Party's manifesto also promises new recruitment scheme at panchayat level & Rs 2 lakh interest-free loan for farmers, among other things. Assembly polls in state scheduled for 25 November.
The manifesto promises to provide LPG cylinders at Rs 500, make school education free, implement Old Pension Scheme and unemployment allowance for youth for 2 years.
Congress manifesto ‘Janta Ni Sarkar’ says if voted to power, the party will probe corruption cases after 1995. PM Narendra Modi was chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014.
A Centre for Policy Research report offers a ringside view of how deeply and structurally the polity, economy and society have changed since India’s first Lok Sabha election in 1952.
The manifesto also promises free power up to 300 units per month and is committed to spend 25 per cent budget each year on fighting pollution and improving transport facilities.
Macaulay's intent was quite different from what has been propagated by Indian leaders and public intellectuals, who love to live in their own sectarian mental chambers.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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