Karnataka All 5 Guarantees implemented: check start date and conditions

As promised, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Friday that all five guarantees will be implemented in the current financial year at a cost of approximately Rs 50,000 crore every year. Karnataka All 5 Guarantees implemented: check start date and conditions.

The Congress, which stormed into power by winning 135 out of 224 seats, had promised to implement these schemes if it formed a government in Karnataka. CM while announcing the schemes said, “Implementation (of guaranteeing about 200 units of free electricity) will begin from 1st July. 200 units of electricity will be free. Consumers who haven’t paid their bills till July will have to pay.”

What are the five guarantees

1. 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti),

2. Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi),

3. 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya),

4. Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth

5. Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (Yuva Nidhi), and free travel for women in public transport buses (Shakti).

The Karnataka government today cleared Congress’s five “guarantees” made before the recently concluded Assembly elections, and offered clarifications, explained conditions, and announced deadlines. “We held a cabinet meeting today.

We discussed all five promises thoroughly. We have decided that all five guarantees will be implemented in the present financial year,” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said today. The free electricity scheme (Gruha Jyoti)  will depend on the yearly consumption at the household level.

A monthly average will be calculated, an extra 10 per cent added to it, and one won’t have to pay the power bill if the final figure is below 200 units. This will start from July 1. “200 units of electricity will be free… Consumers who haven’t paid their bills till July will have to pay,” said Siddaramaiah.

For Gruha Lakshmi, Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family, bank accounts will need to be linked to Aadhaar. Due to technical problems in Aadhaar linking, and determining who is the family head, the verification process will start from June 15 to July 15, and finish by August 15 when the payments will begin.

This scheme is for both Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya cardholders. Those who already avail of social security pensions will get this Rs 2,000 on top of that if she is the head of the family. Anna Bhagya promises an assured 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household. “We were giving 7 kg (in the previous government), they (BJP) made it 5 kg. Now, 10 kg of rice per head will be given to all members of BPL families,” he said. This will begin on July 1.

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Under the Uchita Prayana guarantee, the Chief Minister announced free bus travel for women within the state in state-run buses from June 11. 50 per cent of seats will be reserved for men only in Karnataka State Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses.

Youth who remain unemployed six months after their degree can apply to avail of Rs 3,000 per month for 24 months as part of the Yuva Nidhi guarantee. This includes transgender people too.  Rs 1,500 per month will be given to unemployed diploma holders.