Thiruvananthapuram: Replete with pro-people measures, the Left Democratic Front released its election manifesto Friday. A total 50 programs are enlisted in the first part of the manifesto, followed by 900 guidelines toward implementation of the listed items.
Major programs :
(For details in Malayalam, click on link given under each item)
1) 20 lakh job aspirants to be provided gainful employment.
Skills development training will be provided to all those seeking jobs, details of which will be made available on government portal.
Click : https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/employment-skill-training-educated-youth
2) Will create 15 lakh livelihood jobs in the agriculture sector
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/livelihood-jobs-agriculture
3) 15,000 startups to be set up
15000 startups would be set up in 5 years providing jobs to 1 lakh persons. Systems like Innovation Challenge will be set up to provide technology required for startup ventures.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/startups-innovation-challenge
4) Will protect public sector units
All public sector units will be transformed into profitable establishments. Diversification and expansions will be carried out for the purpose. Individual master plan will be drawn to meet the goal.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/public-sector-industries-kerala
5) Private Investment
Investment-friendly atmosphere together with infrastructure development will be provided to attract private investments to the state. Industries to the tune of 10000 crore rupees in capital will be set up in next five years.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/private-investment-kerala
6) Kerala Electronic - Pharmaceutical Hub
Kerala will be transformed into country’s foremost electronic business hub. Also, Kerala brand will be promoted for expansion of pharmaceutical produce in state. and Kerala will become a leading Pharma hub nationally.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/kerala-electronics-pharmaceutical-hub
7) Value-added businesses
Rubber Park, Coffee Park, Rice Park, Spices Park, Food Park and District Agro Parks would be set up in the state. Processing units in the public sector would be renovated and expanded. Bankis will be roped in for promotion of coconut procurement and processing businesses.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/value-added-industries
8) Tourism revenue to double
Tourism revenue would be upscaled to double the present levels. Heritage Tourism projects to be completed. Spice Route to be recreated. Master plans would be drawn to develop tourism infrastructure especially in the Malabar region.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/kerala-tourism-post-covid
9) Small Scale Business Sector
Micro and medium-sized businesses will be upped from their present numbers of 1.4 units to 3 lakh. Special schemes will be introduced to revive distressed sectors resulting in 6 lakh new jobs for people.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/small-scale-industries
10) Rehabilitating Expats
Schemes for digital jobs, loan-based enterprises, service ventures, marketing chain etc will be initiated with priority for expats. All the schemes will be integrated to form expats job programme.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/expatriate-rehabilitation
11) Poverty eradication program to be strengthened
A list will be prepared to include all families below poverty line. Micro plans will be formulated to uplift each of such families. Over 45 lakh families will avail financial aid ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 15 lakh. The measure will bring respite to sufferings of the currently marginalized lot.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/eliminate-extreme-poverty
12) Farmers' Income to rise by 50 percent
Farmers will have their income rise by 50 percent. Advances in science and technology will be used to achieve this goal. This will be achieved by improving agricultural productivity, upgrading floor prices in time, income from processing and allied activities. Also, digital platforms will be arranged to spot markets for agri produce.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/50-percent-rise-farmer-income
13) Cattle and Livestock
The state will achieve self-reliance in milk production. Strides made in milk production will be maintained in times ahead. Kerala will transform into milk surplus state. Cattle feed production will be upped to double the present level.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/animal-husbandry-milk-eggs-poultry-cattle
14) Preserving traditional industries
Measures will be taken to revive coir industry. Coir produce that stayed at 7000 tonnes during UDF tenure was upped to 28,000 tones in these past five years. Goal would be set to raise levels to 70,0000 tonnes.
Click https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/protect-traditional-industries-cashew-coir-handloom-beedi
15) Sea for children of the sea
Ownership of fishing equipments, fishing rights in seas, authorization to enter fishing sector, first-line sale rights etc will be made exclusive to the fishing community.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/deep-sea-fishing-kerala-cpim-position
16) Coastal Development Package.
A 5000 rupees coastal development package has been announced. The entire coastal belt will protected by Pullumuduki or similar measures. Punergeham scheme will be implemented on extensive scale. Construction works at all harbours will be completed.
