SRINAGAR: The Congress on Monday released its manifesto for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, promising a slew of welfare measures for farmers, women and the youth.The highlight of the manifesto, Haath Badlega Halaat, is insurance for all crops against natural calamities and a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 72 per kilogram for apple.The manifesto was released by AICC chief spokesperson Pawan Khera and PCC president Tariq Hameed Karra at the party office here.”We will provide an additional financial support of Rs 4,000 for landless, tenant, and land-owning farming households per year. We will also arrange 99-year leases to landless farmers cultivating state land,” Khera said.
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