Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Congress manifesto to feature Germany-style apprenticeship, paper leak compensation, says report

The Congress party may promise a Germany-style apprenticeship and compensation for paper leaks to woo young voters in its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024, according to a report.

Led by former Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, the Congress party’s manifesto committee is said to be in the last stages of drafting the document. The panel will hold a meeting to finalise the document.

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, TS Singh Deo, is the Convenor. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, Jairam Ramesh, Shashi Tharoor and are other members of the panel meeting today.

For quite some time now, Congress leader has been attacking Prime Minister -led Union government on joblessness and paper leaks.

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The apprenticeship model of Germany and tailoring it for Indian conditions will be pitched by the grand-old party as one of the highlights in the manifesto to address the unemployment issue among the youth, according to the report in .

Germany’s dual education model, also known as the or apprenticeship system, is a unique and successful approach to education and workforce development. The programmes in this model usually last between two and three and a half years and consist of theoretical and practical elements. 

The Congress leaders believe this model offers the youth an attractive way to enter the job market. The challenge, however, is to tailor the model to suit Indian conditions since the private and public sectors will have to be involved, the report said.

The Congress party took suggestions from the citizens across the country to frame the party’s manifesto. In January, Chidambaram said the party’s manifesto for Lok Sabha polls will be a “people’s.

The manifesto is likely to be based on the thrust areas