Rahul Gandhi roots for direct transfer to farmers, labourers and MSMEs

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asserted that the situation will not improve until money is directly handed out to the farmers, labourers, and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

"Excerpts from my address during the Chhattisgarh Congress program on the birth anniversary of late Rajiv Gandhi. Organised and unorganised economies were in bad condition even before the COVID-19. The situation cannot improve until the money is given directly to farmers, laborers and MSMEs," Gandhi tweeted.

He also shared a clip of his address on August 20, where he appreciated the Chhattisgarh government and said that the state government has been doing pioneering work in helping the poor, farmers, and small businesses through various schemes.

"Many people in the country have incurred a lot of losses in the past few years. There are two economies in India. One is the organised economy and another is the unorganised economy," Gandhi added.

He said that the unorganised economy includes farmers, small businesses and crores of poor people across the country.

Claiming that the organised and unorganised economies were struggling even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Congress leader said that the unorganised sector is responsible for 90 per cent employment in the country.

''He said that the country will not be able to provide employment to its youth for the first time in its history in the coming six to seven months,'' he said.