Countering the Mahila Samman Yojana of the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP), which guarantees a monetary assist of Rs 1,000 per thirty days to girls in Delhi, to be raised to Rs 2,100 if the get together returns to energy, the Congress Monday introduced its personal ‘Pyari Didi Yojana’ forward of the polls, promising a month-to-month assist of Rs 2,500.
The Congress’s announcement continues a pattern in states the place girls have been on the centre of events’ bids to win elections. The schemes have largely paid off in polls for the ruling events.
A have a look at money schemes for girls throughout states:
Andhra Pradesh
It was the primary state within the nation to implement a woman-centric money help scheme, YSR Cheyutha, when then state authorities led by the YSR Congress Get together (YSRCP)’s Jagan Mohan Reddy launched it in August 2020. It was part of the state authorities’s Navaratnalu (9 gems).
Beneath the scheme, girls aged between 45 and 60 belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribe (STs), Different Backward Courses (OBCs) and minority communities are promised monetary assist of Rs 75,000 over 4 years.
Jagan banked closely on his welfare schemes to return to energy in final 12 months’s simultaneous polls however his get together acquired a drubbing by the hands of the Telugu Desam Get together (TDP)-BJP-JanaSena Get together (JSP) mix and managed to win simply 11 of the 175 Meeting and 4 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats.
West Bengal
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) authorities launched the Lakshmi Bhandar scheme in February 2021, below which girls aged between 25 and 60 are eligible for monetary help. The scheme offers an assist of Rs 1,200 per thirty days for eligible beneficiaries belonging to the SC and ST communities whereas the month-to-month assist is Rs 1,000 for girls from different communities.
The scheme was launched months after the TMC dominated the 2021 Meeting elections, the place the get together gained 215 of 294 seats and propelled Banerjee to a 3rd consecutive time period.
The scheme was seen to have had an impression in final 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections, the place the TMC gained 29 of the state’s 42 seats, seven up from the 22 it gained in 2019.
Madhya Pradesh
The Ladli Behna Yojana, launched by former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan in March 2023, months forward of the Meeting polls, was touted because the “gamechanger” in serving to the BJP safe a shock third consecutive time period. The scheme offers a month-to-month monetary assist of Rs 1,250 to girls aged between 23 and 60.
In final 12 months’s Meeting polls, the BJP gained 163 of the 230 seats, truly bettering its efficiency from 2018, when it had gained 110 constituencies.
Himachal Pradesh
Amid the backdrop of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra elevating the “ladki hoon, ladh sakti hoon (I’m a lady, I can battle)” pitch and as part of its 10 ensures, the Congress forward of the 2022 Meeting elections, introduced a month-to-month monetary assist of Rs 1,000 per thirty days for girls. Nonetheless, the scheme by no means noticed the sunshine of the day.
Forward of final 12 months’s Lok Sabha polls, the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress authorities introduced the Indira Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi, below which girls aged between 18 and 60 are eligible for a month-to-month help of Rs 1,000.
Nonetheless, the Congress went on to lose all 4 Lok Sabha seats within the state.
Punjab
Forward of the 2022 Meeting polls, the AAP had pledged to provide a month-to-month assist of Rs 1,000 to girls in Punjab. Nonetheless, fiscal constraints prevented the scheme from rolling out. The AAP registered a landslide victory within the polls, successful 92 of the 117 seats.
Because the Lok Sabha elections approached, CM Bhagwant Mann mentioned the pre-Meeting ballot promise could be applied. However it’s but to see the sunshine of day.
Jharkhand
The Maiyya Samman Yojana was launched by the earlier Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led authorities (JMM) headed by Hemant Soren in August 2023, promising Rs 1,000-monthly assist to girls aged between 18 and 50 falling below the Antyodaya class.
Within the high-pitched marketing campaign main as much as the Jharkhand Meeting elections in November final 12 months, Soren introduced that the help could be elevated to Rs 2,500 per thirty days if the JMM-led alliance was voted to energy.
The transfer seems to have paid off and the JMM turned the primary get together to win a consecutive time period within the state, successful 34 of the state’s 81 seats, 4 greater than it did 5 years in the past.
On Sunday, Soren launched the revamped model of the scheme as he promised.
Karnataka
The Congress promised six ensures within the run-up to the Might 2023 Meeting elections, together with the Gruha Lakshmi Scheme, and went on to win 135 of the 224 seats. Three months later in August, Congress president and Chief of the Opposition (LoP) within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge launched the scheme, which offers a month-to-month assist of Rs 2,000 for girls falling beneath the poverty line.
Within the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress elevated its tally, successful eight of the 28 seats within the state, up from the lone seat it gained in 2019.
Tamil Nadu
A scheme offering month-to-month assist of Rs 1,000 to girls aged above 21 whose annual family earnings is lower than Rs 2.5 lakh was launched in September 2023 by CM M Ok Stalin. Within the Lok Sabha polls that adopted, in opposition to a struggling Opposition, the DMK-led alliance gained all 39 seats of the state.
Chhattisgarh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March final 12 months launched the Mahtari Vandan Yojana, which offers a monetary assist of Rs 1,000 to all girls within the state above the age of 21, throughout campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP repeated its robust efficiency within the Lok Sabha elections within the state, successful 10 of the 11 seats, one up from its tally of 9 in 2019.
Maharashtra
Following a poor efficiency in final 12 months’s Lok Sabha polls, the place the Mahayuti constituents – BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP – noticed their collective tally dip to 17, the state authorities led by Eknath Shinde introduced the Mazhi Ladki Bahin Yojana in July final 12 months.
The scheme, round which the ruling alliance revolved its marketing campaign for the November Meeting polls, offers for a month-to-month help of Rs 1,500 to 1 lady of a household whose annual family earnings is lower than Rs 2.5 lakh.
The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising the Congress, NCP(SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT), initially criticised the transfer however went on to vow a month-to-month assist of Rs 3,000 below the scheme if voted to energy.
Within the Meeting elections 5 months later, the Mahayuti cruised to energy, collectively successful 235 of the state’s 288 Meeting seats.
Odisha
Within the run-up to the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Meeting polls, the BJP promised to implement the Subhadra Yojana if voted to energy within the state and started registrations for the scheme as a part of its campaigning.
Following its victory, the place it gained 78 of 147 Meeting and 20 of 21 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP authorities headed by Mohan Charan Majhi launched the scheme in September final 12 months.
The scheme offers monetary help of Rs 50,000 over a interval of 5 years to girls aged between 21 and 60.
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