News India Live, Digital Desk: In Bihar politics, a card is being discussed a lot these days, which has been named “Family Benefit Card”. Electoral strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishore and his Jan Suraj Party are making this card from house to house. It is being claimed that if their government is formed, then through this card, every family will be benefited by up to Rs 20,000 a month.

Come, let us understand in easy language what this card is and what is the story behind it.

What is this “Family Benefit Card”?

This card looks like an ATM or credit card, on which a unique number has also been given, Prashant Kishore’s party “Jan Suraj” workers are registering people by setting up camps in different villages and panchayats of Bihar and giving them this card. To get this card, information like their Aadhaar card and mobile number is being taken from people.

How to get a profit of Rs 20,000?

It is important to understand one thing here that Prashant Kishore is not directly promising to give cash of Rs 20,000 to a family. Rather, he says that some such schemes will be brought when their government is formed, from which a family can get a total benefit of up to Rs 20,000 every month.

5 big promises are included in this card:

1. Employment to youth: 10,000 to 12,000 rupees month employment guarantee to the youth of the state
2. Pension to elderly and disabled: Rs 2,000 per month for every elderly and Divyang above 60 years of age. ,[
3. Loan for women: Loans up to Rs 5 lakh at an annual interest of 4% to make women self -sufficient.
4. Children better education: Help of Rs 1,000 every month for good education of poor children up to 15 years of age.
5. Help farmers: Free laborers arrangements for farmers who cultivate cash crops.

By connecting the benefits of all these schemes, the account of about Rs 20,000 is being told.

The card will not be activated yet

Jan Suraj Party says that this card and promises given in it will be applicable only when their government is formed in the 2025 assembly elections. He says that after the formation of the government, people will be given the benefit of schemes with priority on the basis of this card. At the moment, it is a kind of registration from which people’s database is being prepared.

Are you spending money to make cards?

Mixed news is coming out about this. In many places, this card is being made absolutely free, so there are reports from some places that 10 rupees are being taken in the name of membership fee.

This electoral promise is a new experiment in Bihar politics. Now it will be seen how much the public trusts Prashant Kishore’s “Family Benefit Card” and how much it affects the coming elections.