Cong promises Rs 8,500 to educated unemployed youths if voted to power in Delhi

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday promised to give Rs 8,500 every month to educated unemployed youths in Delhi for one year if it comes to power in Delhi.

This is the third scheme launched by the Congress ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls.

The financial assistance will be provided under the ‘Yuva Udaan Yojana’ and it is not free, AICC general secretary Sachin Pilot said at a press conference.

“We will provide financial assistance to youths who can show their skills in a company, factory or organisation. They will get money through these companies. This is not a scheme under which one will get money while sitting at home,” Pilot said.

“This help will not be just financial. We will try that people are absorbed in those fields where they have received training... so that they can... improve their skill set,” he said.

He alleged that the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party had totally ignored the youth in the past 11 years when they

were busy building the “Raj Mahal” and “Sheesh Mahal”, respectively.