New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The following are the highlights of the election manifesto released by the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party Friday:
- All below poverty line (BPL) families to get 35 kg of rice or wheat every month at Rs.2 per kg.
- Bicycles to every school going girl child from BPL families.
- Waiver of all agricultural loans and ensure farm loans at a maximum interest rate of 4 percent.
- Building 15-20 km of new highways every day.
- No personal income tax for those earning up to Rs.300,000 per annum. For women and senior citizens, the exemption will be Rs.350,000 per year.
- Committed to the construction of a Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.
- To evolve a new route for Sethu Samudram bypassing Ram Setu.
- Firm steps to identify and retrieve Indian money stashed away in foreign banks.
- Ban on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail sector to help domestic retail trade.
- To introduce POTA-type anti-terror law.
- To detect, detain and deport illegal immigrants.
- A comprehensive National Identity Card for all.
- All members of the armed forces and the para-military to be exempted from paying income tax.
- To set up a separate pay commission for the armed forces and also revisit the existing pay structure.
- To bring 33 percent reservation for women in legislatures.
- Student loans to be made cheaper and accessible by fixing interest at 4 percent.
- Promise to create 1.2 million IT-enabled jobs in rural areas.
- To launch an aggressive project to groom sporting talent by allocating Rs.5,000 crore ($1 billion) for creation of sports infrastructure.
- A mandatory 'Dial 108' for ambulance at your doorstep across country.
- Revive the creation of new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences in the country.
- Education and job quota will be introduced for economically backward sections of society.
- Tax exemption to senior citizens in respect of pension income.
- Priority to fight against climate change and global warming.
- Take appropriate steps to save tiger and safeguard critical habitants of all wildlife.
- Cleaning of Ganges and other major rivers a priority.
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