Before you decide to vote for a political party in the Lok Sabha Election 2014, you may want to review the election manifestos of the political parties.

An election manifesto is an important piece of document that outlines the policy objectives of the political party contesting the elections.

It highlights the policy measures the party intends to implement once it comes to power along with its solutions for present-day problems and issues facing the country and the electorate. These issues cover health, agriculture, economy, education, defence, commerce, trade, security, environment and foreign policy.

For our comparison purpose, we have chosen policy objectives of different political parties on issues related to labour, employment, women and child development, youth and education. It is now time to review what these seemingly expansive and cure-all documents really provide and make an informed decision regarding your precious vote.

For brief analysis of election manifestos, please follow this link. Copy of original manifestos can viewed by clicking on the names of the political parties.

The table below shows the provision from the election manifestos of the following political parties.



Party Legend:

 BJP 
Manifesto
Bharatiya
Janata
Party

 INC 
Manifesto
Indian
National
Congress
 AAP 
Manifesto
Aam
Adami
Party
 AIADM 
Manifesto
All
India
Anna
Dravida
Munnetra
Kazhagam


 CPIM 
Manifesto
Communist
Party
of India
(Marxist-Leninist)
Liberation
 TDP 
Manifesto
Telagu
Desam
Party
 TMC 
Manifesto
Trinamool
Congress
 BJD 
Manifesto
Biju
Janata
Dal

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BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1)Accord high priority to the growth of manufacturing, so that we can create enough jobs in the country

1)Create industrial corridors to catalyze economic growth and give a focused thrust to manufacturing in the country
2) Increase India’s investment rate to 38% to ensure more new investments are made to create jobs

No mention in the manifesto

No mention in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Manufacturing sector growth to be given priority.
2) Traditional industries such as textiles, carpets, handicrafts, leather, handloom, coir, etc.
3) Providing inputs at controlled rates to workers in this sector; improving design, technology and skills, and extending adequate facilities and extension services for the marketing, etc.

1) create a Rs 5,000 crore corpus fund and also pool up another Rs 5,000 crore from banks as loan for employment generation through industrial development.

No mention in the manifesto

1) Facilitate industrial growth to promote employment opportunities for the youth.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Increase India’s investment rate to 38% to ensure more new investments are made to create jobs

2) Encourage Public Private Partnership for employment generration

3) create 6o lakh new jobs in the health sector by 2020

No mention in the manifesto

1) Create at least ten crore jobs in the next five years across the Country in Manufacturing Sector, Small Scale Manufacturing Sector, Services Sector and technology linked jobs.

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Provision of jobs to youth or unemployment allowance

2) The employment guarantee to be extended to cover all adults and for as many days as demanded.

3) The list of permissible works under the MNREGA to be expanded to include all activities that improve the quality of life in rural areas

1) 1,250 Modern Development Corridors for generation of about 25 lakh jobs, creation of a Rs 1,000 crore market stabilisation fund for the agriculture sector.

1) Focus on employment generation and growth by creating Talent Bank.

1) Introduce "Chief Minister Employment Generation Scheme" under which mini9mum of 150 youths from each Gram Panchayat will be given skill upgradation training, subsequent loan and subsidy linkage.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

No mention in the manifesto

No mention in the manifesto

No mention in the manifesto

1) Implement recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission will be for all Central Government employees.

2) Pay revisions to be implemented.

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) All vacant posts to be filled in central and state governments

1) Create 50 lakh jobs in government and private sectors

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Scale up recruitment in government with special focus on teachers and GP level functionaries.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) ‘Ease of Doing Business’ by streamlining the process for starting a business, getting permits, easing credit access, streamlining the tax enforcement system, etc.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Encourage self-employment by granting larger loan assistance

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Ensure credit facilities for all self employed and scheduled caste enterprises and assist in developing market linkages

1) Self-employment, special grants to entrepreneurs for setting up industries in rural areas

1) Mainstreaming and empowering entrepreneurs of the unorganised and informal sector.

