Deccan Chronicle

MAJOR PROMISES

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FARMERS & AGRICULTUR­E

■ `2 lakh loan waiver in a single phase Waiver of interest on cooperativ­e loans

■ Market stability fund of `5,000 cr Minimum support price for more than 15 crops.

YOUTH

`3,000 allowance for unemployed youth

■ One lakh jobs in first year of government 20,000 teachers to be recruited

EDUCATION Fee reimbursem­ent in two phases Allocation of 20 per cent funds to education department

SCS AND STS Establishm­ent of Aadivasi Corporatio­n Implementa­tion of SC ST Sub-plan Sammakka Sarakka festival to be national festival

MINORITIES

■ Creating a Sub-plan Judicial powers to Wakf Board

■ Urdu to be made second language

BACKWARD CLASSES BC Sub-plan To reconsider the 26 castes deleted from the BC category

Welfare board for the financiall­y backward communitie­s

Reservatio­ns in local bodies

WOMEN WELFARE

`10 lakh interest free loan for women associatio­ns Grant of `1 lakh

Six free LPG cylinders for the poor

IRRIGATION

Changing the name of Kaleshwara­m project to Ambedkar Pranahitha Chevella

Water for more than one crore acres

EMPLOYEES

Implementa­tion of Old Pension Scheme by abolishing Contributo­ry Pension Scheme

Implementa­tion of new Pay Revision Commission

Maximum retirement age for government employees will be increased to 60 years.

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