{"id":310983,"date":"2019-04-02T09:37:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T09:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=310983"},"modified":"2019-04-02T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T09:37:24","slug":"congress-releases-manifesto-with-big-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/congress-releases-manifesto-with-big-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress releases manifesto with big promises"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi along with former prime minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and P Chidambaram on Tuesday released the party’s manifesto titled ‘Hum Nibhayenge’\u00a0for 2019 Lok Sabha polls.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Congress Party said they are proud to announce that they have launched party\u2019s 2019 Manifesto for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

The party has promised to fill 22 lakh government vacancies by 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farmers who default on loans would not be sent to jail as it will not be a criminal but civil offence, Rahul said.<\/span><\/p>\n

6 per cent of the GDP will be spent on education while steps will be taken to strengthen public health, says Congress president.<\/span><\/p>\n

The abolition of poverty remains the foremost goal of Congress in its manifesto.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Congress-led UPA government lifted 14 crore people out of poverty between 2004 and 2014, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Congress has set the goal of elimination of abject poverty by the year 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Congress said that the size of India\u2019s GDP and the level of Total Expenditure (Central and State Governments) allow them to undertake an ambitious programme of cash transfer to the poorest sections of the people, without, in any way, affecting the goal of fiscal prudence. The main features of the\u00a0Minimum Income Support Programme (MISP) or Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY)\u00a0will be:<\/span><\/p>\n