Along with its five poll guarantees of Gruha Lakshmi, Anna Bhagya, Yuvanidhi, Shakthi, and Gruha Jyothi to be implemented in the first Cabinet meeting, the Congress has announced investments of ₹1.5 lakh crore over the next five years to complete pending irrigation projects in the State and another ₹1.5 lakh crore to modernise agriculture.
On pension scheme
In region specific and sector-specific promises, the manifesto released on Tuesday said ₹50,000 for development of infrastructure in villages will be earmarked. It said it would sympathetically consider the demands of government employees who joined service after 2006 to implement Old Pension Scheme. It said that transport workers would be treated on a par with government workers.
