KOLKATA: A basic income scheme for economically disadvantaged families of Bengal — while attempting to make women heads of families more financially stable — was the headliner of the Trinamool Congress ’s “development-oriented” manifesto that party chief Mamata Banerjee released in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Banerjee also targeted first-time voters and the farming community: the former through a “student credit card” scheme, which would enable them to use up to Rs 10 lakh for higher studies at just 4% interest, in which the government would act as a guarantor; and the latter by doubling the Krishak Bandhu direct cash […]
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