New Delhi: AAP National Convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that his government made a big announcement in the Budget towards women empowerment. “Till now a fraud was being committed in the name of empowerment, all the parties were saying that they will empower women. In the name of empowerment, they make one woman of their party something and say that women have been empowered. I am not saying that women should not get posts, they should get big posts, they should get tickets, they should get everything, but that’s it. Only two or four women benefit. What do the rest of the women get? They don’t get anything. Now I will put a thousand rupees in every woman’s purse every month,” he said.
The AAP Supremo said there is little empowerment with an empty pocket, if there is money in the pocket then there will be empowerment. “In the market, if there is no money in the pocket, what empowerment? Empowerment will happen when there is money. Real empowerment will happen now when every woman gets Rs 1000 every month. Real empowerment will happen when every woman gets a thousand rupees,” he said.
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The Delhi CM said this will be the biggest women empowerment program in the entire world. “Till date, it has never happened that the entire population of women above 18 years of age has been given thousand rupees per month. One thing that is important in this is that if a woman pays income tax, it means that her income is very high. If her husband pays income tax, even then she is eligible to get it. But if you pay income tax yourself or do a government job or are beneficiary of widow pension, old age pension or any government pension, that makes a woman ineligible. Except these three categories, every woman above 18 years of age will get Rs 1000 per month,” the AAP Chief said.
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Kejriwal clarified that irrespective of the number of women in a household, each eligible woman will get Rs 1000 per month financial assistance per month. “Some women were asking whether only one woman from a family will get it. No, if there is a mother in a family, she will get it separately; if there is a daughter-in-law, she will get it separately; and if there is a daughter, she will get it separately. That means if there are three women in a family who are eligible, then Rs 3000 per month and you will get Rs 36000 per year.
He said that if women are empowered, the family will be empowered. Women run the family, raise children, look after the family. If women are empowered, then our family will be empowered; if the family is strong, then the society will be strong; and if the society is strong, then the country will be strong. The biggest unit of the society is the woman. And just like someone said that where women are respected, Gods reside there, then this will bring prosperity in the whole of Delhi,” he said.
He said that the AAP government has got CCTV cameras installed across Delhi and while it is still not enough to assure women safety in Delhi, it has still made significant difference. Apart from that, Delhi has the lowest inflation rate in India today. “Women run the house and take care of everything. The man only gives her the salary, but it is the woman who is responsible for managing everything. The salary gets over by 20th of every month, it is the woman who manages the remaining 10 days on her own. Only she knows how she manages the expenses and feeds her family. Inflation hits women the most.”
The Chief Minister said today, we have made your electricity free, your education free, your treatments free, your water free, your pilgrimage free, your bus travel free, and much more. “We have made all these facilities available at free of cost, the Central Government’s report states that the country has witnessed 6% inflation, while Delhi has only 3% inflation, lowest across India. These additional ₹1000 will benefit more women. Ever since we’ve made this announcement, there is a rumour that all the 7 seats are now going to be AAP’s, but don’t sit at your homes relying on such rumours. These people are very clever, they are mischievous and might cash on these rumours,” he said.
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