Summary:
If businessmen are not jailed, farmers should not be jailed as well,” said Gandhi. "We will not increase Income Tax, so middle class has nothing to worry about it. Minimum Basic Income scheme (NYAY), promised by Congress party in the manifesto for Lok Sabha elections will neither cause economic hardships to the middle class of the country, nor hurt the economy, Congress president Rahul Gandhi promised on Monday at a public meeting at Mahuva in Bhavnagar district. It turned out to be Rs 72,000 or Rs 3.6 lakh in five years for five crore poorest families or 25 crore people. Loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore have been waived off..