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The Odisha unit of Congress has promised to supply monetary advantages to nearly all sections of society, together with ₹3,000 month-to-month unemployment allowance, waiver of mortgage of farmers and ladies self-help teams (SHGs) and ₹2,000 month-to-month pension for farmers, to make a comeback to energy within the State after 24 years.
The State Congress launched its manifesto with 90 completely different guarantees right here on Friday. Ten main guarantees have been put ahead as ensures of the grand outdated occasion for voters of Odisha, which is concurrently going to the polls for the Meeting and Lok Sabha.
“When the Congress involves energy, farmers will get ₹3,000 as procurement value together with bonus per one quintal of paddy. Farm mortgage will probably be written off whereas farmers will get month-to-month pension of ₹2,000,” stated Ajoy Kumar, AICC in-charge for Odisha Congress, right here.
OBC quota
The occasion has promised to implement 27% reservation for backward lessons in training and jobs and conduct caste-based census within the State.
“Victims of chit fund scams will probably be returned their invested cash inside six months of coming to energy. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and different Biju Janata Dal leaders have been concerned in defend chit fund scamsters,” stated Mr. Kumar.
A number of chit fund corporations dole out engaging funding plans promising buyers of unbelievable returns. The greed of upper curiosity and different financial returns drive individuals to take a position their hard-earned cash in these companies. The unworkable monetary schemes lastly go away buyers, who belong to rural areas, cheated. After someday, chit fund corporations don’t reply to buyers’ queries and thereby lose their funding.
Lakhs of individuals in West Bengal and Odisha have been cheated by these corporations round 2010. Although a CBI inquiry has been ordered in a lot of circumstances, individuals are but to get again their cash.
Subsidised fuel cylinders
Moreover, the occasion has promised to supply cooking fuel cylinder at ₹500 per 30 days to a household and it has pledged to pay ₹2,000 each month for the girl head of each household within the State.
The occasion has promised to make provision of fifty% reservation for ladies in authorities training and jobs except for offering ₹2 lakh assist for marriage of ladies whose dad and mom’ annual revenue is lower than ₹2 lakh.
The Odisha Congress is dedicated to supply 5 lakh jobs for the youth and ₹3,000 month-to-month unemployment allowance. The occasion would guarantee free medical therapy as much as ₹25 lakh for everybody, together with authorities staff.
The Congress final dominated the State from 1995 to 2000. The BJD led by CM Patnaik has been in energy within the State uninterrupted since 2000.
