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Sukhbir Badal releases SAD-BSP manifesto; promises free 400 units of electricity to poor

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday released the SAD-BSP manifesto for the Punjab polls saying it was the party’s vision for the next five years.

  • Old-age pension of Rs 3,100
  • Shagun scheme Rs 75,000
  • To construct 5 lakh houses for poor with one lakh per year income
  • Bhai Kaneria scheme re-launch with insurance of Rs 10 lakh
  • Special student card worth Rs 10 lakh, which they can use during admissions in universities
  • Mega schools for 25,000 population
  • 33 per cent reservation for government school students in private and public colleges
  • Six-new universities, including one in Doaba, named after Kanshi RamSkill development university
  • Four new flying academies
  • Film city in New Chandigarh
  • Separate ministry called Kandi area development committee
  • Foreign employment and generation ministry
  • SAD announces free 400 units for poor belonging to all categories
  • Special subsidy for solar energy
  • One lakh government jobs in five years
  • Truck unions to be restored in Punjab
  • Horse race course in New Chandigarh
  • Clean river water
  • Country’s biggest tourism project in Thein dam
  • Olympic dream for Punjab sportspersons would start Punjab Institute of Sports
  • Rs 7 crore for gold medal winners
  • Life insurance, accident insurance, pension schemes for accredited journalists