Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said that after assuming office at the Centre after forming the Government in the next General Election in 2019, the Congress party will implement welfare schemes for unorganised sector of workers to uplift their socio-economic status in the society.
Jakhar, speaking at the Congress Bhawan on the occasion of assuming the charge of office by Mohan Singh as chairman of Punjab unit of Unorganized Workers’ Congress, recalled the era of previous Congress government at the Centre saying that the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had implemented several schemes for the welfare of labourers.
“Among these, MGNREGA was the most important, under which 100 days employment was guaranteed. Many initiatives were also taken for education, health, and social security for the poor. But in 2014, the Government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who came to power by making false promises with countrymen, did not properly implement these schemes launched by Congress for the welfare of the poor and started favoring the rich and the industrialists,” he said.
He said that the Congress party is standing with the poor and its national president Rahul Gandhi is trying hard to solve the problems of poor people, and after 2019, Congress Government will implement more welfare schemes for poor people of this country.
Sharing the Congress-led Punjab Government’s ongoing efforts, Jakhar said that the process of registration of domestic workers has been started in the state so that schemes could be implemented for their welfare. Similarly, the Punjab Government has increased the amount of pension from Rs 500 to Rs 750.