The Congress party’s manifesto for the 2024 General Election, titled ‘Nyay Patra’, focuses on a broad theme of ‘Paanch Nyay’ and ‘Pachees Guarantee’. Here are some of the key highlights:
- Socio-Economic and Caste Census: A nationwide socio-economic and caste census to inform policy decisions1.
- Reservation Policies: A constitutional amendment to raise the 50% cap on reservations for SCs, STs, and OBCs, and implementation of a 10% quota in jobs and educational institutions for EWS across all castes and communities1.
- Right to Apprenticeship Act: A legal guarantee to provide one-year apprenticeship to every diploma holder or graduate below the age of 251.
- Minimum Support Prices (MSP): A legal guarantee for MSP to support farmers1.
- Restoration of Statehood: Immediate restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood1.
- Scrapping Agnipath Scheme: The manifesto promises to scrap the Agnipath Scheme1.
- Universal Healthcare: Adoption of the Rajasthan model of cashless insurance up to ₹25 lakh for universal healthcare1.
- National Minimum Wage: Setting a national minimum wage at ₹400 per day1.
- Mahalakshmi Scheme: Launching a scheme to provide ₹1 lakh per year to every poor Indian family1.
- Regularization of Jobs: Scrapping contractualisation of regular jobs in government, PSUs, and ensuring regularisation of such appointments1.
- Filling Vacancies: Filling nearly 30 lakh vacancies in sanctioned posts at various levels in the central government1.
The manifesto was released with the aim to radically change the style of governance and to appeal to the electorate to look beyond religion, language, caste, and choose wisely to install a democratic government1. For more detailed information, you can visit the official Congress website or refer to their manifesto document2.
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