@article {article1370, title = {‘NYAY’, the naysayers and the politics of poverty}, author = {Jagdish Rattanani}, journal = {Foundation of The Billion Press}, date = 2019-04-05, year = 2019, url = https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/society/nyay-naysayers-and-politics-poverty-1370, Abstract = {There is much debate on the Indian National Congress campaign promise of NYAY – justice in English but in Hindi an acronym for ‘Nyuntam Aay Yojana’, or the Minimum Guarantee Scheme, under which the poorest 20 per cent households would receive Rs.72,000 per annum if the proposal turns into policy. It is typical of election messaging that headlines are soaked in and there is little time to separate the wheat from the chaff.} }