New Delhi: The Opposition on Wednesday dubbed the Rs 1,000 crore package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech last year for the welfare of the tea garden workers in Assam and West Bengal as “jumla”, saying not “a penny” has reached the beneficiaries so far.
...Rs 1,000 crore for tea garden workers’ welfare gimmickry: Oppn in LS
Gogoi said in the Centre’s reply, there is no mention of the Rs 1,000 crore package announced by the finance minister.