Delhi: BJP’s promise of Rs 2,500 aid to women among new govt’s top priorities

Addressing a run earlier the elections, PM Modi had said: “We person pledged to springiness Rs 2,500 to our sisters… this warrant volition beryllium completed due to the fact that it is Modi’s guarantee… you volition spot that the BJP authorities volition beryllium formed In Delhi and connected March 8, International Women’s Day… they (women) volition commencement getting wealth successful their accounts.”

The BJP has returned to powerfulness aft a spread of 27 years successful the Capital with a resounding triumph successful 48 of 70 Assembly seats.

On allotting the budget for the scheme, sources said that initially, “the program is to instrumentality the strategy for this fiscal twelvemonth for which a fund proviso tin beryllium made from the revised fund estimates of 2024-25.”.

A root successful the enactment explained, “Let’s say, Rs 600 crore oregon Rs 700 crore… immoderate magnitude is required to present the scheme… After that, a caller program for the adjacent fiscal twelvemonth volition beryllium made. This way, the women volition get wealth successful their relationship connected clip each month…”

Shedding airy connected procedural aspects, a authorities authoritative said, “The erstwhile authorities had already passed a akin strategy proposing Rs 1,000 per period to women. It is yet to beryllium implemented. If the caller authorities wants, it tin revise oregon modify the strategy and summation the magnitude to Rs 2,500… It tin besides modify the eligibility criteria…”

The authoritative further added, “How they privation to present is besides a question. For instance, if they privation to make a portal, past it volition instrumentality time… determination are galore technicalities. But adjacent earlier the authorities is formed, if directions are given, the section acrophobic volition commencement moving connected a caller plan… due to the fact that the section indispensable person identified the women and families beneath the poorness line… and studied akin schemes implemented successful different states… erstwhile the Women and Child Development Department issues a proposal, the Finance Department volition springiness its comments successful conscionable a time and the required fund volition beryllium provisioned…”

However, a elder BJP authoritative said that BJP volition travel up with its ain program to present its promises. “The enactment has already implemented akin schemes successfully successful different states specified arsenic Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra…”

Last year, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities promised to supply Rs 1,000 to non-tax-paying women successful Delhi each month. The strategy was passed by erstwhile CM Atishi-led furniture successful December contempt the objections raised by the Finance Department.

The Finance Department highlighted the fiscal concern of Delhi and advised the authorities not to bring the strategy till a factual program with a roadmap was prepared. It besides pointed retired that the expenditure connected subsidies would summation from 15% to 20% if the strategy was implemented and added that “implementing a strategy done a indebtedness volition beryllium financially not viable”

The AAP authorities projected a outgo of Rs 4,560 crore for 2025-26 for implementing the scheme.

After tendering her resignation from the station of CM, Atishi, who volition present beryllium successful Opposition successful the Delhi Legislative Assembly, said, “The BJP has promised that successful the archetypal Cabinet meeting, it volition walk (the scheme), and from March 8, this wealth volition commencement coming into each woman’s account. We volition marque the BJP fulfill this promise