Highlights of the BJP manifesto 2014

New Delhi: Here are the highlights of the BJP manifesto for General Elections 2014, released on Monday:

- The party reiterates its stand to explore all possibilities within framework of Constitution to facilitate construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. - Reiterating its stand on Art 370 and discussing with all stakeholders for abrogation of the Article. - Ensuring minimisation of black money and setting up of a task force for this purpose. - Putting in place strict measures and special courts to stop hoarding and black marketing. - Setting up a Price Stabilisation Fund. - Unbundling FCI operations into procurement, storage and distribution for greater efficiency. - Evolving a single National Agriculture Market. - Promoting and support area specific crops and vegetables linked to food habits of the people. - Developing high impact domains like labour intensive manufacturing, tourism, and strengthening traditional employment bases of agriculture and allied industry. - Harnessing opportunities provided by the upgradation of infrastructure and housing. - Encouraging and empowering youth for self employment and transforming employment exchanges into career centres. - Eliminating corruption through public awareness, e-governance, rationalisation and simplification of tax regime. - Harmonising Centre-state relations by evolving model of national development driven by the states. - Setting up a Team India initiative which will include the PM and CMs as equal partners. - Ensure fiscal autonomy of states and creation of regional councils of states of common problems and concerns. - National Development Council and Inter-state Council will be revived and made into active body. - Involving state governments in promotion of foreign trade and commerce. - Greater decentralisation through smaller states. - Special emphasis on improving connectivity in Northeast region. - Massive infrastructure development in NE region. - Complete all pending fencing work along the India-Bangladesh and India-Myanmar border. - Dealing with insurgency with a firm hand.