Cong announces 3rd guarantee ahead of K'taka polls,to provide 10 kg free rice per head in BPL family
Bengaluru, Feb 24: With Assembly polls round the corner, the Congress in Karnataka on Friday announced its third "guarantee" of providing free 10 kg of rice per month to each BPL (Below Poverty Line) family member, under 'Anna Bhagya' scheme, to fulfil its commitment to eliminate hunger from the state.
The Congress has already announced two guarantees from the party if voted to power, which are 200 units of free electricity to every house under the "Gruha Jyoti Yojana", and Rs 2,000 to every women-led household under the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme.
State Congress President D K Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah announced the third guarantee of the party at a joint press conference here.
"We are happy to announce the Anna Bhagya guarantee of providing free 10 kg of rice per month to each member of BPL card holders in order to eliminate hunger from Karnataka," Shivakumar told reporters here.
Noting that 'Anna Bhagya Yojana' was an important scheme launched by the previous Congress party government led by Siddaramaiah to provide free food grains under the Food Security Act, which eventually benefited millions of families in the state, he said, "When the Congress government was in power, 7 kg used to be given, but the BJP government reduced the rations to 5 kg..."
"But this time the Congress government will give free 10 kg rice. This is our third guarantee," he added.
Siddaramaiah said as soon as the Congress party gets majority in the next election and comes to power, we will give free 10 kg of rice to every member of the poor family holding BPL card, in the state, under the Anna Bhagya Yojana.
"We have walked the talk earlier and in future too, we will stay committed to our word," he said.
The former CM further said, already Rs 4,000 to 5,000 crore is being spent on the free rice scheme, and increasing it to 10 kg may cost another Rs 4,000 to 5,000 crore.
ಹಸಿವು ಮುಕ್ತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಬದ್ಧತೆಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿದೆ.
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) February 24, 2023
ಮುಂದೆಯೂ ಆದ್ಯತೆಯ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ಹಸಿವು ನೀಗಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಢ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಇಡುತ್ತೇವೆ.
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ಪ್ರತಿ ತಿಂಗಳು, ಬಿಪಿಎಲ್ ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಪ್ರತಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗೆ 10 ಕೆಜಿ ಅಕ್ಕಿಯನ್ನು ಉಚಿತವಾಗಿ ನೀಡುತ್ತೇವೆ.#CongressGuarantee pic.twitter.com/07Oo5GmWob
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Low visibility prevents PM’s helicopter from landing in Taherpur, Modi returns to Kolkata airport
Kolkata (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter failed to land at the Taherpur helipad in West Bengal owing to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area on Saturday, an official said.
The PM’s chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the Kolkata airport, he said.
Till reports last received, the Prime Minister was waiting at the airport for further updates on the weather situation.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Modi would reach the rally venue district by road or whether he would wait for the weather to clear up and make another attempt to reach Taherpur by the aerial route, the official said.
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister reached Kolkata at around 10.40 am and took a chopper onward to Taherpur in Nadia district, where he is scheduled to hold an administrative programme to launch highway projects in West Bengal, followed by a political rally of the BJP, titled Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha, which he is supposed to address.
