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125 Broken Promises of BJP Manifesto- 2014

BJP Promise in 2014 Manifesto Status of the Promise/Progress

PRICE RISE

1 Special Courts to stop hoarding & Black Marketing Outcome is Zero. Zero special courts have been set up 2 Unbundle FCI Operations into three parts Outcome is Zero.

JOBS & EMPLOYMENT

3 Strengthen Labour Intensive Manufacturing Outcome is Negative. (i) 4.7 Crore Jobs Lost. (NSSO) (ii) Share of Manufacturing Sector in GDP is abysmally low at 0.5% (NITI AAYOG ) (ii) 77% of Indian workers will have vulnerable employment by 2019. (ILO) 4 Strengthen traditional employment basis of

Agriculture & ‘Retail’ through modernization

Outcome is Negative. 3 Cr Jobs of Farm Labourers Lo st. (NSSO) 5 Upgradation of Infrastructure & Housing Outcome is Negative. (i) AMRUT became a non-starter as only 19.8% funds have been utilized for 500 Cities.

(ii) Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban),

promising ‘Housing for Call’ becomes a joke. In India’s 4000 cities, ONLY

7.92 Lakh Houses were built.

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(iii) UPA-Congress built 1.05 Crore Urban Houses

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+ 2.24 Crore Rural Houses

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= 3.29 Crore Houses. 6 Encourage Self-Empl oyment Outcome is Negative. (i) Pakora- Pan Stall

s are the ‘Modi Model’ of Self

- Employment. (ii) Average Size of MUDRA loan is a pittance of

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23,000. 7 Initiate Multi-Skill Development Programme Outcome is Negative.

Outcome of ‘Skill India’ –

Promise Big, Delivered Little! (i) Modi Govt failed to achieve 64% short of the targeted 1 Cr youth under

‘Skill India’

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(ii) Modi

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