Rajasthan

• 30 Oct 2023

Chief Minister Announced the launch of his 5 Big Guarantees for the Assembly Elections

Why In News?

On October 27, 2023, State Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the launch of his 5 big guarantees for the Rajasthan Assembly elections 2023 by holding a press conference in the Congress War Room.

Key Points:

• The first guarantee in this list of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will be the Old Pension Scheme. It may be noted that in 2022, Gehlot had implemented the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in place of New Pension Scheme in Rajasthan. Rajasthan was the first state in the country to do so. Now Chief Minister Gehlot will guarantee that if his government comes to power, OPS will continue.
• The second guarantee is a free laptop. Although the announcement of free laptops was part of the budget of this term of the Gehlot government, the scheme did not go beyond paper. Now Chief Minister Gehlot will guarantee that if the government comes, he will give free laptops to the students of government colleges.
• The third one is Go Dhan Pashu Guarantee. This guarantee has been launched by the Congress government of Chhattisgarh. Now the Gehlot government will also guarantee purchase of animal dung and cow urine in villages.
• The fourth is the guarantee of an English medium school. It is noteworthy that Gehlot government had launched the scheme to open English medium schools across the state. Now Chief Minister Gehlot will guarantee to take it forward and implement it at the Panchayat level.
• Fifth Chiranjeevi is a guarantee of disaster relief. The Gehlot government had launched Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme during this tenure. In this, each family is given health insurance of Rs 25 lakh. Now Gehlot will take this scheme forward and extend it to disaster relief.