This document is the manifesto of the BJP party for the 2014 Indian elections. It outlines their pledges and policy priorities in 14 areas if elected, including empowering people, inclusive development, improving rural and urban quality of life, strengthening infrastructure, reforming systems and institutions, widening opportunities for disadvantaged groups, and driving economic growth through sectors like agriculture, industry, and infrastructure development. The manifesto emphasizes good governance, minimum government and maximum governance, and being people-centric.

1. Manifesto 2014 - Highlights
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2. OUR PLEDGE
- Ek Bharat - Shrestha Bharat -
- Vibrant and Participatory Democracy -
- Empowered and Inspired People -
- Inclusive and Sustainable Development -
- Quality life in Villages and Cities -
- Basic Amenities to All -
- Flourishing Agriculture -
- Productive Youth -
- Involved Women -
- Robust physical and social Infrastructure -
- Innovative and Technologically driven Society -
- Globally competitive Economy -
- Brand India built on Quality -
- Strong, Effective and Futuristic Institutions -
- Open, Transparent and Systems-based Government -
- Pro-active, Pro-people Good Governance -
The Best Foundation
Our own Culture
The Best Tool
Our own hands
The Best Material
Our own aspirations
To build a Modern India
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3. ATTEND THE IMMINENT
Price Rise
 Break vicious cycle of high inflation
and high interest rates
 Special Courts to stop hoarding
 Price Stabilisation Fund
 Un-bundle FCI operations into
procurement, storage and distribution
 Real time data, to farmers
 Single ‘National Agriculture Market’
 Area specific crops and vegetables
linked to food habits of people
Employment and
Entrepreneurship
 Develop Labour-intensive
manufacturing and Tourism
 Strengthen agriculture and
allied industries, and retail
 Upgradation of infrastructure
and housing, for its job
generating potential
 Multi-skilling programme
 Entrepreneurship in both rural
and urban areas
 Employment Exchanges into
Career Centres
Decision and
Policy Paralysis
 The engine of
Government will be
ignited again
 Will power and
commitment to
public interest
 Encourage the
bureaucracy to take
right decisions
Poor Delivery
 Remove bottlenecks and missing
links
 Proper planning and execution for
right outcomes
 Scale and speed with futuristic
vision
 Build institutions for today and
tomorrow
Credibility
Crisis
Congress party lowered
dignity of Government, &
the dignity of India. This is
driving recent adversities
like the falling rupee and
countries riding roughshod
over us.
 Restore the trust and
credibility of the Union
Government
 Ensure chain of
responsibility and
accountability is built
in the system
Corruption
 Technology enabled e-
Governance
 System-based, policy-
driven governance
 Rationalization and
simplification of tax
regime
 Task force to recommend
amendments to existing
laws or enact new laws
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4. STRENGTHEN THE FRAMEWORK - l
 Team India shall not be limited to the PM but will also
include CMs as equal partners
 Fiscal autonomy of States while urging financial
discipline
 ‘Regional Councils of States’
 State–specific developmental priorities of hill and desert
states
 Focus on economy of UTs. Promote tourism; develop
infrastructure of coastal areas
 Integrated development of island territories
 Involve state Governments in the promotion of foreign
trade and commerce
 People’s Engagement: through Pro-active, Pro-people
Good Governance,
 People - Public - Private - Partnership (PPPP) model.
 Empower Panchayati Raj Institutions 3 F’s -
Team India
Centre - State relations
Decentralization and People’s Participation
From Representative to Participatory democracy
Functions Functionaries Funds
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Eastern India
 Bring eastern parts of the country on par with the western parts
 Harness richness in natural and human resources of Eastern India
North - East
 Empower the Ministry of North-Eastern Region with a larger charter
and non-lapsable funds
 Massive infrastructure development, especially along the LOC in
Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
 Address the issue of Flood control in Assam
 Nurture more job generating opportunities like tourism and IT
industry
 Address issue of infiltration in the North-East
 Measures for the safety of North-Eastern students studying across
the country
Jammu and Kashmir:
 Equal and rapid development in all three regions of the state -
Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
 Return of Kashmiri Pandits with full dignity
 Demand of refugees from (POK) will be addressed
 Discuss Article 370 with all stakeholders; committed to its
abrogation
 Good governance, better infrastructure, educational opportunities,
healthcare more job opportunities, better quality of life in the valley
Seemandhra and Telangana:
 Full justice to Seemandhra
 Development and governance of Seemandhra and Telangana.
