In a bid to outdo the Modi government’s populist outreach through its welfare schemes, Congress pledged that if voted to office, it would provide Rs 6,000 a month to 20% of India’s poorest households, the bill for which is expected to add up to Rs 3.6 lakh crore.
The big bang populism ahead of Lok Sabha elections will be a significant feature of the party’s manifesto discussed by the Congress Working Committee on Monday. A beneficiary family’s annual entitlement would be Rs 72,000 and Congress president Rahul Gandhi called it the “final assault” on poverty.
 

In a bid to outdo the Modi government’s populist outreach through its welfare schemes, Congress pledged that if voted to office, it would provide Rs 6,000 a month to 20% of India’s poorest households, the bill for which is expected to add up to Rs 3.6 lakh crore.
The big bang populism ahead of Lok Sabha elections will be a significant feature of the party’s manifesto discussed by the Congress Working Committee on Monday. A beneficiary family’s annual entitlement would be Rs 72,000 and Congress president Rahul Gandhi called it the “final assault” on poverty.