Click https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/coastal-development-package
17) Schedule Caste Welfare
All families from the scheduled tribe will be given their own house in five years from now. Those without land too will be provided with a home. Ambedkar scheme will be implemented across all settlements.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/scheduled-caste-welfare-cpim-policy
18) Schedule Tribe Welfare
Homes will be assured to all members of scheduled tribe. Agricultural land will be provided. Floor prices will be fixed for forest produce. Backing will be provided for education beyond schools. All sub-schemes for the scheduled tribe will be subject to views of concerned the tribal community.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/scheduled-tribe-welfare
19) Other communities
There would be equity in educational concessions for the scheduled caste and dalit converts. Budget allocation for Development package for Convert Christians Corporation will be doubled
Click :. https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/other-backward-castes-converted-christians-minority-welfare-sachar-committee
20) Rights of the differently-abled
All facilities provided for normal children will be made available for the differently-abled children too. BUDS schools would be set up in proportion to their numbers.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/rights-differently-abled-disability
21) Welfare of the elderly
An extensive survey will be conducted to assess elderly population in state. Doorstep services would be provided. Clubs for the elderly will be set up in all wards. Special clinics and OPs will be set up for the elderly citizens. Doorstep delivery of medicines will be ensure for the old. Old People’s Council will be set up at state district and regional level. Laws pertaining elderly persons will be made stringent.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/geriatric-welfare
22) School Education
Minimal education will be ensured for all children. Measures will be taken to make sure at least one-fourth of students score A grade. In these 5 years, 6.8 lakh children enrolled newly into public schools. Target is set for 10 lakh new admissions in the next five years.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/school-education
23) Uphauling Higher Education
Record feats achieved in school education system will be implemented for higher education too. 30 autonomous centres of excellence will be set up inside universities for this purpose. 500 post-doctoral fellowships will be approved. Facilities at affiliated colleges will be improved.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/higher-education-overhaul
24) World class healthcare
Construction works at hospitals from taluk to medical college level will be undertaken on war-footing. OPs , pharmacy and labs will be ensured for two sessions at all family health care centres. Hospitalisation costing upto Rs 5 lakh will be ensured to 20 lakh persons, Karunya scheme will be broadened toward treatment concessions for the rest.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/kerala-public-healthcare-medical-college-hospitals-worldclass
25) Ayush Promotion
The setting of state-of-art research centre at Kannur will be completed. Ayurveda Tourism will be upscaled without compromising traditional Ayurvedic treatment practices. Schemes will be formulated via Kudumbasree for cultivation of Ayurvedic herbs.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/ayush-promotion-ayurveda-tourism-medicinal-plants
26) Drinking water for all
KIIFB-funded Jalajeevan Mission to the tune of Rs 5000 crores will be completed on war-footing. It will provide drinking water to 30 lakh households. Services of Water Authority will be coordinated so works at all drainage systems left half-way are completed.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/drinking-water-supply-jaljeevan-mission
27) House for all
1.5 lakh houses will be delivered next year. All landless people will be provided land and home. A total of 5 lakh houses will be built for the purpose in next five years, Flat complexes will be built at places where land has been acquired.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/housing-for-all-life-mission-land-landless-flat
28) All-new sports culture
Sports complexes will be complete in all districts. At least one stadium will be ensured in each panchayat and municipality. Sports training will be imparted on basis of school-clusters at a region. Residential sports school will be set up in all districts.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/a-new-sports-culture-cylcling-cycle-tracks
29) Language Development and Cultural Renaissance
Preserving language and traditional arts will become a priority. Measures will be implemented to protect historical monuments, libraries and museums. Steps till be taken to preserve rich folk lore and art.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/cultural-renaissance
30) Rs 60,000 crores of infrastructure development
Infrastructure development works to the tune of Rs 60,000 crores would be completed. KIIFB-funded projects for the purpose will be comprise Transgrids, K-Fon, Waterways, Coastal-hillside highways, industrial parks, hospital-college renovation works, construction of centres ate universities etc
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/kiifb-infrastructure-development-60000-crore-kfon
31) Mega Infrastructure projects
Four mega projects, namely, the Industrial corridor from Kochi via Palakkad, Industrial corridor from Kochi to Mangalapuram, Thiruvananthapuram capital city region development project and New north-south Silver Line Rail project will be completed in due course.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/big-infrastructural-projects-kochi-palakkad-thiruvananthapuram-city-gas-inland-waterways
32) An era with no shortage of power
Transgrid project worth Rs 10000 crore to ensure there would be no power shortage for up to 2040, will be completed. Rs 4000 crore project for power distribution too will be completed.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/electricity-power-generation-renewable-sources-transgrid
