The Bharatiya Janata Party released its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections on Monday, the day the first phase of the polls began in the states of Assam and Tripura. The BJP manifesto pledges 'Ek Bharat, Shreshta Bharat - Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' (One India, Best India - Unity and Development for everyone). Here are the highlights of the manifesto:
• Tackling price rise
• Generating employment and encouraging entrepreneurship
• Ending corruption
• Bringing back black money
• Ending decision and policy paralysis
• Putting in place a strong delivery system
• Bringing an end to credibility crisis
• To strengthen the framework
• Better centre-state relations
• Integrating the nation - its vastness and voices
• Ensure decentralization and people's participation
• Take the country from representative to participatory democracy
• Reform the system
• Good governance: transparent, effective, involving and encouraging 10
• Open government and accountable administration 10
• E-governance: easy, efficient and effective
• Institutional reform - administrative, judicial, police and electoral
• Better judicial system
• Reform police force
• Electoral reforms
• Bridge the gap and uplift the poor and downtrodden
• Food security for all
• Social justice and empowerment for SCs, STs, OBCs and other weaker sections
• Equal opportunity for minorities
• Meet aspirations of neo-middle class
• High priority for rural areas
• Make urban areas high growth centres
• Social security - a caring government, passionate society
• Focus on children - the future of the nation
• Security for senior citizens
• Special emphasis on specially abled
• Promotion of sports
• Focus on women - the nation builder
• Improvement of education system, school education, higher and professional education
• Focus on vocational training
• Skill development- focusing on productivity and employability
• Health services - increase the access, improve the quality, lower the cost
• Economic revival
• Abolition of NPAs
• Simple Taxation system
• No foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail
• Make agriculture more productive, scientific and rewarding
• Make industry modern, competitive and caring
• Focus on reviving manufacturing sector
• Special emphasis on MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises)
• Focus on handicrafts and artisans
• Services to be driven by quality and efficiency
• Development of business and trade
• To tap the tourism potential
• Labour force - the pillar of our growth
• Housing - no longer a mirage
• Physical infrastructure - better than the best
• Next generation infrastructure
• Better transport
• Improvement in railway system
• Water - make it reach to all homes, farms and factories
• Energy - generate more, use rationally, waste less
• Science and technology - India innovates and India leads
• Natural and national resources - use when required, protect where necessary
• Secure Indians - zero tolerance on terrorism, extremism and crime
• An independent and strategic nuclear programme
• Foreign relations - nation first, universal brotherhood
• Implement uniform civil code
• Ram Temple in Ayodhya
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