₹18,000 for elderly women, 5 lakh jobs, restoring temples — BJP’s 25 promises in J-K poll manifesto. Full details here

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday released the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.

While releasing the party manifesto ‘Sankalp Patra 2024 - Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election’ in Jammu, Amit Shah said the abrogation of Article 370, the historic decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has led to peace, progress and social justice in the erstwhile state.

Jammu and Kashmir is voting for its 90-member Assembly in three phases. While the first phase of voting is scheduled to take place on September 18, the other two rounds will be held on September 25 and October 1.

The BJP has listed 25 promises for Jammu and Kashmir in its manifesto.

Here are the promises from BJP manifesto:

1-Make Jammu and Kashmir a leader in development and progress in the nation by wiping out terrorism and separatism.

2-Provide ₹18,000 per year to the senior most woman in every household through ‘Maa Samman Yojana’.

-Providing assistance through the state government for Women SHGs on the issue of interest on bank loans.

-Providing 2 free LPG cylinders every year to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana beneficiaries.

3-Create 5 lakh employment opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir through Pandit Prem Nath Dogra Rozgar Yojana (PPNDRY).

4- ₹ 3,000 yearly through DBT as travel allowance to college students under the ‘Pragati Shiksha Yojana.’

5-Ensuring fair and just recruitment processes, with timely interviews. Providing a reimbursement of coaching fees to the tune of ₹ 10,000 for 2 years. Reimbursing the travel costs to examination centres and one-time application fee.

6-Tablets/laptops to students studying in higher secondary classes in remote areas.

7-Developing Dal Lake in Srinagar city as a world-class tourist destination and promoting water sports. Setting up an Amusement Park in Tattoo Ground in Srinagar. Setting up an IT hub as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Jammu city.

8-Policy to address the issues facing 7,000 existing MSME units in Jammu and Kashmir so that access to land and public utilities will be addressed.

9- Free-allotment of 5 marlas of land for landless beneficiaries through Atal Awas Yojana.

10-A scheme for relief from outstanding bills of electricity and water for all consumers

11- Triple the old age, widow and disability pensions from ₹ 1,000 to ₹ 3,000, guaranteeing a life of dignity for the vulnerable groups.

12-Affordable healthcare for all by increasing the coverage of Ayushman Bharat Sehat Scheme by an additional ₹ 2 lakh from ₹ 5 lakh.

13-One thousand new seats at existing and upcoming government medical colleges.

14- ₹10,000 under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, comprising the existing ₹6,000 along with an additional ₹4,000, thereby ensuring the well-being of farmers in Jammu and Kashmir.

15-Reduced electricity tariffs, lowered by up to 50 per cent, for agricultural activities, making it more affordable for farmers to operate irrigation pumps and other machinery.

16- Reservation in promotion for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes within government services.

17- Twenty per cent quota to Agniveers in J&K government jobs and police recruitment, and will follow the Jammu-Kashmir reservation policy without affecting the general quota.

18- Address the grievances of long-serving adhoc/contractual/daily wage employees.

19- Build 10,000 km of new rural roads to ensure that no village is left behind.

20-Expedite the metro services in Jammu and Srinagar to improve urban connectivity and enhance mobility.

21-Restore 100 ruined temples and further develop existing temples, including the Shankaracharya Temple (Jyeshteshwara Temple), Raghunath Temple, and Marthanda Sun Temple, with the active participation of religious and spiritual organisations.

22- Drive to address illegal Rohingya and Bangladeshi settlements in Jammu & Kashmir.

23- Rehabilitation of the Kashmiri Pandit community. Launch the Tika Lal Taploo Visthapit Samaj Punarvas Yojana (TLTVSPY). Expedite the rehabilitation of West Pakistan refugees, POJK refugees and internally neglected communities like Valmiki and Gorkhas. Ensuring that the displaced persons of Jammu division get all the due benefits, security and protection that the displaced persons from Kashmir are given.

24- White paper and ensure accountability for all victims of terrorism.

25- A free and fair census, unlike yesteryears.