Integrating the Nation – Its vastness and voices
All voices must be encouraged and heard
within the spirit of ‘India First’
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6. Open Government and accountable Administration
 Administrative reforms under an appropriate body
under PMO
 Set up effective Lokpal institution
 Eliminate obsolete laws, regulations and
administrative structures
E-Governance: Easy, Efficient and Effective
 Deployment of broadband in every village
 e-Governance and engage through social media for
participative governance
 IT based jobs in rural and semi-urban areas
 ‘National Rural Internet and Technology Mission’, for
use of telemedicine and mobile healthcare for rural
healthcare delivery
 ‘E Gram, Vishwa Gram’ scheme in Gujarat to be
implemented nationwide
 Promote eBhasha - National Mission for the
promotion of IT in Indian Languages
 High-speed digital highways to unite the nation
REFORM THE SYSTEM - l
Hallmarks of our Governance model
Policy driven
Minimum Government,
Maximum Governance
People – centric
Time bound
delivery
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7. REFORM THE SYSTEM - ll
Institutional reform
Administrative:
 Rationalization and convergence among the Ministries
 Open up government to draw expertise from the industry,
academia and society
 Fellowship and Internship for youth for contribution in
governance
Judicial:
 Double number of courts and judges in the sub-ordinate judiciary
 National Judicial Commission for the appointment of judges
 Separate fast track class of courts for specified commercial laws
 Extend fast track courts to all layers of the judiciary
 Reduce number of cases in which the Government is a litigant
 National e-Library, empowering Lawyers
 Enhance number of women in the Bar as well as Bench
 Specialized universities having expertise in Forensics,
Arbitration, IPR, International Law, etc.
Police:
 Networking of police stations
 Strengthen Investigations, making them Swift, Transparent, Fair,
Clear and Decisive
 Overhaul intelligence set up
 Modernize Prison system
 Improve working conditions and welfare of police personnel
Electoral:
 Evolve a method of holding Assembly and Lok Sabha elections
simultaneously
 Look at revising expenditure limits realistically
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8. WIDEN THE PLATFORM - l
Poor are Left behind – Bridge the gap
 100 most backward districts of the country to be brought at
par with other districts
 Gainfully employ rural poor in agriculture and allied activities
 Develop skills of urban so that they take advantage of the
emerging opportunities
Food Security:
 Incorporate best practices of successful PDS models and
revise the existing PDS
 Address the issue of under-nutrition and malnutrition
 Radically transform the Food Corporation of India (FCI)
Scs, STs, OBCs and Other weaker sections
Social Justice and Empowerment
 An ecosystem for education and entrepreneurship for SC, ST,
OBCs and other weaker sections
 Eradication of untouchability at all levels
 Eliminate manual scavenging
Tribal development
 ‘Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojna’
 Electrification of tribal hamlets and provision of all – weather
roads
 Network of rural Haats (markets)
 National Centre for Tribal Research and Culture
Empower each and every Indian through health and education.
Basic level of Infrastructure to all - Home, Electricity, Water, Sanitation
Job creation central to our economic model.
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Minorities – Equal opportunity
Unfortunate that a large section of the minority, and especially
Muslim community, continues to be stymied in poverty.
 Ensure that the young and the girl child in particular get
education and jobs without discrimination
 National Madrasa modernization programme
 Branding, market linkages, access to credit to traditional
artisans in cottage and small-scale industry
 Curate rich heritage and culture; digitization of archives;
preservation and promotion of Urdu
Neo-Middle class – Meet their aspirations
 Educational scholarships and educational facilities
 Medical insurance and quality healthcare services
 Middle-income housing
 Efficient public transport systems
Rural areas – High priority
 Idea of Rurban - urban amenities to rural areas while retaining
the soul of the village
 Improve village level infrastructure in terms of roads, potable
water, education, health, supply chain, electricity, broadband
Urban areas–High growth centres
 100 new cities
 Twin cities and Satellite towns
 Wi-Fi facilities in all public places and commercial centers
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10. LEAP FORWARD - l
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Give the taste of a developed country to this very generation
Social Security
A caring Government; Passionate society
 Effective implementation of Right to Education, Right to Food
Security Act
 Strengthen the Child and Adolescent Labour Act, 2012 ICPS
 Focused efforts to address issue of anaemia
 Reduce the burden of books on children
Senior citizens
 Financial support, exploring ideas like additional tax benefits
 Engage the senior citizens as volunteers
Specially abled
 Enact the ‘Rights of the Persons with Disabilities bill’ (RPWD)
 Web based disability registration
 Higher tax relief for the family member taking care of the disabled.