1) "Odisha Youth Innovation Fund" to assist young entrepreneurs.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Schemes will be drawn for skills upgradation and enhancement of business opportunities for artisans
like smiths, weavers, carpenters, hair-dressers, shoe-smiths, and potters.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) A monthly unemployment benefit of Rs 1,000 to unemployed youth

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Education and enterprenuership for SC/ST/OBCs

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Enactment of a central legislation to provide reservations to the private sector for SCs and STs.

2) Filling reserved seats and posts and in promotions through a special recruitment timebound drive

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Social and ecnomic empowerment SC/ST/Minorities/OBCs

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Support SMEs by providing international linkages for exports, availability of credit through a dedicated SME bank, supply chain efficiencies, adoption of IT, support in R&D and innovation, and a policy support for enhancing the mandate to purchase from SME for large scale projects

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Improve the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises through easier availability of credit facilities, a favourable policy and regulatory environment, and technological, marketing and infrastructural support.

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Formulate and implement National Policy for the Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises which will be key driver for generating employment and entrepreneurship

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Review, amend and strengthen the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 2012 and Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS).

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1)Issue identity cards to the unorganized sector labourers 2) Provide good quality health and education services.

3) Skill upgradation through training

1) Health insurance and social cover for unorganised sector workers.

2) Ensure implementation of 'Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008'

1) Ensuring social security for unorganised sector workers

2) regulating wages and working hours of domestics workers 3) improving working condition of rag-pickers.

1) Establish Welfare Boards for Unorganized Labour

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Improving the legislation on Unorganized Sector Workers

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Small traders and street vendors to be registered and covered under health insurance and subsidy linked loan facilities.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) All migrant workers to be covered under Aadhar Card scheme within 1 year.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Amend workers and plantation workers Act.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Protect the rights of the migrated workers. Special packages for migrated workers including rehabilitation.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Ensure implementation of minimum wages

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Ensure that statutory minimum wage for workers is not less than Rs 10,000;

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK


Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Provide social security to the entire labour class, both from the organised and the unorganised sectors.

1) Ensure social security for unorganised sector workers

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Special social security measures for migrant workers and plantation workers

2) Constituting national fund for unorganised workers with adequate budgetary financial allocations

3) Social security measures for working women including maternity benefits, pension and health insurance for women workers in the unorganized sector including home based workers

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Social security coverage for all workers in the unorganized sector.

2) "Biju Bal Vikash Yojana" scheme to be launched for rehabilitation of orphan and destitute children.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Health Insurance safety nets for all kinds of labourers.

1) Special focus on workers working in hazardous industries.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Special welfare board for fish workers and providing them identity cards and social security schemes

2) Amending the Coastal Regulation Zone Act and Notification (2011) to protect the habitat and livelihood of coastal people and fishworkers and their right to fishing in water bodies'

3) Providing a Scheme for loan waiver.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

• Legislation on the rights of home-based women workers.
• Home-based workers, domestic workers, farm workers and peasants to be allowed to register for social security after devising appropriate legal mechanisms

1) Fishermen will get interest free loan for their livelihood. 2) Artisans and traditional workers will get all social security coverage.

3) Free health checkup system for unorganized workers. ESI facilities to be extended to all workers.

4) Special packages for high risk employees.
5) Arrears, provident fund, gratuity etc should be given without delay or red tapism.

6) Insurance, professional excellence, training and modernisation of working conditions for weavers and constructions workers to be extended for 5 years. 7)Constitute Welfare Board for all types of unorganised workers.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Review Labour laws which are outdated, complicated and contradictory.

1) Bring all Labour Laws under one comprehensive Law

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1)strictest implementation of all labour laws including the law on inter state migrant workers 2) Strengthening labour departments and enforcement agencies including labour/factory inspectorates. 3) Filling up vacancies of judges and supporting staff in all industrial tribunals and labour courts

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Labour Friendly Laws to be created through High Powered Committee

1) Strict implementation of labour laws.

