For the past few Union Budgets, the middle class has been feeling the heat, specifically with taxation, etc. How does Delhi’s middle class fare differently than the general middle class of India under the Delhi model?
First of all, I think you are right. The fact that India’s middle class has been feeling the heat is because this is the idea of the Gujarat model. Gujarat model is giving lavish incentives and relief only to the rich industrialists and corporates. In the Delhi model, we have done a lot of things for the middle class. Delhi’s inflation is at around 2.2% while India’s inflation is at around 4.8%.
Free electricity is for 70 percentage of the population. Electricity for another 20 percentage is highly subsidised. So, middle class falls under that 90%. Water is free for around 60 percentage of the population.
Mohalla Clinics – people go to tertiary care which is free. We have the Farishte Scheme for accidents.
Those who talk about the freebies and unfairly target the AAP…