lauding Utarakhand as the State that mothers innumerable soldiers who are shedding blood while safeguarding the country’s frontiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government had fulfilled the long pending demand of One Rank One Pension (OROP) in grateful remembrance of the contribution made by the ex-servicemen. “Seldom we find a house in Uttarakhand which has not sent its ward in the defence services,” he said. Taking a dig at his predecessor, he said he had made a provision of `500 crore on this head. “ But actually the nation would pay `10,000 crore per annum by way of meeting the demand,” he said.
Dwelling on his theme of development tinged with working for the girls, he said each village dotted across the nation would get electricity by 2022 and his government has constructed more than four lakh toilets in the schools to ensure the girls come there for studies . “From now onwards, no girl will drop out from the schools due to unavailability of toilets,” PM said.
Referring to Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna, he said the banks nationalized around 40 years ago to facilitate people’s participation in banking services have failed to rise to the occasion. “After we launched Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna in September last 17 crore new bank accounts have been opened in the banks,” he said.
Talking umbrage at Congress, he said the principal Opposition party has been playing negative politics. “This is why they are not allowing the Parliament to debate on the crucial public issues. It seems they are yet to digest the fact that the people have rejected them outright for practising anti- poor policies,” he said.