarantee scheme or Nyuntam Aay Yojana, under which 20 per cent of the poorest families in India would be given an income support of Rs 6,000 per month or Rs 72,000 per annum, …

Congress promises ₹72,000 per annum to poorest people
5 years, 9 months ago

Congress promises ₹72,000 per annum to poorest people

The Hindu  

Describing it as a ‘ground-breaking’ promise and a final assault on poverty, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that 20% of the poorest families in the country would be annually given ₹72,000 each under the Nyuntam Aay Yojana or minimum income guarantee, if his party was voted to power. Mr. Gandhi asserted that five crore families and 25 crore …

Congress bets on minimum income guarantee to end poverty, come to power
5 years, 9 months ago

Congress bets on minimum income guarantee to end poverty, come to power

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Two weeks before Lok Sabha Elections 2019 kicks off, the Congress on Monday promised minimum income guarantee of ₹6,000 per month to 50 million “poor” families if voted to power. The proposed Nyay scheme aims to provide ₹72,000 annually to 20% of the poorest families, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Monday. The Congress president added that MGNREGS …

Congress bets on minimum income guarantee to end poverty, come to power
5 years, 9 months ago

Congress bets on minimum income guarantee to end poverty, come to power

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Two weeks before Lok Sabha Elections 2019 kicks off, the Congress on Monday promised minimum income guarantee of ₹6,000 per month to 50 million “poor” families if voted to power. The proposed Nyay scheme aims to provide ₹72,000 annually to 20% of the poorest families, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Monday. The Congress president added that MGNREGS …

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