Meghalaya polls: Cong promises to create 3,00,000 new jobs

Shillong, Feb 24: The Congress party on Saturday promised to create create 3,00,000 new jobs, and provide one job or livelihood per youth per every needy family if voted to power in the upcoming Assembly polls slated to be held on February 27.

To nurture young people as digital entrepreneurs, it promised to launch a new programme Entrepreneurship Program Through Digital Business (ETDB).
“We will set a new benchmark of transparent and effective public delivery system which will ensure that the governance is pro people,” the Congress party pledged in its manifesto which was released here by Congress General Secretary CP Joshi along with the state office bearers.
The Congress party also proposed to set up an exclusive market for women at Shillong, Tura and Jowai, where all the retailers shall be women.
In addition, it also promised to provide a lump sum amount of Rs 15000 as a wedding assistance to orphaned girl child.
On education sector, the party proposed to have a special initiative on Human Capital Development for ensuring employability of the youth with special focus on the school and college drop outs.
“We will strive to arrive at mutually acceptable solution to resolve the problems pertaining to areas of difference along Assam-Meghalaya border,” the party pledged.
On influx and illegal immigration, the party in its manifesto stated that is committed to complete the process of placing a comprehensive measures to address this issue to ensure that the demographic structure of the state is not disturbed.
“No outlaw will be allowed to disturb the peace of the state. We will have ‘zero tolerance; to any desperate act of militancy,” the party pledged on law and order 
issue.
In order to offset farmer’s distress, the Congress promised to provide ‘seed capital assistance’ to every small and marginal farmers during every agriculture season.
On health sector, the party promised to bring even more families under the Megha Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS) to ensure universal coverage.
For media, the party promised to establish a technologically advanced and well equipped media centre in Shillong to provide the journalists with an avenue for a conducive environment to reach out to the masses effectively.
The other promises made by the party are to ensure last mile road connectivity of all weather roads, housing assistance to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), to promote solar and alternate means of energy, bringing investment into the state and promotion of Border haats. 
The parties manifesto will also be released in Tura by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and in Jowai by Congress MP Vincent Pala. UNI