Srinagar, Sept 16 (PTI) The Congress on Monday launched its manifesto for the Meeting elections in Jammu and Kashmir, promising a slew of welfare measures for farmers, girls and the youth.
The spotlight of the manifesto — Haath Badlega Halaat — is insurance coverage for all crops towards pure calamities and a minimal assist worth (MSP) of Rs 72 per kilogram for apple.
The manifesto was launched by AICC chief spokesperson Pawan Khera and PCC president Tariq Hameed Karra on the occasion workplace right here.
“We are going to present an extra monetary assist of Rs 4,000 for landless, tenant, and land-owning farming households per yr. We will even prepare 99-year leases to landless farmers cultivating state land,” Khera stated.
He stated a Rs 2,500-crore fund will probably be arrange for all district-level irrigation initiatives to make sure 100 per cent irrigation for farmers in Jammu and Kashmir.
For the youth of Jammu and Kashmir, the occasion promised an unemployment allowance of as much as Rs 3,500 per 30 days for one yr to certified youths.
The occasion promised to fill one lakh vacant authorities posts by issuing a job calendar inside 30 days.
The manifesto guarantees to revive particular border recruitment for police, fireplace brigade and forest safety pressure. It additionally promised to revive the scheme for allotment of 30 per cent development work-related contracts to unemployed engineers’ teams.
“We are going to simplify the verification course of for all authorities jobs, passports and different functions by making them time-bound and simplified to examine undue harassment,” the manifesto reads.
Khera stated Jammu and Kashmir’s “coronary heart has been wounded” over the previous 10 years and time has come to heal these wounds.
“The lengthy night time has ended and a brand new daybreak is upon us. Haath badlega Jammu aur Kashmir ke haalaat. The Congress will heal the injuries,” he stated.
Khera repeated the ballot guarantees made by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge throughout his go to to the Union Territory final week.
“Throughout the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, the ladies of Jammu and Kashmir put forth their issues to Rahul Gandhi and different leaders. We’ve got promised Mahila Samman programme underneath which we are going to give Rs 3000 month-to-month help to the girl head of the household. An interest-free mortgage of rupees 5 lakh will probably be given to girls self-help teams,” the Congress chief stated.
He stated medical health insurance of Rs 25 lakh will probably be offered to every household.
The Congress spokesman stated a minority fee will probably be fashioned in Jammu and Kashmir inside 100 days of coming to energy. He stated the promise made by former prime minister Manmohan Singh with regard to the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits will even be fulfilled.
Khera alleged the Union Territory has been become a “graveyard of desires” up to now 10 years.
Khera stated the manifesto was compiled by 20 district committees constituted for the aim of realizing the problems of the folks on the bottom.
“We’ve got given ensures and these are the correct of the folks. That is our promise and we are going to fulfil it,” he stated referring to the manifesto.
Requested about Congress’ stand on restoration of Article 370 – the principle election plank of its ally Nationwide Convention — Khera stated a committee will probably be fashioned for drafting a typical minimal programme for the INDIA bloc authorities in Jammu and Kashmir.
“So far as Article 370 is worried, our stand is evident and mirrored within the CWC decision on the problem,” he stated.
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