On Thursday Modi Government would complete one year after BJP won the Gujarat Assembly elections with thumping majority for the third consecutive term in December 2012.
Modi’s swearing-in ceremony was held on December 26 last year and since then some more feathers added in the cap to Modi Government’s credit. The most significant achievement of the State Government is 23 hours uninterrupted electricity to all 19,000 villages and 9,700 hamlets under ‘Jyotirgram’ scheme.
The State Government claims that because of planned implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme it could create an employment of 111 lakh man hours by spending Rs 26,6.39 crore and constructed 16,871 houses under Indira Aawas Yojana at the cost of Rs 178.37 crore.
“Works of ground water conservation initiated at the cost of Rs 309.37 crore under integrated watershed management programme. Under “Mission Mangalam Yojana” over 26 lakh women empowered, members of over 2.5 lakh Sakhi Mandals, to successfully run the businesses like animal-breeding, farming, cottage industry etc. amounting to Rs 1700-crore,” claimed a State Government communiqué.
It said that Gujarat tops the nation in the implementation of Farmers Accident Insurance and paid Rs 133 crore to the heirs of about 15,000 farmers from the year 1995-96 till now. Besides domestic electricity connections given to urban slums and tribal areas, and also 49,031 agriculture electricity connections were given during last one year. Implemented solar and wind power policy for exploiting renewable energy. Achievements in other departments including education, sports, health, social justice etc are also being projected to mark the first anniversary of Modi Government after 2012 victory.