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Prefatory note
Under the Section ‘Foundation for New India’, see items 10, 11 and 12. Together, I would call this a National Water Grid for Bharat. Achieving this by 2024 will take Bharat to the status of Bhārata rāṣṭram defined by Veda, Vedānga texts See: http://tinyurl.com/y5lm3xyt
10. Jal Shakti
Water is a critical resource but its management is spread across various depa ments, even at the Central level. We will form a new Ministry of Water unifying the water management functions to approach the issue of water management holistically and ensure beer coordination of es. The Ministry will expeditedly take forward the ambitious programme, conceptualized by Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for linking rivers from dierent pas of the country and ensure a solution to the problems of drinking water and irrigation. We will initiate work on this programme by constituting an authority.
11, We will launch ‘Jal Jivan Mission’ under which, we will introduce a special programme, ‘Nal se Jal’ to ensure piped water for every household by 2024.12. We will ensure sustainability of water supply through special focus on conservation of rural water bodies and groundwater recharge.
S. Kalyanaraman
Sarasvati Research Centre
Union minister Rajnath Singh said the Modi govt is fully committed on nationalism and have zero tolerance towards terrorism.
New Delhi: The BJP released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, set to begin this week, and outlined its plans for a “New India”. Calling it a “vision document”, head of the party’s manifesto committee Rajnath Singh on Monday said Narendra Modi government was fully committed on nationalism and zero tolerance towards terrorism.
The BJP manifesto was released by Modi on Monday in the presence of the party’s top brass.
At the launch, BJP chief Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and PM Modi spoke on national security, employment, farmer distress and water resources.
Singh also said the BJP was committed towards implementing a Uniform Civil Code in the country and all alternative options will be explored for the construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh in the most conducive manner.
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The saffron party would ensure the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament with utmost respect to every state’s cultural values, Singh said.
For rural development, the BJP promised to spend Rs 25 lakh crore in the next five years.
“Will give Rs 6,000 yearly income support to farmers and pension to small and marginal farmers above 60 years of age,” Singh said.
Read the full manifesto here:
https://theprint.in/politics/full-text-of-bjps-2019-lok-sabha-election-manifesto/218518/