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BJP Sankalp Patra: Key takeaways for the Economy

Today BJP released its Sankalp Patra (manifasto) in New Delhi for upcoming  2019 general elections.

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Published : Apr 8, 2019, 12:45 PM IST

Updated : Apr 8, 2019, 6:09 PM IST

New Delhi: Today BJP released its Sankalp Patra (manifasto) in New Delhi for upcoming 2019 general elections .The key takeawys are :

AGRICULTURE :

  • Achieve the target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022.
  • Enable the creation of 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organizations.Ensure adequate market avenues for the realisation of MSP through e-NAM, GrAMs and Pradhan Mantri AASHA Yojana.
  • Work towards ensuring that maximum farmers get income support under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
  • Increase the cropped area under irrigation.
  • Provide short -term new agriculture loans up to ₹ 1 lakh at 0% interest rate for 1-5 years on the condition of prompt repayment of the principal amount.
  • Launch a pension scheme for small and marginal farmers to ensure social security a􀄏er 60 years of age.
  • Work towards completing all irrigation projects under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana.
  • Increase the cropped area under irrigation.
  • Work towards digitising land records.
  • Strive to ensure all-weather connectivity for every village.
  • Enable investment of ₹ 1 lakh crore in higher education through Revitalising of Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE).
  • Ensure access to safe and potable drinking water for all households.
  • Ensure a toilet in every household.
  • Ensure 100% disposal of liquid waste and reuse of waste water.
  • Work towards assisting the maximum number of 􀂪shermen by ensuring the availability of storage and other infrastructure under a new ‘Matsya Sampada Yojana.

ECONOMY:

  • Further improve India’s rank in ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking.
  • Strive to ensure reduced tax rates, higher tax collection and greater compliance.
  • Work towards ensuring a stable taxation regime..
  • Establish National Traders’ Welfare Board and create a National Policy for Retail Trade for the growth of retail business.
  • Work towards improving GDP share from manufacturing sector.
  • Work towards doubling the total exports.
  • Work towards creating a single-window compliance and dispute resolution mechanism for MSMEs.
  • Strive to ensure reduced tax rates, higher tax collection and greater compliance.
  • Work towards ensuring a stable taxation regime.
  • In order to incentivise compliance of law and ease of doing business, amend the Companies Act to impose civil liability for technical and procedural defaults of a minor nature, thus unclogging the majority of cases from courts.

INFRASTRUTURE:

  • Ensure the LPG gas cylinder connection to all poor rural households.
  • Ensure 100% electrification of all households.
  • Ensure every citizen has access to a bank account.
  • Double the length of national highways.
  • Achieve 175 GW of renewable energy capacity.
  • Strive to achieve 10% blending of ethanol in petrol.
  • Ensure the supply of piped cooking gas in major Tier 1 and 2 cities.
  • Aim to increase the number of operational airports to 150 for better air connectivity.
  • Increase port capacity to 2,500 MTPA.

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises:

  • Under the Credit Guarantee Scheme, loans worth Rs. 1 lakh crore to be provided to the SME enterprises by 2024.
  • National Traders’ Welfare Board will be established and a National Policy for Retail Trade for the growth of retail businesses will be unveiled.
  • To protect the interests of small traders, an accident insurance of 10 lakh rupees to all those traders registered under GST will be provided.
  • On the lines of Kisan credit card, a scheme to give merchant credit card to registered merchants will be unveiled.

RAILWAYS :

  • Work towards equipping all main railway stations with Wi-Fi facility.
  • Ensure conversion of all viable rail tracks to broad gauge by 2022.
  • Ensure the supply of piped cooking gas in major Tier 1 and 2 cities.
  • Make all efforts to ensure electrification of all railway tracks by 2022.
  • Start developing smart railway stations across India.
  • Complete the dedicated freight corridor project by 2022

Youth and Education

  • Aim to cover all the secondary schools under Operation Digital Board.
  • Enable investment of ₹ 1 lakh crore in higher education through Revitalising of Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE).
  • Establish at least one Atal Tinkering Lab in every block.
  • Under a new 'Entrepreneurial Northeast' scheme, provide financial support to MSMEs and for employment generation in northeastern states.

Health

  • Establish 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres under Ayushman Bharat.

Good Governance

  • Ensure the availability of banking services within 5 kms of every individual.
  • Achieve complete digitisation and modernisation of courts.
  • Promote and increase digital transactions.
  • Ensure end-to-end digitisation of government processes.
  • Enable digital delivery of government services.

Inclusive Development

  • Expand the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan scheme to cover all small shopkeepers.
  • Ensure comprehensive social security coverage for all unorganised labourers including insurance, pension etc.

Women

  • Work towards increasing female workforce participation rate.
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Complete the development of all projects under Swadesh Darshan, PRASAD and HRIDAY schemes.
  • Work towards digitisation of collections in all national museums.

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Last Updated : Apr 8, 2019, 6:09 PM IST

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