listing the achievements of the Modi Government in the last six months, BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said the Centre has effectively reined in the price rise, prioritised employment generation and skill development, ended “policy paralysis” and worked as “Team India”.
Stating that the BJP dispensation has completed six months in office on November 26, Shah said in such a “brief period” the Government has made “historic achievements” and laid “foundations of a strong India”.
He said inflation in October, 2014 has come to mere 1.77 per cent as against7.24 per cent in same month in 2013 , and to 6.18 per cent in May 2014. Besides, the BJP leader said petrol and diesel are now selling cheaper under the Modi Government.Pointing to the Government’s ambitious programme of skill development, he said this would generate employment for crores of youngsters in the coming years.
In an attempt to attack corruption and bring transparency, the Government has triggered “e-revolution” that would be implemented by way of the “digital India” programme. This would incur an expenditure of Rsone lakh crore, Shah said.The BJP president said the Government is developing 100 smart cities with a total budget allocation of Rs760 crore .
This apart, the Government was determined to achieve “Swachchh Bharat” by 2019, he said. Citing that the Government has earmarked Rs2,037 crore for Clean Ganga project, Shah said by March 2015 sensors will be in place to check pollutants from flowing in Ganga river.For the benefit of the middle class, the BJP president said income tax limit was increased from two lakh to 2.50 lakh and for senior citizens Rs2.50 lakh to Rs3 lakh.
Mentioning the Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana on August 15, Shah said 7.73 crore bank accounts have been opened all over the county with 4.58 crore bank accounts falling in rural areas.‘Make in India’, he said was another ‘historic programme’ launched on September 25 by the Modi Government and to make it a success foreign direct investment limit in defence sector was stretched to more than 49 per cent. FDI has been facilitated in many other areas also, he added.
To fulfill its promise of 24-hour power supply, he said the Government has allocated Rs43,000 crore under the Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana.
“Modi Government has worked as Team India and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the State Governments during natural calamities be it in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha or Andhra Pradesh”, he said.