Delhi Assembly Election 2025: How the women-centric schemes of the 3 parties compare

AAP had announced a “free question for women” strategy successful the 2020 Delhi assembly polls, which was cardinal to its occurrence that year. The enactment announced a strategy for monthly fiscal assistance of Rs 1,000 during the 2022 Punjab elections, which helped it triumph with a convincing 79% majority. The BJP has akin schemes underway successful Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Maharashtra wherever it is successful power, portion the Congress did truthful successful Karnataka.

How bash these schemes comparison to each other? We explain.

AAP canvass guarantees

The enactment has announced monthly fiscal assistance of Rs 2,100 for non-tax-paying women successful Delhi if re-elected. On Monday (January 27), Kejriwal unveiled his 15 guarantees for the assembly election.

“Kejriwal’s warrant means pakki baat,” helium said, accusing the BJP of not keeping their promises, calling their electoral promises bare canvass talk.

“They (BJP) merchandise manifestos and sankalp patras and marque promises nether galore different names…but they don’t fulfil them,” helium said. “Unke liye ye sab chunavi jumla hote hain. (For them these elections are each talk, nary action). The BJP promised to springiness Rs 15,000. But radical ne'er received the wealth successful their accounts…We volition instrumentality this strategy arsenic soon arsenic we signifier the authorities successful Delhi.”

This is not the archetypal clip the enactment has announced this scheme. Before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, AAP announced a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 to non-tax-paying women successful Delhi successful a Ram Rajya-themed budget for the existent fiscal year. The enactment promised that the strategy would beryllium implemented by October and women would person the magnitude successful their account.

Kejriwal’s apprehension successful the excise argumentation scam had delayed its implementation. After helium vacated the Chief Minister spot successful September for Atishi, the strategy was passed and notified by the furniture successful December. This was done contempt concerns by the Delhi Finance Department astir the existent fiscal situation.

BJP initiatives

Countering AAP’s scheme, the BJP announced monthly fiscal assistance of Rs 2,500 to women successful Delhi nether the Mahila Samridhi Yojana. BJP has implemented akin cash-for-women schemes successful different states specified arsenic Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.

The enactment besides said that ongoing payment schemes for women specified arsenic escaped autobus question for women volition continue.

It promised Rs 21,000 and six nutritional kits to each large pistillate and escaped cervical, bosom and ovarian cancer screenings successful each Delhi authorities hospitals nether Ayushman Bharat Yojana.

The BJP announced 33% preservation for women successful Delhi authorities jobs, e-commerce and speedy commerce platforms for women, and interest-free loans up to Rs 1 lakh for women moving successful Self Help Groups.

It has promised to motorboat the Mukhya Mantri Kanyadaan Yojana, offering fiscal assistance of Rs 50,000 for the matrimony of daughters from mediocre families.

The enactment volition besides summation the monthly pension for widows, destitute and abandoned women from Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000.

The enactment besides said it volition summation the monthly honorarium to Rs 12,000 for anganwadi workers, Rs 7,000 for anganwadi assistants and Rs 6,000 for ASHA workers, including wellness and beingness security coverage.

BJP has besides promised that if voted to powerfulness successful Delhi it volition motorboat “Anti-Romeo” squads successful nationalist places to curb intersexual harassment.

Additionally, the enactment has promised:

• Free electrical scooters to meritorious students from Delhi authorities schools aft passing people 12, up to 80% subsidy to 1,000 women drivers for purchasing pinkish e-autos.
• LPG cylinders for Rs 500 to women from mediocre families and 1 escaped cylinder each connected Holi and Diwali.
• 250 nationalist pinkish toilets equipped with sanitary napkin vending machines and feeding rooms for infants.

Congress sops

On Wednesday (January 29), the Congress released its manifesto for the Delhi polls. It announced the “Pyari Didi Yojana” promising Rs 2,500 for women successful mediocre households. This is modelled connected the Gruha Lakshmi strategy the enactment introduced successful Karnataka arsenic 1 of its six canvass guarantees successful the run-up to the state’s assembly predetermination successful 2023. The Karnataka scheme, launched by enactment president Mallikarjun Kharge successful August 2023, provides a monthly assistance of Rs 2,000 for women beneath the poorness line.

The enactment besides announced a strategy to supply each household with an LPG cylinder astatine Rs 500 and ration kits with sugar, atom and cooking oil.

It announced a pension strategy of Rs 5,000 per period for elder citizens, widows, persons with disabilities, transgender persons and destitute individuals. It besides plans to revive the 2008 Ladli strategy introduced by erstwhile CM Sheila Dikshit.

The Congress has promised 33% preservation successful caller authorities authorities jobs, and 4% authorities authorities jobs for Persons with Disabilities.

Regarding women’s safety, the enactment said it would reconstruct the 181 helpline, and guarantee the strict implementation of Vishakha guidelines by companies registered and operating successful Delhi. It besides promised to behaviour classes successful self-defence for women.

The enactment said it would supply a ‘shagan’ of Rs 1.1 lakh for the matrimony of disadvantaged widows, their daughters, orphan girls, and women graduates successful economically disadvantaged households.

Additionally, the enactment has promised:

• The motorboat of 100 women-run Indira Canteens
• To summation the fig of moving women’s hostels.
• To advocator for higher wage and different demands of Anganwadi and ASHA workers
• To physique 140 creches successful Delhi arsenic envisaged by the Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme, particularly for the children of women moving successful operation and different manual jobs.