Promising a corruption free administration in Odisha, the Opposition BJP Sunday pledged several welfare schemes for women, farmers and tribals in its election manifesto named Sankalp Patra.
The manifesto released for the 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha by BJP president Amit Shah, gave priority to women with the party promising provision of capital punishment for convicts, involved in the rape of minor girls below 15 years of age.
The saffron party also promised to launch a scheme for providing two-wheelers to meritorious girl students upon completion of school education.
The party will give a one-time loan waiver for all outstanding loans taken by women Self Help Groups (SHG) and to create a fund of Rs 2,000 crore to provide interest-free loans upto Rs 3 lakh.
The party asuured stringent action against corruption, by appointing a Special Investigation Team to probe chitfund scam.
The BJP president said, Goondaraj and mining mafia would be dealt with an iron hand.
Highlighting several other points in the partys Sankalp Patra, Shah announced that farmers will get loans at zero per cent interest. The party also assured small and marginal farmers of a monthly pension of Rs 3,000.
The manifesto promised development of irrigation facilities with a Rs 1 lakh crore fund, uninterrupted power supply of eight hours to farmlands, 1.5 time minimum support price (MSP) for all agricultural produce and benefits of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana to eligible farmers.
The BJP also announced Rs 3,500 crore fund for Skill Odisha, Rs 2,000 crore Odisha Tourism Skill fund, Ease of Doing Business for Odisha within five years, filling of all vacant posts in the state within two years and setting up of a Knowledge Centre in Bhubaneswar
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