All our efforts will be directed at building a New India ... an India where more and more people are gainfully employed; an India where every citizen, irrespective of his caste, creed or faith, feels proud to be an Indian. Secularism is integral to India's traditions. My Government is unequivocally committed to upholding our secular values.

My Government's top priority will be to reach out to the underprivileged and the unempowered ... The commitment to progressively step up spending on education to 6 per cent of GDP will be fulfilled ...

.. My Government believes that children should be in schools and playgrounds and not toiling away their childhood. Apart from implementing the constitutional provision of free and compulsory primary education, Government will introduce a National Charter for Children which, among other things, will ensure that no child goes to sleep hungry ...

Government will provide free education to women up  to graduation ... The pending legislation seeking to reserve 33 per cent seats for women in Parliament and State Assemblies will be taken up immediately. A Development Bank, the first of its kind, will be set up for women entrepreneurs.

By synergising legal, executive and societal efforts, the Government will strive for rapid social, economic and political empowerment and uplift of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Minorities ... In keeping with its belief that governance must seek to unify rather than divide, Government will strive for social harmony and justice in place of social conflict and injustice. ... The Government will evolve policies to accelerate the construction of housing units and facilitate the participation of private sector in order to ensure that housing for all becomes a reality. ...

... My Government will ... seek ways and means for greater devolution of powers up to the panchayat level ...

Government is committed to initiate action to carve  out Uttaranchal in UP, Vananchal in Bihar and Chhatisgarh in MP. Delhi will be given full Statehood.

Every citizen has the right to feel secure and be free from fear. Government will strive to combat the menace of terrorism, subversion and insurgency that has come to haunt the common man. Violence has no place in a democracy. Differences should - and can - be resolved through dialogue and discussion.

... Renewed efforts will be made to improve bilateral relationships with neighbouring countries without any third party mediation or interference.

... The Government proposes to do so, as well as appoint a Commission to review the Constitution and make recommendations so that anomalous experiences of the past are not repeated in the future.

.. The Official Secrets Act will be reviewed so that we can put in place a right to information law that will enable transparency and integrity in decision making without compromising national security. ...

The Government will ... strive for evolving a consensus mode of governance as far as practicable. Some of the issues on which a national consensus is most urgently called for are electoral reforms; Centre-State relations; population policy ... and effective institutional  guarantees for the welfare of the weaker sectors of society while pursuing economic reforms.