Rahul Gandhi asked the government to provide 10,000 rupees in cash to poor families.
New Delhi:
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that if the government does not inject money into the economy, “the poor will be decimated, the middle class will be the new poor and the budding capitalists will own the country.”
He quoted a report on the fate of the dismissed workers of a private company, who were planning a long battle to come.
Gandhi asked the government to immediately provide 10,000 rupees in cash to each poor family and to provide 7,500 rupees a month for the next six months to help them survive the effects of the isolation.
He also called for a financial stimulus package for small and medium industries.
“If the Indian government does not inject cash to start the economy now: the poor will be decimated. The middle class will become the new poor. Buddy capitalists will own the whole country,” Gandhi said on Twitter on Saturday. .
The leader of the Congress asked the government to provide liquidity to the people and small industries, to allow them to restart the economy, which suffered a setback due to the blockage induced by the coronavirus.
The government also delayed the release of full Industrial Production Index (IIP) data for April, saying it was inappropriate to compare IIP data with previous months due to the lockout. COVID-19.
