New Delhi, March 27: Former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday defended the minimum income program (NYAY scheme) poll promise made by Congress President Rahul Gandhi and said it will benefit over 25
“We will identify the poorest 20% of India’s families, that is about 5 Crore families & going by
“Size of India’s economy today is Rs 200 Lakh Crore and in nominal
Strongly pitching for the programme, Chidambaram said NYAY scheme could not be implemented 40-50yrs ago, but thanks to the liberliasation that was introduced by the Congress.
“Expenditure of GoI and all states put together is about Rs 60 Lakh Cr, revenues are growing at about 18% so amount available to central&state govt will double in about 5 yrs. So we believe India has
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