2) Stop all sorts of harassment at work place. The law should be amended and implemented.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Strengthen Pension schemes for all kinds of workers

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Increase the old age pension amount paid by the Central Government.

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1)Benefit-defined pension scheme with adequate funding by employers and government for all workers/employees ensuring at least a pension of 50% of last pay drawn with indexation.

2) publicly-funded, universal and non contributory Old Age Pension System with a minimum amount of monthly pension not less than 50% of minimum wage or Rs 4000/- per month, whichever is higher

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) No to New Pension Scheme and the Pension fund should not be privatized.

2) Minimum pension must be Rs. 10000/- 3) Unmarried and destitute women above 30 years to be covered under Pension scheme.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Address housing needs of Plantation workers.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) All eligible poor would be provided housing at Rs 1 lakh per unit

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Enact the 'Rights of the Persons with Disabilities bill' (RPWD).

2) Identify each and every special needs person across the country - establishing a web based disability registration system to issue universal ID for all applicable government benefits (healthcare, transportation, jobs, education etc).

3) Ensure maximum economic independence of the disabled by creating more income generation models for them.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) 3 per cent reservation for differently abled persons in Government.

2) The benefit provided under Section 80 DD of the Income Tax Act for differently abled persons or their families to be increased to Rs 100,000 from the existing Rs 50,000.

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Clearing backlog in vacancies in all government departments 2) Enhancing the pension to at least Rs. 4000/- for the disabled

3) Making education at all levels inclusive

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Ensuring equal remuneration for women workers in all areas of work

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Ensure equal pay for equal work.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Ensure strict implementation
of Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act of 1970

1) No contractual jobs for work that is required 365 days a year

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Discouraging contractualisation and casualisation of work

2) Stringent implementation of The Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Act, 3) Paying equal wages and benefits for contract workers as the regular workers for doing the same and similar job 4) Protecting the right of contract workers and workers in the unorganized sector to form unions, have full fledged membership and voting rights in trade unions and exercise their fundamental right to unionize and strike

5) Regularization of contract labour in safai services

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) No to Contract working and casualization of work.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Ensuring recognition of trade unions through secret ballot and protection of trade union rights

2) Making recognition of union mandatory by law in all establishments

3) ratification of ILO Convention no 87 and 98 relation to right to freedom of association and collective bargaining

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Strict implementation of laws related to women, particularly those related to rape.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Ensuring swift dispensing of justice in case of crimes against women by establishing special fast track courts; implementation of recommendations of the Verma Committee.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Introduce new legislation -

1) against honour crimes

2) a law against trafficking of women and children

3) a law for joint matrimonial property rights;

4) strengthening the law for maintenance of women and children including a scheme such as the one initiated by the Left front in Tripura for an allowance for deserted women 5) special schemes for single women including widows and female headed families

6) a law to ensure linkages between SHGs and banking institutions and guarantee of subsidized interest rates of not more than 4 per cent with special concessions for SHGs of SC/ST women

7) protective legislation for domestic workers and for homebased workers.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Set up exclusive Women's Court

Not mentioned in the manifesto
BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Enable women with training and skills - setting up dedicated Women ITIs, Women wings in other it is

2) Special skills training and business incubator park for women

3) Setting up special business facilitation center for women 4) Set up a dedicated W-SME (Women Small and medium enterprises) cluster in every district.

5) Special adult literacy initiative would be started for women with focus on SCs, STs, OBCs, and slum residents.

1) Improve the Child Sex Ratio, within an overall “National Strategy for Care and Protection of the Girl Child” from birth to adolescence.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) The Cradle Baby Scheme

2) Girl Child Protection Scheme 3) Marriage Assisstance Scheme

4) All Women Police Stations, All Women Commando Force, Women Self Help Groups, to be implemented in India.

