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The Election Commission of India’s (EC) soundlessness connected the outgo of ₹10,000 each to women beneficiaries of the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana (MMRY) successful Bihar, wherever the Assembly predetermination is successful progress, marks a stark opposition to the presumption taken by the Commission successful Tamil Nadu successful the past nether akin circumstances.
Aimed astatine covering 75 lakh women, the MMRY, a State-funded assistance scheme, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected September 26. Ten days later, connected October 6, the canvass assemblage announced its determination to behaviour the predetermination successful 2 phases – November 6 and 11 – for the 243 Assembly constituencies successful the State.
Leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and the Congress person protested against the implementation of the scheme, which, according to them, goes against the Model Code of Conduct.
In Tamil Nadu, connected 2 occasions successful the past 20-odd years, the canvass authorities person travel down heavy connected the implementation of 2 payment schemes — 1 for farmers, and different for beneficiaries of the escaped colour tv (TV) sets organisation initiative.
In March 2003, past All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) regime, headed by Jayalalithaa, decided to retreat the escaped powerfulness proviso strategy for farmers and huts. It chose to follow a currency enactment strategy for 9.4 lakh tiny and marginal farmers nether which those moving pump sets of three-horsepower capableness volition beryllium paid ₹500 each doubly a year, and those with pumps of 5hp and more, ₹625 doubly a year, isolated from ₹100 per annum to each hut dweller. All the consumers were required to wage the powerfulness bills and those eligible among them would beryllium reimbursed successful 2 installments, successful October and April, done postal wealth orders.
Subsequently, the currency enactment strategy was extended to the remainder of the farmers, and an bid was issued anterior to the announcement of the canvass schedule, according to a quality study published by The Hindu connected May 6, 2004, quoting seasoned husbandman person M.R. Sivasamy, arsenic having said. However, connected March 22, 2004, the past Chief Electoral Officer Mrutyunjay Sarangi, responding to a District Collector’s clarification, sent a circular, advising each the Collectors to enactment disconnected the disbursement of wealth orders till the completion of the predetermination process.
In aboriginal March 2011, instantly aft the canvass assemblage released its timetable for the Assembly election, it had directed the District Collectors to halt the organisation of escaped colour TV sets till the extremity of the polls. This was contempt the past DMK government’s favourite task – the colour TV strategy – being successful unit since September 2006. Before the Model Code of Conduct came into force, astir 1.62 crore sets were distributed with astir 9 lakh much sets to beryllium given.
Though the 2 schemes were nether implementation good earlier the announcement of the canvass schedule, the canvass sheet halted them.
