Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress announces 25 guarantees

Days before the Lok Sabha polls began, Congress announced twenty-five guarantees for youth, women, farmers, and labourers, in addition to implementing the 50 percent reservation.

The party claims that if voted to power, under Yuva Nyay, it will create 30 lakh new central government jobs and provide a one-year apprenticeship to educated youth at Rs 1 lakh per year.

Congress, which leads the opposition bloc Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) with 27 constituents, has also decided to bring a law to endpaper leaks across the country.

It also promised to start the Yuva Roshni scheme, which provides a Rs 5,000 crore start-up fund for youth.
Meanwhile, for women, it plans to launch the Mahalakshmi scheme, which exists in Congress-ruled states including Karnataka, Telangana, and Himachal Pradesh, to give Rs 1 lakh per year to every poor family.

Additionally, the party promises to give 50 percent reservation to women in new central government jobs and to double the salary contribution of the center for all ASHA, Anganwadi, and Mid-Day Meal workers, as well as double the number of hostels for working women.