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Security, welfare, health and employment schemes for women to be launched

1) Empower women socially, economically and politically.

2) Empowering "girl child".

1) Self defence training for girls in colleges.

2) Facilitate "Holistic Women Policy" for economic and social empowerment of women.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) 33% reservation in parliamentary and state assemblies through a
constitutional amendment.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Women’s Reservation Bill which will provide 33% reservation for women in State Legislatures and in

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Passage of 1/3rd reservation Bill for Women in Parliament and State Assemblies

1) Pass Women's Reservation Bill in the parliament

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Remove any remaining gender disparities in property rights, marital rights and cohabitation rights.

2) Loans to Women Self Help Groups at low interest rate.

1) Earmark 30% of all funds coming to Panchayats and Nagarpalikas for development of women and children.

2) Land rights for women, especially single women and those whose husbands have migrated away from their village.

3) Through NRLM we will provide low interest loans, of up to Rs. 1 lakh, for livelihood activities.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Pass law for joint matrimonial property rights

2) Increasing allocations for women in all gender budgeting to at least 40% of allocations from the present claims of 30 %
linkages between SHGs and banking institutions and guarantee of subsidized interest rates of not more than 4 per cent with special
concessions for SHGs of SC/ST women


Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Reduce rate of interest from 2% to 1% against loans for Women Self Help Groups.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Fund for relief and rehabilitation of rape victims 2) Create an Acid Attack victims welfare fund to cover medical costs

3) Make police stations women friendly, and increase the number of women in police at different levels.

4) Introduce self defence as a part of the school curriculum. 5) Using information technology for women's safety.


1) Fast-track courts to address crimes against women

2) Ensure at least 25% women staffers in all police stations

3) One Stop Crisis Centres in all hospitals to provide medico-legal and psycho-social aid in rape and domestic violence cases.

1) Citizens’ Security Forces would be formed with a branch in each ward, who would provide security to anyone in distress, but with special focus on security of women, children and senior citizens.

2) Ensuring lighting and security provisions on roads, parks, buses and all public spaces.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Prevent, curb and punish those responsible for the horrific increase in violence against women and children and implement Verma Committee recommendations

Not mentioned in the manifesto

1) Frast Track Courts to be set up across the country in cases of artocities on women.

2) Appoint significant number of judges in lower courts and high ccourts

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Program for women healthcare in a mission mode, especially focusing on domains of Nutrition and Pregnancy - with emphasis on rural, SCs, STs and OBCs

1) Reduce the Infant
Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality
Ratio

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Crèche facilities for all women workers.

1) Healthcare scheme for mother and child called 'Pandanti Bidda' (a healthy baby) under which the government would pay Rs 10,000 to a mother for a period of six months after the delivery.

1) Mother and Child Care to be given focus in "health for all". Set up adequate number of Maternity Wards in districts and state hospitals

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Structure a comprehensive scheme, incorporating best practices from past successes like Balika Samruddhi, Ladli Laxmi and Chiranjeevi Yojana to support encourage positive attitude amongst families towards the girl child.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto
BJP INC AAP AIADMK

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Set up local and workplace committees as mandated under The Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act with elected representation

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

BJP INC AAP AIADMK

1) Special focus would be on the children, especially the girl child, with regards to health, education and skills development

2) Special emphasis on vulnerable children and especially those belonging to the vulnerable communities like SCs, STs, OBCs, migrants, slum dwellers, street dwellers and those with
disabilities.

1) Strengthening the scope of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, set up in 2007.

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

CPIM TDP TMC BJD

1) Expansion of The Right to Education Act to include all children from the age of 3-18 years. Special provisions for the inclusion of children with disability

2) Amendments in the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation Act) in order to ban all forms of child labour

3) Right to Education for all.

