The projected expenditure for Trinamool’s scheme would be six to eight percent of the total budget Goa.
Panaji: The Trinamool Congress announced plans to roll out a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if TMC is elected to power in the state. The TMC announced the scheme today.
Under the scheme titled Grihalaxmi ₹ 5,000 would be transferred to a woman of every household per month as guaranteed income support to counter inflation once the party comes to power, Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra said.
She said that the current scheme of the BJP government in Goa provides only ₹ 1,500 per month to women and it covers only 1.5 lakh households due to the income ceiling.
“The actual implementation of Griha Aadhar scheme requires ₹ 270 crores annually, but the Goa government has earmarked only ₹ 140 crores annually because of which many people are not able to get the benefit,” the Trinamool parliamentarian said.
The projected expenditure for Trinamool’s scheme would be six to eight percent of the total budget of Goa, she said.
“Latest studies have revealed that COVID-19 has shrunk the country’s economy, which needs to be revived,” Ms Moitra added.
Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which will also contest the Goa polls, had announced that it would increase the remuneration provided to women in the coastal state under the state-sponsored scheme and also promised financial assistance to women not covered under it, if it is voted to power.
During his recent visit to the state, AAP’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal had said if his party comes to power in Goa, then the existing remuneration of ₹ 1,500 provided to women under the Griha Aadhar scheme would be increased to ₹ 2,500, while other women aged 18 and above, who are not covered under the scheme, would be paid ₹ 1,000 per month.
On Friday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was on a daylong visit to Goa, had promised a 30 percent quota in jobs for women in Goa if her party came to power in the state. She had claimed that the ruling BJP’s ideology was “anti-women”, and asked people to check the track record of the new parties coming from “outside” the state.
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