Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK Election Manifesto 2021
Party : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Announcement : DMK Election Manifesto 2021
State/UT : Tamil Nau
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DMK Election Manifesto
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK Election Manifesto 2021
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Manifesto
State Rights:
1. DMK will continue to fight for restoration of the lost rights of the state.
2. Efforts will be taken to remove ‘Education’ from ‘Concurrent List’ and restore it to ‘State List’
3. DMK in its efforts to oppose the National Education Policy introduced by the BJP Government will formulate a separate State Education Policy for Tamil Nadu. To achieve this goal, a high-level committee comprising various educationists and other experts will be established.
Language Policy:
4. DMK will fight against Hindi imposition as it had in the past. As articulated by Dr. APJ Abdu Kalam during the parliamentary debate held in 2004, DMK will continue to urge the Union Govt to take necessary steps to legally declare all existing state languages as official languages of India including Tamil. This will be an effort to accomplish the resolution made during the 1996 Trichy Conference. Until this proposal is brought to effect, DMK will urge the Central Government to conduct all state level competitive examinations including govt jobs, in the official languages of the respective States.
Tamil language in Central govt Offices:
5. DMK will urge Tamil shall to be declared as co-official language in all central government offices including firms, and national banks located in Tamil Nadu. To achieve this, DMK will push the Central Government to bring an amendment under Article 343 of the Constitution of India.
Tamil as language of the Madras High Court:
6. To reduce the burden of cases before the Supreme Court of India, it has been petitioned before the SC to consider the case to establish regional branches (Court of Appeal). The matter is pending before the Constitutional Bench. DMK will urge the Central Government to expedite this process and propel the Central govt to construct such courts in Tamil Nadu for the Southern Region
Elevating the status of Tamil as Classical language:
7. DMK will take efforts to revive the Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai established under Kalaignar’s regime, and to make it an autonomous institution. Similarly, DMK will urge the Central Govt. to declare Thirukkural as the National Textbook.
8. DMK will take necessary steps to institute Tamil Chairs in International Universities
9. ‘Semmozhi Poonga’ in Anna Salai will be refurbished. Semmozhi Park will be set up in all Municipal Corporations.
10. Some of the important and world-famous books will be translated in Tamil and similarly Classic Tamil books will be translated in other languages
11. Usage of appropriate and standardised format of Tamil script in different media will be implemented through the necessary legislative action.
Tamil Official Language Section:
12. To improve the usage of Tamil language across all departments starting from Secretariat (state level) to Councillor Office (ward level), a separate wing to develop Tamil as official language will be established
Eelam Tamil’s Welfare:
13. Urge the Central govt to appeal to the international community to constitute an independent judicial body to investigate various human rights violations, war crimes, genocides faced by Sri Lanka
14. Urge the Central Govt to appeal to the United Nations to make necessary intervention to check the political abuse against Eelam Tamils. To advice the current Govt of Sri Lanka to proceed with a referendum, taking into consideration the will of the people while making amendments in its Constitution so that Eelam Tamils can have equal civil and political rights.
Citizenship for Eelam Tamils:
15. Many thousands of Tamil refugees fled from Sri Lanka including the refugees under 1964 Sastry- Srimavo Bandaranayake agreement, and till date live in the refugee camps which was supposed to be a makeshift arrangement
16. Urge the Central Govt to make necessary laws to grant Indian citizenship to the Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka that have been living in refugee camps for the last 30 years or so, and to also make arrangements for those willing to return to Sri Lanka
17. A Non-Resident Tamils Department will be created by Government of Tamil Nadu to look after the well-being of Tamils living abroad
Administrative Reforms (Lok Ayukta):
18. Steps will be taken to revive Lok Ayukta and its operations. This body will determine complaints including corruption, malpractice and other statutory violations against MLAs and Ministers
19. Right to Services Act will be passed to streamline the public distribution services including provision of community certificate, birth/death certificate, income certificate, residential certificate, pension benefits, etc.
Corruption-free Administration:
20. Presently, the DVAC is not functioning efficiently due to interference from the Government. DMK will ensure to reverse this and will strive to provide corruption-free governance.
21. At various instances DMK has requested the Governor to take appropriate action against the corruption practices of the ADMK Ministers. With the change of Govt, DMK will establish special courts to handle such corruption cases and expedite its function.