4) Strict implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Not mentioned in the manifesto

Biju Bal Vikash Yojana scheme to be launched for rehabilitation of orphan and destitute children.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK
1) Initiate the 'Young Leaders programme' in all sectors, to recognize, reward and involve these exceptionally talented youth to serve as role models and mentors for others.
2) Set up the National Youth Advisory Council.
Reform the Apprentice Act, 1961, to encourage more firms to hire apprentices. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Amend the ‘National Youth Policy 2014’ to properly address the concerns of youth. Not mentioned in the manifesto. "National Yuva Vista" to focus on youth and produce comprehensive and time bound Plan of Action to cover rural and urban youth.
Implementation of Youth Policy with special focuz of girls and vulnerable groups.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
1) Launch a 'National Multi-skill Mission.
2) Run short-term courses, in the evenings, focusing on employable skills.
3) Set up Centres of Excellence in various sectors in partnership with the Industry.
4) promote vocational training on a massive scale.
1) Set up "National Skill Development Agency".
2) Increase funding for 'Standard Training Assessment and Reward (STAR) Scheme'.
Not mentioned in the manifesto. Skill development and flexible vocational education to make youth employable.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto. 1) Career counseling for youth in colleges.
2) Three coaching insitutes to be established to prepare youth for All India Competitive Examinations.
3) Youth festivals to be organised for college students at district and state level.
4) Coaching facilities for competitive exams and recruitement to the Armed forces.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
Initiate nation-wide 'district level incubation and accelerator programme' for encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship. Create a corpus along the lines of the Maulana Azad Educational Fund for young entrepreneurs. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Support entrepreneurial development of youth of the general cateogry population. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
1) More funds to be allocated for development of sports.
2) Encourage State Government to promote sports.
3) Inculcate a culture of sports at the school level.
4) Launch a 'National Sports Talent Search System', to search for extraordinary sporting talent.
5) Establish sports academies across the country.
6) Special scheme for sportspersons to ensure social security.
7) Encourage business houses to patronize sports and sportspersons.
1) National Sports Education University will be set up to educate students with exceptional talent.
2) team of sports experts would continuously scout for talent in the age-group of 8-15 years across India.
3) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan will be implemented to ensure high quality sporting facilities across India.
Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Set up Sports Missions sponsored by both central and state governments to promote sports activities and training facilities for youth. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
Set up neighbourhood Children's/ Youth Parliament across India that leads to vibrant student committees. Improve youth representation in politics by setting up National Commission for Students and a National Youth Commission. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
Not mentioned in the manifesto. 1) Provide easy access to credit and other incentives like tax rebates to SC and ST entrepreneurs.
2) Ensure 4% reserved posts in small and medium Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe enterprises are filled.
Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Creation of vocational training facilities for scheduled caste youth. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
Ensure effective implementation of the Right to Education. Legislation to address the condition of backward minorities by providing them reservation in education institutes and government jobs.

Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Implementing the Right to Education Act to provide free and compulsory elementary education. Not mentioned in the manifesto. New Education Policy with focus on employment orientation. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
1) Setting up the entire education network for tribals.
2) Strengthen and modernize minority educational systems and institutions.
3) Use technology to deliver low cost quality education to specially-abled students 'in-home' - through E-learning.
4) Special pedagogy would be developed for differently-abled students.
5) Mid-day meal scheme to be revitalized.
6) Establish a national E-Library.
7) Initiate a multi-country student exchange programme.
8) Apprenticeship Act to facilitate our youth to Earn while they Learn.

1)Cconvert 200 existing educational institutions into community colleges within 5 years.
2) Implement of the 'Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan' to improve quality of education.
3) Strengthen facilities for children with special needs.
1) Improve the standard of government schools, so that all citizens of Delhi – whether rich or poor – would have access to high quality of education. Government schools to be made as good as private schools.
2) A law would be introduced to regulate high fees and donations in private schools and colleges.
Not clearly mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
1) Expanding secondary education to reduce dropouts 2) Enacting legislation to regulate fees, admissions and curricula in private educational institutions
3) No FDI in higher education; Scrapping Bills such as “Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill, 2010”, “The Higher Education and Research Bill (THER) 2011, and “Universities for Research and Innovation Bill, 2012.