Youth – Making India Unstoppable
 Young Leaders programme
 National Youth Advisory Council
 Nation-wide ‘district level incubation and accelerator programme’
 Neighborhood Children’s/ Youth Parliament across India
Promotion of Sports
 ‘National Sports Talent Search System’
 Mandate all new housing colonies to include sports facilities
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Women – The Nation builders
 33 % reservation in parliamentary and state assemblies
 National campaign of Beti Bachao – Beti Padhao
 Comprehensive scheme, incorporating best practices of Balika
Samruddhi, Ladli Laxmi and Chiranjeevi Yojana
 Dedicated Women ITIs
 All Women Mobile Bank
 Dedicated W-SME cluster in every district
Education - Enroll and Excel
 Public spending on education would be raised to 6% of the GDP
School education
 ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’: Remove illiteracy
 Universalization of secondary school education
 National E–Library
Higher and Professional education
 UGC will be restructured into a Higher Education Commission
 Facilitate youth to Earn while they Learn
Vocational training
 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
 Courses for self -employment, family run businesses,
entrepreneurship etc. Free to women
Skills – focusing on Productivity and Employability
 Skill Mapping - scientifically plan national human resource
 Launch a “National Multi-skill Mission”
 Give vocational qualifications of Academic Equivalence
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Health Services
“Swachh Bharat” by Gandhi ji’s 150th birth anniversary in 2019
 ‘National Health Assurance Mission’
 AIIMS like institute in every state
 Public investment to promote Yoga and AYUSH
 “National eHealth Authority”
 Universalization of emergency medical services-108
 Sanitation Ratings of cities and towns; rewarding the best
performers
Economic Revival
 Fiscal discipline, without compromising on funds availability
for development work
 Link programmes like MGNREGA to asset creation
NPAs
 Necessary steps to reduce NPAs in Banking sector
 Regulatory framework for the non-banking financial
companies
Taxation
 Trusting, non adversarial and conducive tax environment
 Rationalize and simplify the tax regime
 Bring on board all State governments in adopting GST
Foreign Direct Investment
 Barring the multi-brand retail sector, FDI will be allowed in
sectors wherever needed for job and asset creation
 FIPBs functioning made more efficient and investor-friendly
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13. LEAP FORWARD - IV
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Agriculture - Productive, Scientific and Rewarding
 Ensure minimum 50% profits over the cost of production,.
 Mobile soil testing labs
 ‘Agro food processing clusters’
 ‘Organic Farming and Fertilizer Corporation of India’
 Farm insurance scheme
 Cluster based storage systems (e.g. Rice cluster)
 Reform the APMC act
 Seed culture labs in each district
 Regional Kisan TV channels
 Genetically Modified (GM) foods will not be allowed without full
scientific evaluation
‘National Land Use Policy’, - scientific acquisition of non-cultivable
land; implementation would be monitored by the National Land
Use Authority
Industry - Modern, Competitive and Caring
 Conducive, enabling environment is created making ‘doing
business’ in India easy
 Ensure logistics infrastructure, including stable power
 Single-window system of clearances both at the centre and also
at the State level
 World class Investment and Industrial regions as Global Hubs of
Manufacturing
 Task force to review and revive MSME sector; better access to
formal credit and technology for modernization
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Manufacturing
 Interest rate rationalization
 Ensure power supply and undertake labour reforms
 Trade facilitation to ensure easier customs clearances and visas
for business travel
Handicrafts
 Market linkages - both national and international
 Access to credit and information and skills upgradation
 Value addition – branding, packaging and technology
Services - driven by Quality and Efficiency
 Build world class Ports
 Export Promotion Mission
 CAD will be brought down
 Embark on path of IPRs and Patents
 Review obsolete and multiple laws to reduce and simplify them
Tourism – untapped potential
 50 tourist circuits around themes: Archaeological and Heritage,
Cultural and Spiritual, Himalayan, Desert, Coastal, Medical
Physical Infrastructure - Better than the best
 Freight Corridors and attendant Industrial Corridors expedited
 N-E and J&K connected through world class highways and rail
 Every village connected through all-weather roads
 Economic model of Port-led development
 Sagar Mala project
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Next Generation Infrastructure
