The Aam Aadmi Party Government had recently rolled out its monthly women’s assistance scheme, with ₹1,000 for eligible women in the general category and ₹1,500 for eligible SC women. The scheme was a major 2022 election promise and has now become part of the government’s 2027 record. But cash support is only one part of governance. Punjab voters are also looking at jobs, drugs, crime, education, farming, migration, debt and economic growth. Can Aam Aadmi Party defend ₹1,000 as proof of delivery or will voters ask what happened to everything beyond the cheque ?
आम आदमी पार्टी सरकार ने हाल ही में महिलाओं के लिए मासिक सहायता योजना शुरू की है। इसके तहत पात्र सामान्य वर्ग की महिलाओं को ₹1,000 और पात्र अनुसूचित जाति की महिलाओं को ₹1,500 मिलते हैं। यह योजना 2022 के चुनावी वादे का बड़ा हिस्सा थी और अब 2027 में सरकार के कामकाज के रिकॉर्ड का हिस्सा है। लेकिन आर्थिक मदद शासन का सिर्फ एक हिस्सा है। पंजाब के मतदाता रोजगार, नशा, अपराध, शिक्षा, खेती, पलायन, कर्ज और आर्थिक विकास को भी देख रहे हैं। क्या आम आदमी पार्टी ₹1,000 को वादा पूरा करने के सबूत के रूप में पेश कर सकती है या मतदाता पूछेंगे कि इस चेक के आगे क्या हुआ ?
Punjab teachers are being assigned non-academic duties such as ration-card verification, census work, drug surveys and election duties. At the same time, the Government has acknowledged that teachers are already overworked. If the Bhagwant Mann Government wants an “education revolution”, why are teachers being pulled out of classrooms to handle work meant for other departments ? When teachers are already stretched, is this approach taking even more time away from students and weakening the very education system the Government says it wants to improve ?
