Patna (TIP)- The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Friday, Oct 31, released its ‘Sankalp Patra’ (manifesto) for the Bihar assembly election, with a focus on creating 10 million jobs, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and women empowerment.
The manifesto pledges Rs10 lakh financial assistance to those from the Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), constituting 36% of the population, for business and entrepreneurship, and the constitution of a high-power commission to study their socio-economic conditions for their empowerment. It promises Rs 2,000 monthly to Scheduled Caste students enrolled in higher education and a venture fund for entrepreneurship.
The manifesto pledges Rs4 lakh insurance cover and collateral-free vehicle loan at a minimum interest rate for gig workers, auto-rickshaw, and e-rickshaw drivers. It promises collateral-free loans for green homestays.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar, Union minister and BJP chief JP Nadda, and other leaders of alliance parties released the manifesto.
On October 28, the Opposition bloc released its 32-page manifesto ‘Bihar ka Tejashwi Pran’, promising a government job to one member of every household, Rs 2,500 monthly to women under the ‘Mai Bahin Yojana’, minimum support price (MSP) for all crops, restoration of the old pension scheme for government employees, and 200 units of free power.
The NDA manifesto also promises MSP guarantee to ensure the right price for every crop to farmers at the panchayat level, doubling of agricultural export and self-reliance in pulses, Rs 1 lakh crore investment in agriculture infrastructure, and Rs 1 lakh crore for the ‘Developed Bihar Industrial Mission’.
It promises flood-free Bihar in five years through the ‘flood to fortune’ model involving inter-linking of rivers and by setting up the Flood Management Board.
The manifesto talks about plans to develop 10 new industrial parks and five mega food parks, development of manufacturing units in every district to boost local employment to check migration, and create an ecosystem to prepare Bihar for the new-age economy so that it could be a global workplace and back-end hub, attracting investment.The manifesto proposes developing Bihar as a tech hub of eastern India with the establishment of defence corridor, a semiconductor manufacturing park, global capability centres, a mega tech city, a fintech city, and the development of a network of 100 micro, small, and medium industries parks and 50,000 cottage industries.
For the poor, it has five guarantees including 125 units of free electricity, free medical treatment up to Rs 5 lakh, 50 lakh new houses, and a social security pension. It pledges to continue with a 5 kg free ration. It lays out plans for the construction of seven expressways, modernisation of 3,600 km of railway tracks in the state, expansion of Amrit Bharat Express trains, and Namo rapid rail services. Source: HT
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