Goodies From Uncle Assam

Last month, in a grand act of political theatre, roughly 40L women, in Assam, received ₹9,000 each, in their bank accounts. Roughly half of the state’s households received this lumpsum payment as

upohar

(gift) from

mama

, as chief minister,

Himanta Biswa Sarma

, is popularly known. These households already receive ₹1,250 monthly, under the Orunodoi 3.0 scheme.

If monthly transfers provide security, a lumpsum bonus is icing on the cake.