The Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive in its political resolution has set an ambitious target of high vision and a lofty goal of all-inclusive development. The party has set its eyes for ‘Amrut Mahotsav’, the 75th year of India’s Independence in year 2022 to achieve it.
It aims to provide a roof for each family in India – housing for all, 24-hours electricity, clean drinking water, toilet and connectivity to a road for each household, access to means of livelihood – at least one person in the family should be unemployed /earning, medical facility in every village, a senior secondary school within 5 kms reach of every child, increase in agricultural productivity, better communication and access to opportunities so every Indian has a better chance at improving his or her Life.
“The BJP looks at both our successes and our challenges as opportunities to do more and to do better. We are considering this year as the year for imbibing and following the philosophy of ‘Antyodaya’ to ensure harmony in our thoughts and actions serving the country.”
“The BJP will start its ‘Mahasampark Abhiyan’ with positive methods to reach all its members. Our focus is not just on becoming the largest party in the world but in ensuring qualitative improvement in public life and in still in right values in our workers. We will be organizing training and orientation sessions to develop and further propagate these democratic values in our workers across the country.”
Land Bill
Central Government led by the BJP has made all the provisions of the Land Act 2013 applicable to land acquisition under 13 Acts, which were earlier exempted. It will also provide government job to one member of the affected family and new and better provisions for social security. The government has simplified the acquisition process for some projects such as projects for defense, national security, rural infrastructure, electrification, affordable houses for poor, industrial corridor with specific limit keeping in mind that such corridor is in public interest. The Act also provides for setting up of Tribunals to ensure speedy disposal of all issues related to land acquisition at their doorstep.
One should keep in mind that development and infrastructure are the need of hour to all Indians including our farmers and our rural youth. However, it is unfortunate that the same Congress Party is opposing this bill which, for 121 years, did not make any good change in this law to favor the farmers and common people of this country.
In 1984, they rather brought in changes to favour the private players by making provisions where the government was asked to acquire land for private entities. The Congress is shamelessly opposing this progressive law, which has better provisions of social security, only for mere political posturing and creating confusion among the people of this country. But the congress has miserably failed in their attempts as now the people of this country are not going to be fooled by this false propaganda of the Congress Party.
“We are also aware of the fact that these are the times of contestations between the Politics of Obstructionism and the Politics of Development. Political parties and entities which have been thriving on divisive and dynastic politics are now issuing false slogans of alternative politics while in reality they are indulging in political posturing. They are fighting amongst themselves while being disconnected from the real struggles of the country and its people.”
Central schemes
In the spirit of federalism, the Union government has set up (through Niti Aayog), a sub-group of Chief Ministers to rationalize centrally sponsored schemes.
It has also set up similar sub-groups for skill development and the Swacha Bharat Abhiyan, said the BJP’s political resolution approved by the party’s national executive held in Bengaluru.
“These initiatives have profound implications for the way anti-poverty schemes will be delivered in the future to suit states regional and local needs. For the first time we have made a decisive shift away from centralized institutional mechanisms that were earlier devised and delivered in Delhi with a ‘one size fits all’ mindset,” the resolution explained.
Crop compensation
In last few days, large parts of our country have witnessed unseasonal rains which have damaged standing crops over lakhs of hectares. Similarly some parts of our country are fighting with drought.
Both these situations have harmed our farmers and agriculture. BJP led central government has taken significant measures to help weather these tough times.
Senior party leader and Union Finance minister, Arun Jaitley, briefing reporters said his ministry is currently reviewing the compensation given to farmers affected by natural disasgter by way of unseasonal rains or drought leading to crop damage/loss.
“I am personally for it to “significant increase” the compensation,” he added.
The government, the resolution said It has also started new programs for growth and improvement of agriculture, for social security of farmers and other persons who are dependent on agriculture, for development of basic infrastructure in villages, for increasing employability in the rural areas and providing social security to landless sections in our villages.
Black Money
The BJP National Executive has appreciated the efforts of the government for successfully providing the unbanked population with bank accounts through Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), which will help in achieving far reaching financial inclusion programme of the government.
To ensure that there are financial products that cater to the needs of the poor, PMJDY has been linked to pension and insurance products. 125 million PMJDY accounts have been opened.
More than 800 million people have already been issued Aadhaar cards and Aadhaar cards are being linked to bank accounts. Especially in the case of LPG subsidies, and not just pensions and scholarships, direct benefit transfers (DBTs) to bank accounts has already started.
The BJP led Central Government has also fulfilled an important poll promise by bringing legislation on black money. It was unfortunate that the UPA Government did not follow the 2011 instructions of the Honb’le Supreme Court to form a SIT on Black Money. “Our Government formed that SIT as soon as it came to power. Bharatiya Janata Party also started diplomatic efforts to get back black money stashed in foreign banks. Our Prime Minister Narendra Bhai Modi took up an International Leadership initiative at the G-20 Summit by convincing world leaders to bring a Joint Declaration on black money and drug trafficking,” the resolution said.