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J-K Election: Congress Manifesto Promises Rs 25 Lakh Health Cover, Financial Aid For Farmers, Women & Youth

Jammu Kashmir Election 2024: Congress has released its manifesto promising financial support for farmers, unemployment allowance for youth, minority commission, and healthcare insurance for families.

Srinagar, Sept 16 (PTI) The Congress on Monday released its manifesto for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, promising a slew of welfare measures for farmers, women and the youth.

The highlight of the manifesto -- Haath Badlega Halaat -- is insurance for all crops against natural calamities and a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 72 per kilogram for apple.

The manifesto was released by AICC chief spokesperson Pawan Khera and PCC president Tariq Hameed Karra at the party office here.

"We will provide an additional financial support of Rs 4,000 for landless, tenant, and land-owning farming households per year. We will also arrange 99-year leases to landless farmers cultivating state land," Khera said.

He said a Rs 2,500-crore fund will be set up for all district-level irrigation projects to ensure 100 per cent irrigation for farmers in Jammu and Kashmir.

For the youth of Jammu and Kashmir, the party promised an unemployment allowance of up to ‚Rs 3,500 per month for one year to qualified youths.

The party promised to fill one lakh vacant government posts by issuing a job calendar within 30 days.

The manifesto promises to revive special border recruitment for police, fire brigade and forest protection force. It also promised to revive the scheme for allotment of 30 per cent construction work-related contracts to unemployed engineers' groups.

"We will simplify the verification process for all government jobs, passports and other purposes by making them time-bound and simplified to check undue harassment," the manifesto reads.

Khera said Jammu and Kashmir's "heart has been wounded" over the past 10 years and time has come to heal these wounds.

"The long night has ended and a new dawn is upon us. Haath badlega Jammu aur Kashmir ke haalaat. The Congress will heal the wounds," he said.

Khera repeated the poll promises made by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during his visit to the Union Territory last week.

"During the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', the women of Jammu and Kashmir put forth their concerns to Rahul Gandhi and other leaders. We have promised Mahila Samman programme under which we will give Rs 3000 monthly assistance to the woman head of the family. An interest-free loan of rupees five lakh will be given to women self-help groups," the Congress leader said.

He said health insurance of Rs 25 lakh will be provided to each family.

The Congress spokesman said a minority commission will be formed in Jammu and Kashmir within 100 days of coming to power. He said the promise made by former prime minister Manmohan Singh with regard to the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits will also be fulfilled.

Khera alleged the Union Territory has been turned into a "graveyard of dreams" in the past 10 years.

Khera said the manifesto was compiled by 20 district committees constituted for the purpose of knowing the issues of the people on the ground.

"We have given guarantees and these are the right of the people. This is our promise and we will fulfil it," he said referring to the manifesto.

Asked about Congress' stand on restoration of Article 370 --“ the main election plank of its ally National Conference -- Khera said a committee will be formed for drafting a common minimum programme for the INDIA bloc government in Jammu and Kashmir.

"As far as Article 370 is concerned, our stand is clear and reflected in the CWC resolution on the issue," he said.

(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)

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