National Agenda for Governance, (Relevant Extracts)


 

Eradication of Unemployment: Recognising the right to work of every citizen, the main thrust of the new government will be: 'Berozgaari Hatao' (Eradicate Unemployment) ...

Food Security and Price Stability: We will ensure food security for all, create a hunger-free India in the next five years ...

Health and Drinking Water: We will ensure that potable drinking water is available to all villages in the next five years. We will strive to achieve 'Health for All' by diverse programme.

Education for All: We are committed to a total eradication of illiteracy. We will formulate and implement plans to gradually increase the governmental and non-governmental spending on education up to 6% of the GDP; this is provide education for all. We will  implement the constitutional provision of making primary education free and compulsory up to 5th standard.

Housing for All: ... We are committed to evolving a National Housing and Habitat Policy in consultation with State governments, aimed at providing Housing for all ...

Empowerment of Women: We will legislate for the reservation of 33% of the seats in Parliament and State Assemblies for women; also institute plans for providing free education for girls up to college level, including professional courses ... Entrepreneurs in the small scale and tiny sectors.

Harnessing Yuva Shakti: ... We shall build national consensus for the creation of a National Reconstruction Corps aimed at environmental protection, ecological tasks, reclamation of waste land, including afforestation, and for spreading literacy ...

Children: We will present a National Charter for Children. Our aim is to ensure that no child remains illiterate, hungry, or lacks medical care. We will take measures to eliminate child labour. ...

Constitutional and Legal Reforms: We will appoint a Commission to review the Constitution of India in light of the experience of the past 50 years and to make suitable recommendations.

... A Committee will be set up to study the feasibility of treating all 19 languages including in Schedule 8 of the Constitution as official languages. .

Internal Security: We are committed to ensuring the safety and security of all citizens in all parts of the country. For reaching this goal, we will take effective steps to create a riot-free order and a terrorism-free India.

Genuine Secularism: We are committed to establishing a civilised, humane and just civil order; that which does not discriminate on grounds of caste, religion, class, colour, race or sex. We will truly and genuinely uphold and practice the concept of secularism consistent with the Indian tradition of 'Sarva panth samadara' (equal respect for all faiths) and on the basis of equality of all. We are committed to the economic and educational development of the minorities and will take effective steps in this regard.

We will, therefore, strive to develop national consensus on all major issues confronting the nation by involving the opposition parties and all sections of society  in dialogue. We will also try for a consensual mode of governance as far as practicable.

Conclusion: This National Agenda is a sincere and solemn covenant aimed at changing the content and culture of governance of this great nation, freeing it of the triple curses of hunger (bhookh), fear (bhay) and corruption (bhrashtachar), and transforming it into a New.





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