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Party manifestos

Bharatiya Janata Party

Main article: Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2024 Indian general election § Manifesto

As a part of the manifesto, the BJP proposed a formula targeting the four segments – Garib (poor), Yuva (youth), Annadata (farmers) and Nari (women). The party organised a campaign to gather public recommendations and suggestions, which were to be incorporated into the party's manifesto titled 'Modi ki guarantee' for the elections.

• Economic reforms: The manifesto pledged to increase India's GDP to US$5 trillion by 2025 and $10 trillion by 2032. The Ministry of Finance has predicted that India's economy will rank third overall in the world. Earlier in 2018 and then again in 2019, Modi had stated the goal of the country reaching a GDP of US$5 trillion by 2022 and 2024 respectively, which went unrealized.

• Legal reforms: The manifesto promised the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a uniform personal law.

• Social reforms: The party proposed to give free health insurance to all senior citizens up to ₹5 lakh (US$6,000) under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. It promised funds to more than 30 million rural women under the Lakhpati Didi scheme, free ration to 800 million people under the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, building 30 million houses for the poor and free electricity for low-income homes under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. The party also promised increasing the Minimum sales price for agricultural crops and financial support of 6,000 rupees annually to farmers under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. It also pledged to encourage entrepreneurship, create jobs in the manufacturing sector and development of infrastructure. It also promised to construct facilities for truck drivers on national highways.

• Legislative reforms: In its manifesto, the BJP promised One Nation, One Election, which implies conducting simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and all the state assemblies. To increase representation of women in the legislatures of the states and Parliament, the party pledged to systematically implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.

• Security: The party promised initiatives to counter terrorism, clamp down on terror funding, fight left-Wing extremism and ensure peace. It also indicated committement to secure India's UN Security Council permanent membership.

• Others: It also promised to establish a permanent Bharatiya Antariksha Station in space, send a man to the moon and establish facilites to conduct the Summer Olympic games in 2036.

Indian National Congress

Main article: Indian National Congress campaign for the 2024 Indian general election § Manifesto

The Congress released its manifesto aiming promises targeted at specific groups in March. The manifesto focuses on five major segments:

• Youth Manifesto: The party promised formal employment for a year to graduate students under 25 years, filling of 3 million government jobs with transparency in job recruitment, allocation of ₹5,000 crore (US$600 million) fund for startups, standardisation of recruitment processes for government jobs, and social security for blue collared workers.
• Women Manifesto: The party proposed a ₹1 lakh (US$1,200) financial assistance to women from poor families, reservation of 50% of new government jobs created to women, double central government's contribution to the salary of anganwadi, ASHA, and midday meal workers, setting up legal assistance centres in panchayats, and hostels for working women in every district headquarters.
• Farmers Manifesto: The patry pledged legal guarantee on MSP for farmers, waiving off of farmers' loans, an import-export policy favourable to them, removal of GST from agricultural commodities, and payments directly into farmers' bank accounts within 30 days in case of crop loss.
• Labourers Manifesto: The patry promised a universal healthcare coverage for workers, increasing national minimum wage to ₹400 (US$4.80) per day from the current ₹172 (US$2.10) per day, enacting a law for urban employment guarantee similar to MGNREGA in the rural areas, life and accident insurance for informal sector workers.
• Caste census: The Congress party declared that, if it wins the election, it will conduct a comprehensive census called to survey the population, socio-economic conditions, and representation in governance institutions. It also promised to bring in legislation to eliminate the 50% cap on reservations for SC, ST, and backward classes and to protect tribal forest rights. Rahul Gandhi called for "jitni abadi, utna haq" (distribution of public resources proportionate to the population) and the opposition parties (SP, RJD, and Congress) combined to vouch for a caste census.

The complete manifesto titled Nyay Patra (Justice Paper) was released on 5 April 2024. It included:

• Introduction of a law to recognize civil unions between couples belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community.
• Implementation of the Rajasthan Model of cashless insurance up to ₹2.5 million (US$30,000) for universal healthcare.
• Prohibitions on dumping of effluents into water bodies across India.
• Increasing of forest cover as India has lost the second – highest forest cover after Brazil between 2015 and 2020.
• Establishment of community sports centers at every block and municipality level as well as multi – sport center at every district level.
• Establishment of government medical colleges – cum – hospitals in all districts of India.
• Abolition of the Agnipath Scheme and a return to the normal recruitment processes followed by Indian Armed Forces
• Waiving of student education loans up to 15 March 2024 as a one – time measure.
• Provision of one day in a week to discuss the agenda suggested by the opposition benches in each House of Parliament.
• Appropriate laws to ensure non–intervention with personal choices of food and dress, to love and marry, and to travel and reside in any part of India. Proposal to repeal all laws and rules that interfere unreasonably with personal freedom.
• Decriminalisation of the offence of defamation and provide, by law, a speedy remedy by way of civil damages.
• Rejection of the 'One Nation One Election' idea.
• Establishment of a National Judicial Commission (NJC) responsible for the selection and appointment of judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court.
• Amending of the Constitution to create two divisions in the Supreme Court: a Constitutional Court and a Court of Appeal. The Constitutional Court consisting of the seven most senior judges will hear and decide cases involving the interpretation of the Constitution and other cases of legal significance or national importance. The Court of Appeal will be the final court of appeal that will, sitting in Benches of three judges each, hear appeals from the High Court and National Tribunals.
• Elimination of the "Angel tax" and all other exploitative tax schemes that inhibit investment in new micro, small companies and innovative start-ups.