Rahul Gandhi, president of India’s main opposition Congress, is promising a safety net for Indians living beneath the poverty line in the world’s second-most populous nation AFP/Arindam DEY NEW DELHI: Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (Mar 25) vowed a "final assault on poverty" in India if elected prime minister in May, promising a minimum income for tens of millions of the country’s poorest.
The Congress Party leader, broadly seen as trailing the incumbent Narendra Modi in the race for top office, described the scheme to pay 50 million Indians a guaranteed basic income of $1,000 a year as the […]
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