Mysore/Mysuru: With the Congress Government promising to implement its five poll guarantees — Anna Bhagya, under which each BPL card member will get 10 kgs of rice for free, Yuva Nidhi, under which unemployed youth will get a monthly allowance (Rs.3,000 for graduates and Rs. 1,500 for diploma holders), Gruha Jyothi scheme (200 units of free power), Gruha Lakshmi scheme, under which Rs. 2,000 per month will be paid to woman head of a family and Shakti, under which women can travel in public transport buses for free — people are thronging the browsing centres and cyber cafes in cities and towns across the district for getting BPL (Below Poverty Line)card, the possession of which is likely to be made mandatory for getting these benefits.
People are lining up in queues at the browsing centres to apply for BPL card which can be assessed electronically through an online web portal. Though the previous BJP Government had asked eligible people to apply for BPL cards in January this year, many could not apply due to various reasons. Now with the Congress coming to power with its five poll guarantees, people who want to be beneficiaries, are wasting no time to become one for the schemes of the new Government.
