Correct Answer : Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Assembly on Friday (21st July 2023) passed The Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023, which seeks to cover the entire adult population of the state with a guarantee of wages or pension.
Terming it an “incomparable and historic law” Parliamentary Affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal said Rajasthan is the first state “government which has brought an act with such guarantees, the first government which thinks about the poor and how inflation can be tackled.”
As per the Bill, all families of the state, whether urban or rural, will be able to get employment guarantee of 125 days every year, and a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 per month in case of aged/disabled/single women, etc. Importantly, the pension will also be automatically increased at the rate of 15 per cent each year.
Responding to the debate on the Bill, Dhariwal said, “You (the Opposition) are asking how will peoples’ income increase by giving them Rs 1,000 pension, how will they survive. I want to tell you that beyond this Rs 1,000 they are also getting free treatment up to Rs 25 lakh under Chiranjeevi Yojana, accident insurance up to Rs 10 lakh, free electricity up to 100 units – and up to 200 units for farmers, gas cylinder at Rs 500 and Annapurna Ration Kits; if we consider all these things, then their income will certainly increase.”
With some
MLAs questioning the implementation of the government’s announcements, Dhariwal said that since its first budget in 2019, the Ashok Gehlot government has fulfilled
80 per cent of its announcements. He said that what sets the law apart is that now anyone (eligible for employment or pension under the scheme) can approach the courts if her right is denied to her..
Source :
Indian Express
