Mayawati's big birthday bash has cash concessions for poor
Sanjay Singh Posted online: Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 at 0406 hrs
Lucknow : Plans to launch new scheme for those without BPL cards
The latest entrants to Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday party are
those who do not have the below poverty level (BPL) cards.
On January 15, her birthday, Mayawati is likely to announce a new
scheme for this section — one that will entail financial help through
cash doles. The scheme is to be named "Uttar Pradesh Mukhya Mantri
Mahamaya Garib Arthik Sahayata Yojana".
Officials are busy working out the details, but sources said a few
things have already been settled. Each family will get Rs 300 per
month, 50 per cent of the beneficiaries will be Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes, and families headed by women will get preference.
Only families which do not get the benefit of any existing scheme for
the poor will be entitled to avail this scheme.
Sources said the idea was to launch the state's own pro-poor
initiatives which reaches out to those who do not get any benefit from
existing schemes like old-age or widow pension and antyodaya. Almost
all existing schemes are funded by the Centre and in each a BPL card
is the ticket to the benefits.
The state government has made several requests to the Centre to
increase allocations for various pro-poor schemes, arguing that
surveys of BPL families were faulty and did not reflect the correct
picture.
"The Union government has not paid any attention to these requests. As
a result, a large number of poor people do not get any benefit because
their names do not figure on the BPL list," said an official.
The new scheme is expected to serve two purposes. It will help the
chief minister counter the Congress which has been trying to get
political mileage out of all pro-poor schemes by telling the people
they were being financed by the Centre and that the state was just
implementing them.
Besides, it is expected to build pressure on the Centre to accept the
state's figure of poor families and increase allocation to various
schemes.
An official said the survey to identify beneficiary families under the
new scheme will be completed in four to five months. However, the
government is yet to identify the department that will conduct the
survey.
One option in consideration is to identify the beneficiaries in open
meetings of the gram sabha.
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