Rahul Gandhi demands ‘NYAY’ for poor

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged the Centre to implement the government’s rural employment guarantee scheme and his party’s ‘Nyuntam Aay Yojana’ (NYAY) as an economic measure for the poor in urban and rural areas of the country amid the ongoing crisis triggered by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak.

1.Rahul Gandhi urged the government to implement his party’s ‘NYAY' along with  MGNREGA

Rahul Gandhi talked about the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) as well as NYAY, a minimum income guarantee scheme proposed by the Congress party as a promise ahead of the Lok Sabha elections last year.

2. Congress party proposed NYAY as a promise ahead of the Lok Sabha elections last year.

“The implementation of schemes like MGNREGA for the victims of unemployment in cities and NYAY for the poor people across the country is necessary. It will also be very beneficial for the economy,” Gandhi tweet translated from Hindi read.

3. MGNREGA for the victims of unemployment in cities and NYAY for the poor people across the country is necessary: Rahul Gandhi

The economy has badly suffered due to the mismanaged Coronavirus crisis.

The former Congress president also attached a graph showing the growth in the demand for jobs under MGNREGA from May 2013 to the corresponding month this year.

4. Rahul Gandhi also shared a graph showing the growth in demand for jobs under MGNREGA

“Will the suit-boot-robbery government understand the pain of the poor?” he asked.

The Congress’ NYAY scheme promises poor households Rs 72,000 a year, no taxes will be raised and the middle class won’t have to bear the brunt of funding this scheme.

5.“Will the suit-boot-robbery government understand the pain of the poor?” Rahul Gandhi asked

Gandhi had promised that 20% of the poorest families in the country would get Rs 72,000 each annually under the scheme if the party win the parliamentary elections. The scheme was envisaged to cover five crore families and benefit nearly 25 crore people and each family would earn at least Rs 12,000 every month. The total estimated expenditures of the scheme were around Rs 3.5 lakh crore.

6. Rahul Gandhi had promised that 20% of the poorest families in the country would get Rs 72,000 each annually under 'NYAY'

The Congress party had recommended the implementation of its NYAY scheme in March as well after Prime Minister announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

7. Rahul Gandhi had recommended the implementation of its 'NYAY' scheme during the lockdown

The unemployment rate has increased to the highest in India in the last four decades due to the mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown.Congress has been demanding jobs for the people amid crisis.During the lockdown period in the wake of the COVID-19 situation in the country, the Congress repeatedly demanded that the government should deposit a sum of Rs 7,500 in all Jan Dhan accounts, all pension accounts and all PM-Kisan accounts to help the poor and vulnerable .Rahul Gandhi had called the Nyay scheme a surgical strike on poverty while launching it during the elections.The Congress leader's demand to implement the scheme can also help the economy .