Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday released the Samajwadi Party’s much-awaited election manifesto, a short while after sealing an alliance with the Congress. The 32-page manifesto carried the photographs of Akhilesh, his father and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, but no snap of Shivpal Yadav. Following are the highlights:
- Children from the economically weaker sections in primary schools will be given 1 litre ghee and milk powder every month
- Free medical services to those earning less than Rs 1.5 lakh a year
- Establishment of Kishan Kosh or farmers' fund
- Free smartphones under Samajwadi smart phone scheme
- Rs 1,000 per month to 1 crore people under expansion of Samajwadi pension scheme
- Free cycle to girls studying in class 9 to 12
- Nutritious diet to pregnant women at their place
- Construction of Purvanchal expressway and Bundelkhand-Terai Expressway
- River front development in prominent cities
- Rs 10 lakh to lawyers, less than 60 years age, on untimely deaths
- Samajwadi sports school for sports promotion
- Old age homes for the elderly and 50% subsidy in bus fares for women
- Electrification of every village in the state
- Free wheat and rice to the poor, pressure cookers for poor women. Free laptops for students
- A kisan kosh (treasury) to be initiated for the farmers
- Strengthening the state’s Metro network. Akhilesh says the next state budget may be presented from inside a Metro train
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