Bharatiya Janata Party · Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election 2022
Last updated 27 Jun 2026
“Facilitate the certification of skills acquired by ex-servicemen through a new Major Somnath Sharma Skill Certification initiative to enable them to take up high skilled jobs.”
The promise was a specific new skill-certification initiative for ex-servicemen, not merely generic employment assistance. Approved-source searches found continuing soldier-welfare and training-related schemes, and a Times of India report says over 22,000 ex-servicemen had been provided employment, but no approved-source evidence was found of a Major Somnath Sharma Skill Certification initiative or a clearly equivalent state certification pathway for acquired military skills. Budget: no specific approved-source allocation found for this certification initiative.
Times of India reported broader ex-servicemen welfare and employment claims, but not the promised certification initiative.
View sourceBJP manifesto promised a Major Somnath Sharma Skill Certification initiative for ex-servicemen.
View sourceProvide all necessary assistance to ex-servicemen and the youth of the state to settle in districts that share international borders under the Hima Prahari Yojana, keeping in mind long-term national interest.
Develop the grand Sainya Dham and a museum in Guniyal village of Dehradun in a time-bound manner.
Provide easy loans to ex-servicemen through a newly created General Bipin Singh Rawat Purva Sainik Credit Guarantee Fund Trust, to provide a guarantee cover up to 50% for loans up to Rs 5 lakh.
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