Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Commitee (OPCC) released its party manifesto for the state today from their party office here, Sunday. OPCC President Niranjan Patnaik released the manifesto in the presence of party other leaders. In the manifesto the party has promised 19 points to cater to the needs of different sections of the society in Odisha.
The party has assured assistance of Rs 6,000 per month under the NYAY scheme to the poor and waive off the crop loans for farmers. The manifesto also states that the healthcare sector will get a boost by setting up more medical colleges if the party is voted to power. Among other salient features of the manifesto are regularising the contractual workers. There shall be no contractual employment in the fields of teaching, healthcare and social security services, the manifesto states.
The 19 salient features of the manifesto are as follows:
Minimum Income Guarantee through the NYAY scheme, Employment for all, Regularising contractual workers, Land for the landless, Home for the homeless, Waiver of crop loans for farmers, Empowerment of women, Adivasi welfare, Dalit rights to be producted, Social Security, Nisamukta (Drug-free) Odisha, Transforming the education sector, Healthcare for all, Food security, Drinking water, Harnessing coastline, Smart industries, Higher MGNERGA wages, Accountable governance and Participatory democracy.
