The announcement of a new subsidy scheme for poor by Rahul Gandhi is a testimony to the fact that Indiraji, her son and the decade of UPA governance was unable to remove the poverty, writes Arun Jaitley
Rahul Gandhi, just like his grandmother Indira Gandhi is still selling the idea of 'Garibi Hatao', which intends to end poverty in the country if Congress comes to power. In 1971, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had used the ‘Garibi Hatao’ theme in the election campaign.
The choice of this new policy instrument is very clear, it should come under the Direct Benefit Transfer framework in the form of a Targeted Basic Income.