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Manifesto 2014 - Highlights
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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“
“

Time to make
a difference.
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