On January 28, four days before the budget, Congress president Rahul Gandhi had announced that his party would ensure a Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) for every poor in the country if the Congress came to power after the Lok Sabha polls in April-May. Describing it a ‘historic’ decision, Rahul had said, ‘We cannot build a new India while millions suffer from the scourge of poverty.’ MIG was aimed at eliminating poverty at the bottom of pyramid – the poorest of the poor below the poverty line – and was understood as a basic income scheme or direct cash transfer […]
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