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UP set to dole out unemployment allowance
Saturday September 08, 2012 07:32:15 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: The Samajwadi
Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh is Sunday set to fulfil its
biggest poll promise - paying an unemployment allowance.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father and SP chief Mulayam
Singh Yadav would hand out cheques for Rs.1,000 to 10,337 initial
beneficiaries.
A total of 4.44 lakh people had applied for the allowance, out of
which about 90,000 were found eligible.
The government planned to pay around nine lakh people and had made
a provision of Rs.697.24 crore in the 2012-13 budget.
The eligible candidates would get Rs.1,000 on a quarterly basis.
While the chief minister will Sunday hand over cheques to selected
people from the Lucknow district, the other ministers have been
asked to do the same in their districts.
Government officials Saturday were busy overseeing preparations
for the grand event.
Water-proof tents have been erected at the venue -- the grounds of
Colvin Taluqdar's College -- to accommodate the crowd.
As many as 223 UP State Transport Corporation Roadways buses have
been pressed into service to bring beneficiaries from Ramabai
Ambedkar rally grounds, where they are staying, to the venue.
The government has made several amendments in the eligibility
criterion of the beneficiaries after people reacted poorly to the
sop announcement.
The age criteria was brought down from 30 to 25 and beneficiaries
will not have to work against the allowance.
Bringing down of the age limit has however invited criticism from
opposition parties.
State BJP spokesman Vijay Pathak said SP was "spoon-feeding
youngsters who are ripe at the age of 25 for jobs".
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