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A day after the Trinamool Congress promised a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if it is voted to power, senior Congress leader
and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram took a dig at the Mamata Banerjee-led party, saying “God bless Goa!”
The TMC, however, asserted that such a cash transfer was “perfectly doable”.
The Mamata Banerjee-led party also targeted a senior state Congress leader in connection with an alleged scam and said “moral science comes before maths”.
On Saturday, TMC leader Mahua Moitra said under the scheme titled Griha Laxmi, Rs 5,000 would be transferred to a woman of every household per month as guaranteed income support to counter inflation once her party comes to power in the coastal state.
Responding to the announcement, Chidambaram, who is the Congress’ Goa poll in-charge, in a tweet on Sunday said, “Here is a math that deserves the Nobel Prize in Economics. A monthly grant of Rs. 5000 to a woman in 3.5 lakh households in Goa will cost Rs 175 crore a month. That is Rs 2100 crore a year.”
Here is a math that deserves the Nobel Prize for Economics.
A monthly grant of Rs. 5000 to a woman in 3.5 lakh households in Goa will cost Rs. 175 crore a month.
That is Rs. 2100 crore a year.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 12, 2021
“It is a “small” sum for the State of Goa that had an outstanding debt of Rs. 23,473 crore at the end of March 2020. God bless Goa! Or should it be God save Goa?,” the former Union finance minister said in another tweet.
It is a “small” sum for the State of Goa that had an outstanding debt of Rs. 23,473 crore at the end of March 2020.
God bless Goa! Or should it be God save Goa?
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 12, 2021
Later, Mahua Moitra, the TMC’s Goa desk in-charge, tweeted, “Yes sir @PChidambaram_IN Rs 5000 to 3.5 lakh Goan households is equal to Rs 2100 crores is 6-8% of total budget which is perfectly doable. Good economics in depressed post covid scenario requires putting cash in hands and liquidity into system.”
Yes sir @PChidambaram_IN ₹5000 to 3.5 lakh Goan households = ₹2100 crores is 6-8% of total budget which is perfectly doable
Good economics in depressed post covid scenario requires putting cash in hand & liquidity into system.
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) December 12, 2021
