Chhattisgarh polls: Congress manifesto promises caste census, farm loan waiver, free power up to 200 units
₹500 on cooking gas cylinder to women. In another promise that targets the female voters, the Congress said it would provide a loan waiver to women self-help groups of the state. Also Read: ‘Gas cylinder at ₹500’: Congress' Sonia Gandhi announces '6 guarantees' in poll-bound Telangana The party has also vowed to waive off the pending dues and loans of around 66,000 motor vehicle owners that are involved in transportation business in the state.
The amount promised to be waived off adds up to ₹726 crore, and pertains to the period before 2018, as per the manifesto. State residents would be provided a health cover of ₹10 lakh, instead of ₹5 lakh at present, under the 'Dr Khubchand Baghel Swasthya Sahayata Yojana', the party said, adding that the cost of treatment would be completely borne by the state in cases of road accidents. While addressing the media in Rajnandgaon, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel stressed on the promise of caste-based census, which has emerged at the core of Congress' campaign in Chhattisgarh and other poll-bound states.
“Caste-based census would be conducted. A caste-based census would be conducted for the scheduled caste, tribal castes, backward classes, general category and minorities. This will not just provide a political benefit to those castes that have remained backwards in these classes, but the government will also make a special policy for them and give them social and financial benefits.
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