AgricultureHigher public investment in agricultural research, rural infrastructure, and irrigation Revival of the rural cooperative credit scheme, doubling the flow of rural credit, easing the debt and interest burden on farmers Protecting the farmers from cheap imports when international prices fallEducationIncreasing the public spending in education to at least 6 per cent of GDP Mid-day meal schemes in primary and secondary schoolsHealthIncreasing the public spending on health to at least 2-3 per cent of GDP A national health insurance scheme for the poorEmploymentMinimum 100 days' employment to at least one person in every poor and lower-middle-class household A food-for-work programme in the interim Massive support to small, informal, and unorganised sectors Social security and health insurance for the small-scale workersFood and WaterSpecial schemes to make food available to the destitute Grain banks in food-scarce areas, desalination plants lining the Coromandel CoastInfrastructurePublic investment in infrastructure to be enhanced Massive expansion of social housing and housing for the rural poor