Congress releases manifesto week before Delhi polls: Promise to Purvanchalis, caste census

For instance, the Pyari Didi Yojna promises a monthly allowance of Rs 2,500 for women and apprenticeships for unemployed younker with a stipend of Rs 8,500 – initiatives inspired by akin schemes presently successful spot successful Karnataka.

Additionally, the enactment has pledged escaped wellness sum of up to Rs 25 lakh, drafting from a strategy introduced successful Rajasthan successful 2011 erstwhile it was successful power.

The manifesto includes 14 commitments focused connected youth; 15 aimed astatine supporting women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities; 4 addressing the needs of the municipality poor; and 10 for unorganised assemblage workers. Notably, the enactment has vowed to observe Chhath Puja connected a standard comparable to the Maha Kumbh.

In its 26-page manifesto, Congress has made 219 promises. Here are the apical 5 ‘guarantees’

• Monthly allowance of Rs. 2,500 for women
• Free cooking state cylinder astatine Rs 500, escaped ration kits
• Free wellness sum of up to Rs 25 lakh per family
• One-year apprenticeship for younker with Rs 8,500 stipend per month
• Free energy for up to 300 units for each households

Other promises

For Purvanchalis: Grand solemnisation of Chhath Puja with a nationalist vacation and liquor ban; dedicated Chhath Puja territory adjacent Yamuna; Purvanchal Bhawans and Ministry for Purvanchalis; restoration of Yamuna and removal of encroachments

For Muslims: Remove barriers to Madrasa improvement and modernisation; convene the Delhi Waqf Board, and guarantee timely payments to Imams and muezzins

For LGBTQIA: Horizontal reservations for transgender persons successful acquisition and jobs; scholarships and hostels for transgender persons; gender-neutral washrooms and sensitivity grooming successful authorities departments; reappraisal laws to forestall discrimination

For SC/ST/OBC: Caste survey successful Delhi; 15% authorities contracts reserved for SC community; summation successful OBC creamy furniture income bounds to Rs 12 lakh; implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations; escaped pilgrimage for Dalit community; loans for accepted occupations and startups by SC/ST/OBC community.

Corruption check: Stronger Lokpal Bill wrong six months, probe of “Liquor Scam”, “Delhi Jal Board Scam” and different specified cases

For moving professionals: Public parks, wellness zones, and recreational spaces for professionals and taxation incentives for companies providing daycare and flexible enactment options

For students: Delhi Education Policy to regenerate NEP 2020; escaped DTC autobus passes for students; backstage playgrounds to beryllium acceptable up for neighbourhood children

Reintroducing Sheila Dixit’s schemes specified arsenic Bhagidari, School Welfare, Patient Welfare Committees

24×7 cleanable drinking water; extremity h2o tanker mafia

Restoration of implicit 15,000 Civil Defence Volunteers (Home Guards)

Rs. 5,000 pension for elder citizens, widows, persons with disabilities, transgender persons, and destitute individuals

33% preservation successful caller authorities authorities jobs for women

4% preservation successful authorities jobs for Persons with Disabilities

Rs. 1.1 lakh ‘Shagun’ for matrimony of disadvantaged widows, their daughters, orphan girls, and postgraduate women from mediocre families

Permanent jobs for declaration workers, including Safai Karamcharis, by 2025

Higher wage for Anganwadi and ASHA workers

Fast-track redevelopment of 27 unplanned concern areas

Self-defense classes for women

Waive energy dues for farmers

24-hour dispensaries successful each constituency

Introduce smaller buses for interior colonies