Chandigarh: The AAP government with liquidity problems in Punjab is dealing with a rupee of 12,000 million rupees’Verification of reality‘After making mathematics for the promise prior to the survey of the party led by Arvind Kejriwal of a monthly assignment of 1,100 RS 1,100 to women over 18 years.
The indications indicate that the Bhagwant Mann Govt is open to adjust the scheme to ensure that its implementation does not clean the treasure, although there is still no clarity if an allocation would be made in the state budget 2025-26.
The sources said that the State Social Security Department, the development of women and children had come out with several options, one of which is to limit the scheme to single women and support of the family. Alternatively, if the government adheres to the original plan, women who pay taxes on income could be excluded from the list of beneficiaries.
Punjab Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Baljit Kaur told Toi that the basis for the scheme had been completed according to AAP’s commitment to people. She said the responsibility was in the Finance Department to decide when to move forward with the scheme. Kaur confirmed that the department would need an assignment of RS 900-1,000 million rupees per month to finance a scheme that covers all women over 18, as originally planned.
The sources said that during last year’s internal discussions that involve CM, it was decided not to exclude any section of eligible women from the scheme. Its implementation was put on the return due to financial limitations.
An official said that the load on the treasure and the number of beneficiaries would depend on whether any exclusion criteria would be applied while notifying the scheme.
According Electoral Commission dataPunjab had 96.19 LAKH of women voters recorded for Lok Sabha 2019 surveys, which increased to 1.07 million rupees in 2024.
The gap between political promise and Financial viability It was a Hoton-Button problem during the surveys of the Delhi Assembly, putting AAP on the defensive. One of AAP’s Big Ticket promises to voters in Delhi was a monthly assignment of RS 2,000 each for women over 18, which led many to question why a similar scheme announced in Punjab .
Punjab debt is expected to touch RS 3.7 Lakh million rupees for the end of 2024-25, which represents more than 46% of the state’s GDP of more than RS 8 Lakh million rupees.
“The AAP Government initially promised a ‘Punjab’ rangla (Vibrant Punjab), but in three years, they made the State ‘Gandhla Punjab’ (toxic Punjab),” said Lop ParTap Singh Bajwa.
