Indian gov't funds only women's bank accounts with virus payout

Submitted by arindamp on Sun, 2020-04-05 23:49

Article here. Excerpt:

'The amount is being released by the Ministry and will be credited to more than 20.39 crore Jan Dhan accounts of women by the end of April first week, officials said.

The Centre credited the first instalment of ₹500 to over four crore Jan Dhan accounts of poor women on Friday as part of a relief package in view of the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Rural Development Ministry said.

The amount is being released by the Ministry and will be credited to more than 20.39 crore Jan Dhan accounts of women by the end of April first week, officials said.'

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₹500 = ~USD $6.55 (min. wage in some states in India is about USD $2.40 per day)
"Crore" = 10 million of something
Jan Dhan: Explained here

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In a shameful display of sexism and bias against men, the Indian BJP government credits money to Jan Dhan accounts of female account holders. Note that only women get the money, not the men. So, the Indian BJP government does not see men as victims. Men don't need money in these tough times. Only women need this. This is a sexist, biased, discriminatory and anti-men policy. Men should strongly protest against this. Shame on the BJP government.

I am glad that I live in a progressive country like Australia, which does not discriminant against me, because I am a man.

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2020-04-06 14:41