 Gas Grids to make gas available to households and industry
 National Optical-Fibre Network
 Wi-Fi zones in public areas
Transport
 Integrated Public transport project
 Waterways for passenger and cargo transport
 National logistics network for faster movement of goods
Railway
 Strategic new Rail networks to connect Hinterland to ports
 Agri Rail network
 Tourist Rail including Pilgrimage Rail
 Diamond Quadrilateral project – Bullet train network
Labour force - the pillar of our growth
 Introduce concept of ‘Industry Family’
 Identity cards to the unorganized sector labourers
 Option of setting up a dedicated Workers Bank
 Review Labour laws which are outdated & complicated
 Pension and Health Insurance safety nets
Housing - no longer a Mirage
 75th year of Independence - Pacca house to every family
 Low cost Housing programme
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Water - Reach to all homes, farms and factories
 ‘Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchayee Yojana’ with a motto of ‘har
khet ko paani
 Inter-linking of rivers based on feasibility
 Facilitate piped water to all households
Energy - Generate more, Use rationally, Waste less
 Comprehensive ‘National Energy Policy’
 Harness oil, gas, hydel, ocean, wind, coal and nuclear
 Small-hydro power generation projects
 Expand and strengthen the national solar mission
Science and technology – India innovates and India leads
 Establish an Intellectual Property Rights Regime
 Autonomous technology transfer organizations
 Institute of Big data and Analytics
 Institutes of Technology for Rural Development
Flora, Fauna and Environment – safeguarding our Tomorrow
 Concept of Pro-active ‘Carbon Credit’
 Guidelines for Green buildings will be brought out
The Himalayas
 ‘National Mission on Himalayas’
 Create a ‘Himalayan Sustainability Fund’
 Central University dedicated to the Himalayan Technology
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Natural & National Resources
 National policies on critical natural resources
 Auction of precious resources including e-auction
Secure Indians
Zero tolerance on terrorism, extremism and crime
Military security; economic security; cyber security; energy, food,
water & health security; social cohesion and harmony.
Internal security
 Revive the anti-terror mechanism, strengthen NIA
 Swift and fair trial of terror related cases
 National plan to address Maoists insurgency
External Security- its boundary, beauty and bounty
 Implement one rank, one pension
 Build a War Memorial
 Set up the National Maritime Authority
 Deal with cross border terrorism with a firm hand
 Four dedicated defence universities
Defence Production
 Strengthen the DRDO
 Private sector participation; FDI in selected defence industries
Independent Strategic Nuclear Programme
 Revise and update India’s nuclear doctrine
 Maintain a credible minimum deterrent
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Foreign Relations
Nation First, Universal Brotherhood
 Strengthen Regional forums like SAARC and ASEAN
 Continue to engage with BRICS, G20. IBSA, SEO and ASEM
 States will be encouraged to play a greater role in diplomacy
 Expand and empower pool of diplomats
 Indian professionals working in key positions across the world
will be harnessed for strengthening Brand India
Cultural heritage
Ram Mandir: Explore all possibilities within the framework of the
constitution to facilitate the construction of the Ram Temple in
Ayodhya.
Ganga
 Pure waters of Ganga essential for the spiritual as well as
physical well being of India
 Ensure cleanliness, purity and uninterrupted flow of Ganga
Cow and its Progeny
 Necessary legal framework to protect cow and its progeny.
 National Cattle Development board
Heritage Sites
 Digitization of archives
Languages
 Promote Indian languages for creating a knowledge society
Uniform Civil Code
 Draft a Uniform Civil Code to ensure gender equality
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19. The only philosophy & religion
of a Government should be
INDIA FIRST
The of a Government should beonly epic
INDIA’S CONSTITUTION
The of a Government should beonly power
THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE
The of a Government should beonly prayer
THE WELFARE OF ITS PEOPLE
The of a Government should beonly way
‘SABKA SAATH, SABKA VIKAS’
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India First simply means nurturing and protecting all the elements,
which India is made of. It does not exclude anyone or anything – it only
includes everything and everyone, which India is made of. It is
complete India; without exclusion, without exception“
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20. Time to make
a difference.
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