The one-third reservation for women will be applied to the state assemblies that will be elected in the next round of assembly elections in 2025, it said.The Congress said one-third reservation for women will also be applied to the Lok Sabha that will be elected in 2029.”We will reserve one-half (50 per cent) of central government jobs for women starting in 2025,” the party said.”We will ensure that more women are appointed to high positions such as judges, secretaries to government, high ranking police officers, law officers and directors on the boards of listed companies,” it said.The party said it will appoint an ‘Adhikar Maitri’ in every panchayat to serve as a paralegal to educate women and assist them in the enforcement of their legal rights.In its promises to farmers, the Congress said it will give a legal guarantee to the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) announced by the government every year, as recommended by the Swaminathan Commission.The party promised that Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) will be made a statutory body.The MSP payable to the farmer-seller at the procurement centres and APMCs will be directly credited digitally to the bank account of the farmer, it said.”Congress will formulate and implement a sound import-export policy for agricultural commodities, which will give paramount importance to protecting the interests and concerns of farmers,” the party said.
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