Probing Former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s death:
22. The DMK-led Govt will probe Jayalalithaa’s death and take appropriate legal action against the offenders
Transparent District Administration:
23. To ensure transparency and public accountability, the District Collector office, Councillor Office and BDO shall promptly display the contents and status of public complaints, and other demands raised by MLAs, and MPs. MLAs shall be mandated to upload the status of public complaints and demands. To accomplish this, two computer operators for each MLA office shall be appointed by the Secretariat
24. As part of austerity measures, steps will be taken to cut back wasteful expenditures by Ministers and Government Officials.
Tamil Nadu Government Debt
25. The incompetent ADMK-led government has increased Tamil Nadu’s outstanding debt to about 9 lakh crores, thus resulting in every new-born child carrying a debt of 1.25 lakh rupees. To make the necessary intervention and to advise the government on suitable action plans, a high level expert committee shall be constituted.
Reformation of PSU
26. There are about 83 PSUs in Tamil Nadu including Transport Corporation, Electricity Companies, TASMAC, Paper Co, TIDCO. Data shows that until 2017, the total revenue loss from the PSUs was 78,854 crores; the Government investment was 1,53,870 crores; and the outstanding debt of PSUs was about 3 lakh crores.
There are about 3 lakh employees working in PSUs, and its annual revenue is 1,10,850 crores, which is about 10 % of the GSDP. A high-level expert committee shall be constituted to provide inputs to the government to reform the PSUs, to allow them to increase their productivity and economic output.
Agriculture and Farmer Welfare:
27. Last year (2020), the Central Govt had passed the three following farm laws
a. Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation)
b. Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services
c. The Essential Commodities (Amendment)
Against which farmers across the country are protesting till date urging the Central govt to repeal the laws. The DMK-led Govt will pass a resolution in the Legislative Assembly insisting the Central Govt to repeal the discriminatory farm laws. Additionally, DMK will repeal the farm laws passed by the ADMK Govt based on the lines of Central farm laws.
28. DMK will take the necessary steps to prevent the Central govt from introducing the harmful Methane gas and Shale gas projects that will adversely affect the Delta region of the state.
29. To increase agricultural productivity and output and to protect farmer’s welfare and wellbeing, the Govt will introduce an annual budget for agriculture after consulting with Farmers’ associations and other organisations.
30. Kalaignar created Uzhavar Sandhais across Tamil Nadu to safeguard farmers from exploitation by middlemen when they sell their produce such as paddy, vegetables, grains and handicrafts. Similarly, rural markets will be created and run under the supervision of the Government to ensure no farmer is exploited.
31. One third of the workforce involved in agriculture gain their income from allied agricultural activities. New opportunities will be created for them to work individually or as a group to generate more income.
32. Farmers will be protected from market fluctuations by a new model to determine the prices of their produce and will be guaranteed a minimum price. A similar system is in place in the state of Kerala.
33. DMK had promised during the 2019 elections that the farm and jewellery loans of small and medium farmers shall be waived. The present ADMK government has hastily declared the same without allocating enough funds. Hence, the DMK will waive all the farm and jewellery loans of small and medium farmers as promised two years ago by allocating necessary funds.
34. A deadline will be set for cooperative and private sugar mills to pay back any pending amount to sugarcane farmers and serious action will be taken on failing to do the same.
Minimum Support Price for all food products:
35. Agricultural Development Councils will be created with farmer representatives to resolve conflicts in the agricultural sector, to plan new beneficial schemes for farmers and to fix a minimum support price (MSP) for farmer produce including but not limited to- bananas, turmeric, tapioca, dals, chilli, millets, tea, oil seeds, horticultural products, etc. A limited quantity of millets will be procured directly by the government and sold in the ration shops.
36. A separate department will be created in the agriculture ministry to encourage organic farming.
37. “Organic Farming Research Centre” will be created in the honour of organic farming expert G. Nammazhvar.
38. Input cost subsidy will be provided to farmers engaged in organic farming.
39. Horticulture Research Centre will be created in the 390-acre land owned by the government in Mannavanur, Kodaikanal to create hybrids and to increase the yield of horticultural products such as fruits, vegetables, flowers and medicinal herbs.
40. Water bodies across the state will be maintained in a proper manner. Necessary steps will be taken to weed out Aagaya Thamarai & Seemai Karuvelam Maram plants that have spread around these water bodies, affecting their capacity and water flow.