India, July 19 -- Sir,

Kudos to the Government of Karnataka for achieving the milestone of issuing 500 crore free tickets to women beneficiaries under one of its flagship guarantee schemes, Shakti. The then Opposition party, the Congress, had announced five guarantee schemes in its 2023 election manifesto: Gruha Jyothi, Gruha Lakshmi, Anna Bhagya Scheme, Shakti and Yuvanidhi.

After assuming power through a landslide victory in the 2023 Assembly polls, the Congress government fulfilled its promise by implementing all five schemes.

Gruha Jyothi provides free electricity up to 200 units; Gruha Lakshmi offers Rs. 2,000 per month to the woman head of families belonging to both BPL and APL categories. Under the Anna Bhagya Scheme, beneficiar...