Pushpa Amarnath proposes voluntary surrender of guarantee scheme

MANGALURU: Talking to mediapersons after holding a Dakshina Kannada district level review meeting, Pushpa Amarnath said beneficiaries of guarantee schemes who want to give up the benefits will be given the option to do so.

“Some may think that they do not deserve these benefits and may want to give it up in the interest of the needy. We will give them the option,” said Amarnath. She added that the suggestion will be proposed during the panel’s meeting with chief minister Siddaramaih next week.

Many eligible persons who do not pay income tax are not able to get the benefit of Gruhalakshmi because they are filing their IT Returns, stated Amarnath. She said the state government will take up the issue with IT department and request it to come with a SoP and issue NoC for such people.

She said commercial tax department is issuing NoC to eligible people despite them having GST registration.

Since a significant number of eligible woman have not applied for Gruhalakshmi scheme, she said target will be set for the officials to enrol as many eligible persons as possible.