BJP 2024 Lok Sabha Manifesto: Key highlights and announcements

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its 2024 Lok Sabha polls manifesto - Sankalp Patra - on Sunday (April 14). Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the need for a strong and stable government amidst global uncertainties. The manifesto, titled "Modi ki Guarantee," focuses on continuing current welfare schemes and reiterates the BJP's commitment to one-nation-one-election and Uniform Civil Code, which were outlined in the 2019 manifesto.

Here are the highlights of BJP's Sankalp Patra

• All 70-plus senior citizens to be covered under Ayushman scheme
• Free ration scheme to continue for next five years
• Mudra loan limit to be hiked from current Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh
• Ensure clean drinking water, Har Ghar Nal se Jal for all households in villages, towns and cities.
• Provide free electricity to poor households under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.
• Introduce more IITs, IIMs, AIIMS and other such institutes.
• To bid for Olympic Games in 2036
• Bullet Train Corridors in North, South and East India'.
• Three models of Vande Bharat trains are to be run -- Vande Bharat sleeper, Vande Bharat chaircar, and Vande Bharat metro.
• 'Super App' to provide all trains related services to users in a single app.
• New age tains, world class stations, to expand metro network.
• Implement Law to Prevent Paper Leaks and conduct transparent public exams
• Implement 'One Nation, One Student ID' through the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) to store academic qualifications, credit scores and certificates, among others for students from pre-primary to higher education.
• Make One Nation, One Election a reality
• To expand PM Awas Yojana and PM Ujjwala Yojana
• To build 3 crore more houses for the poor
• Three crore women self help groups.
• Hostels for working women.
• Tirth Yatra scheme in collaboration with various state governments.
• Setting up of incubation centres in higher education institutes with help of private investment.
• New clusters for vegetable production and storage.
• For making India hub of High Value Services Centre, to set up New Global Capital Centre, Global Tech Centre and Global Engineering Centre.
• Periodic review of National floor wages.
• To launch an Emergency And Trauma Care Mission to provide immediate and effective care to trauma patients.
• To expand the Jan Aushadhi Kendra network
• Amrit Kaal Civil Aviation Master Plan to transform airports into regional international hubs
• To launch Gaganyaan, Bharat's first human spaceflight mission, and land an astronaut on the Moon.
• To launch a global outreach programme for promoting the legacy of Lord Ram
• Make Bharat the third-largest economy