33) Road renovations
BM and BCEL will complete works on 15000 km stretches of road. 72 railway bridges will be built. 100 major flyovers will be completed. Works of national highways will be completed. Works of hillside and coastal highway, Wayanad tunnel way etc will also be completed. A total of Rs 40.000 worth road works will have completed in the coming years.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/road-development
34) Waterways - an alternate travel route
Works of North-south waterways will be completed. Over 1000 feeder canals will be renovated. Kochi water metro will reach completion. Coastal cargo shipping will be set up. Harbours of Vizhinjam, Azhikkal, Bepur and Kollam will be started.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/inland-water-ways-kochi-water-metro
35) Rails and Metros
Kochi metro works will be completed. If centre lends approval, Thiruvananthapuram - Kozhikode Light metro services will be set up. Thalassery - Mysore, Nilambur Nanjakode rail lines will be constructed. Sabari rail will be completed.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/railway-air-traffic-kozhikkode-thiruvananthapuram-light-metro-sabari-rail-kochi-metro
36) Local Self-government To Touch New Heights
Drawing on experience of past years, the 14th Five-year-plan will be formulated in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of State Public Planning. Planning based on water bodies will be implemented under the governance of local self bodies. New projects will be encouraged. Larger funds will be allowed.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/local-body-governance-urban-development
37) Eco friendliness
People will be taken into confidence for implementing projects toward preserving eco balance in state. River basin projects will be formulated based on water bodies in a region. E-vehicles will be introduced.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/electric-vehicles-environment-sustainability-carbon-neutral-wayanad-idukki
38) Forest Preservation
Encroachment will be prohibited by all means. Forest boundaries will be cordoned and protected by digitalisation. Urgent measures will be taken to prevent man-wildlife conflict. Buffer zones will be created to avoid populous borders.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/forest-conservation
39) Special Development Packages
Wayanad package worth 7500 cores, Idukki package worth Rs 12000 crore, Kuttanad package worth 2500 crores, coastal package worth 5000 crore rupees will all be implemented. Funds for Kasaragod package will be augmented. Special package will b considered for resolving backwardness witnessed in Malabar.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/wayanad-idukki-kuttanad-coastal-kasargod-malabar-package
40) Sanitation
Kerala will be transformed into a region with total sanitation. Sewage treatment facilities will be set up based on solid waste produced in an area. Major sewage plants will be set up in places where found necessary.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/waste-management
41) Women-friendly Kerala
To prevent crimes against women, public campaign will be organised based on crime-mapping for any given area. Job opportunities for women will be upped to at least 25 percent more from current levels. Investments into projects for women will be upped by 10 percent. Activities of Women Commission, Women Development Corporation and Gender Park will be upscaled.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/women-friendly-kerala-gender-budgeting
42) Child-friendly
Child-friendly programs will be formulated at various panchayats and municipalities. And a time-bound plans will be implemented to achieve each of them. Anganwadis will transform into smart institutions.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/child-friendly-kerala-anganwadi-pocso-court
43) Hunger-free Kerala
No person will be allowed to go hungry in Kerala. Civil Supplies and Consumer Fed will be broadened. Other food items too would be allowed for sale at ration shops. Official rating will be accorded for private retailers. Public eateries will be set up based on population in an area.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/hunger-free-kerala
44) Protecting Co-operative sector.
Stiff resistance shall be put up for central policies that seek to destroy the cooperative sector in the state. Kerala Bank will be expanded to convert it to NRI deposits bank. Deposit base will be raised to double the levels now.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/securing-cooperative-sector-kerala-bank
45) Social security
Social security pension will be raised to Rs 2500 per month. Raises will also be lend from time to time for benefits to Anganwadi staff, Asha workers, Resource teachers, catering staff, Kudumbasree staff, pre-primary teachers, NHM staff, school social counselors and other women workers.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/social-security-pensions-guest-workers
46) Commercial Sector
Commercial Mission will be set fully functional. Traditional markets will be renovated. Those who lost their businesses to road expansion will be rehabilitated.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/commercial-sector-kerala
47) Fair governance and eradicating corruption
E-governance, E-tendering Social Audit and strict vigilance will be implemented to eradicate corruption.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/anti-corruption-transparency
48) Ease of doing business
Alongside protecting rights of the working class, full support will be lend to businesses participating in rebuilding Kerala.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/ease-of-doing-business-kerala
49) Recruitments through PSC
Rules will be formulated for recruitments into government, semi-govt, and cooperative institutions, in order to render all appointments through PSC.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/kerala-psc-appointments-vacancies
50) Loan relief
Farm Loan Relief Commission, Loan Commission for Coastal Sector and Education Loan Relief Commission will be set operational.
Click :https://cpimkerala.org/manifesto-2021/farm-debts-agriculture
