The main Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday made a whopping 500 plus promises, including a shower of doles like Rs 4,000 relief to Covid-19 hit rice ration card holders, in its manifesto for the April 6 Assembly polls.
On the lines of Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, which passed laws to reserve 75 per cent jobs for locals, DMK president MK Stalin assured legislation to earmark 75 per cent of jobs in industrial houses for locals and promised to press for quota in private sector.
Crop and jewel loans (up to 5 sovereigns) of small and marginal farmers in cooperative banks, pending loans of Women Self Help Groups in co-op institutions and educational loans of college students below the age of 30 would all be waived, he said, releasing the manifesto at the party HQ.
In Government town buses, women shall be allowed to travel free of cost and quota for women in Government jobs shall be increased from 30 to 40 per cent, he announced.
Free computer tablets with data card for students, milk to school students in the morning to provide nutritional support and distribution of napkins free of cost to girl pupils of schools and colleges were some of the other promises.
The rural employment guarantee programme would see an increase from 100 to 150 days and poor farmers and auto drivers would get Rs 10,000 subsidy to buy farm pumpset and autos respectively, he said.