{"id":3927,"date":"2024-04-08T15:56:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2024-04-08T15:56:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:56:28","slug":"congress-manifesto-2024-highlights-what-are-the-key-promises-the-indian-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=3927","title":{"rendered":"Congress Manifesto 2024 Highlights: What are the key promises? &#8211; The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Congress Manifesto 2024 \u2018Nyay Patra\u2019 Key Highlights:<\/strong> With just a fortnight remaining for the Lok Sabha Polls, the Congress released its manifesto at its party headquarters in New Delhi on Friday.<br \/>The manifesto, titled \u2018Nyay Patra\u2019 was released in the presence of Congress president <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/mallikarjun-kharge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mallikarjun Kharge<\/a> and senior leaders <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/sonia-gandhi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonia Gandhi<\/a>, <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/rahul-gandhi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rahul Gandhi<\/a>, KC Venugopal and P Chidambaram. It focused on five \u201cpillars of justice\u201d (Yuva Nyay, Naari Nyay, Kisaan Nyay, Shramik Nyay and Hissedari Nyay) with 25 guarantees under them.<br \/>Right to apprenticeship, a legal guarantee for <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/everyday-explainers\/farmers-crops-price-msp-explained-7789563\/\" target=\"_blank\">MSP<\/a>, and passing a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 per cent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs are among the promises made by the Congress in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.<br \/>Appealing to people to look beyond religion, language, caste and choose wisely to install a democratic government, the party said the general elections present an opportunity to radically the change style of governance that has been in evidence over the past decade.<br \/><em><strong>Here are some of the key promises made in the manifesto:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\ud83d\udccc A nationwide socio-economic and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/count-caste-census-is-necessary-for-any-policy-to-reduce-social-inequality-even-critics-of-reservation-should-welcome-it-8980550\/#:~:text=So%20a%20caste%20census%20would,right%20down%20to%20each%20family.\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caste census<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udccc\u00a0 A constitutional amendment to raise 50 per cent cap on reservations for SC, ST and OBC communities<br \/>\ud83d\udccc Ten per cent quota in jobs, educational institutions for EWS will be implemented for all castes, communities<br \/>\ud83d\udccc\u00a0 Passing the &#8216;Right to Apprenticeship Act&#8217; to provide one-year apprenticeship to every diploma holder or graduate below age of 25.<br \/>\ud83d\udccc\u00a0 Legal guarantee to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-economics\/farmers-protest-msp-guarantee-law-9157499\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minimum Support Prices<\/a><\/strong> (MSP)<br \/>\ud83d\udccc Immediately restore <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/section\/cities\/jammu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jammu<\/a> and Kashmir&#8217;s statehood<br \/>\ud83d\udccc Scrapping the the <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/agnipath-scheme-for-recruiting-soldiers-7969432\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnipath Scheme<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udccc The <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/when-is\/rajasthan-lok-sabha-elections-2024-schedule-phase-seats-candidates-results-and-all-you-need-to-know-about-rajasthan-general-elections-9162504\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rajasthan<\/a> model of cashless insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh will be adopted for universal healthcare<br \/>\ud83d\udccc National minimum wage will be Rs 400 per day<br \/>\ud83d\udccc\u00a0 Launch of the Mahalakshmi scheme to provide Rs 1 lakh per year to every poor Indian family.<br \/>\ud83d\udccc Scrapping contractualisation of regular jobs in govt, PSUs and ensure regularisation of such appointments.<br \/>\ud83d\udccc\u00a0 Filling nearly 30 lakh vacancies in sanctioned posts at various levels in the central government.<br \/><em>(With PTI inputs)<\/em><br \/>Haryana Police Saturday registered an FIR under the charges of attempt to murder after the car of IAS officer Yash Jaluka, who had gone for inspection of illegal mining in Ambala district at midnight, was chased and an attempt was made to hit the vehicle.<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"ie_ga_event_tracking\" data-ie-event-category=\"IE_Banner_300_100\" data-ie-event-action=\"Web\" data-ie-event-label=\"Omidyar_Home_Events\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/education.indianexpress.com\/boards-exam\/results?utm_source=boardcampaign-IE300x100\" aria-label=\"Click here to know more about\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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headquarters in New Delhi on Friday.The manifesto, titled \u2018Nyay Patra\u2019 was released in the presence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal and 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