Not mentioned in the manifesto 1) New Central Universities to be set up across the country.
2) New All India Medical Insitutes will be set up in 4 regions
3) Madrasahs will be empowered and mainstreamed.
4) Nationwide program of Long Term Education Loans for students.

1) Improve quality of education.
2) Everry block to have Model Public School ad High Schools.
3) Panchyats to be provide requisite infrastrcture.
4) Girl student to be provided interest subsidy of 6% and boy student an interest subsidy of 4% on education loan for techn ical and professional education.

5) Bicycle to be given to class 10th students.
6) Scale up laptop schemes and Scholarships.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
1) Reduce the burden of books on children without compromising on the quality of education.
2) strengthen and expand Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan program 3) Universalization of secondary school education and skills development.

Not clearly mentioned in the manifesto. New colleges would be opened for students from Delhi. Delhi government-run universities, like Ambedkar University, would be expanded. Not clearly mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not clearly mentioned in the manifesto. Not clearly mentioned in the manifesto. Increase in number of scholarships - merit and social sector based scholarships.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
Simplify the procedure to avail Student's loans. Loans to be made affordable. Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) to provide funding to improve college and university infrastructure. RUSA will help create 70 new universities.

Not mentioned in the manifesto. Not mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Public expenditure on education to be 6% of GDP. Not mentioned in the manifesto. Special interest subsidy for educational loans for the youth of General Category. Financial assistance and infrastrucal support for Minority Educational Institutions.
BJP INC AAP AIADMK
National Madrasa modernization programme to be initiated. 1) Establishment of Navodaya Vidyalaya type schools for weaker sections in every block of the country.
2) Skill Development Voucher of Rs. 10,000 for SC/ST graduates.
3) Provide funding for education of SC and ST students, with priority to those whose parental income is less than Rs. 6 lakh per annum.
4) Universal access to Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC and ST students and its extension to OBCs.

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CPIM TDP TMC BJD
1) Allocations for setting up residential schools and hostels with modern facilities for scheduled tribe and scheduled caste children.
2) Ensuring proper implementation of 27% OBC reservation in Central educational institutions.
3) Extending OBC reservation to all private educational institutions.
Not mentioned in the manifesto. 17% reservation of OBCs in higher education. 1) ST category students in Natioanl Institutes to be provided with financial assistance for education.
2) Scale up multilingual education facilities and include more tribal languages.
3) Quality education to all tribal children.
4) Tribal education complexes to be establised in urban areas.
5) Scholarships exclusively for poor minority students.
6) Exclusive residential facilities for minority students in minority dominated areas.

BJP INC AAP AIADMK
1) Enhance the remuneration of Anganwadi worker's.
2) Enhance pivotal role of teachers, rework the work culture of teacher training institutions.

Not mentioned in the manifesto. Employment of contractual/temporary teachers in both government and private schools and colleges shall be stopped and all posts would be regularised.
Not mentioned in the manifesto.
CPIM TDP TMC BJD
Regularise teachers currently employed as contract or para teachers. Danish Schools to be set up in all provinces. Eliminate gender disparities in education at the primary and secondary levels, especially by providing incentives for girls to enrol in school and vocational institutions.

Establish Teacher's Training schools and impart language training in telugu, bengali and urdu language.
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1) Set up Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) and virtual classrooms to make it convenient for working class people and housewives.
2) Correspondence courses will be started in new domains for self-employment, family run businesses, entrepreneurship and innovation, and these courses would be provided for free to women.

Expanding teaching programmes for healthcare professionals, particularly in the public sector institutions. 2) Start a three-year Diploma Course in Public Health.
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CPIM TDP TMC BJD
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