Even as PM @narendramodi completes 20 years in public office, first as CM Gujarat & then as PM- here is a comprehensive thread of his most notable achievements in last 20 yrs (This isn't an exhaustive list which will be much much longer) #20YearsOfSevaSamarpan Here goes 1/n
Vibrant Gujarat a biennial investors' summit started by @narendramodi as CM attracted 1000s of crores of investment and put Gujarat on global map Rebuilding of Kutch after the devastating earthquake and making it a global destination was one of his projects 2/n
Sardar Sarovar Dam- Despite hurdles created by politically minded elements, the project has today fulfilled the needs of millions
•Irrigation - 1.905 million Ha (1.8 million Hector in Gujarat benefitting 1 million farmers)
•Drinking Water - 9490 villages and 173 towns
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Sabarmati River Front- Sabarmati river has been an integral part in the life of Ahmedabad since the time the city was founded- SRF is testament of urban transformation , a public centric asset that also preserves nature and reconnects the city to its river.
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Solar Power in Gujarat: Given that Gujarat is a large state and is mostly arid CM @narendramodi took a visionary decision to harness something that was free- making Gujarat one of the first states to develop solar generation capacity in India of 4,431 MW
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Girl child education : CM @narendramodi sensed the need of girl's education in the state & asked people to provide education to their girl child & devised a special fund called Kanya Kelavni Nidhi where he started donating all the amounts of the gifts received by him. 6/n
Water Grid : Gujarat’s turnaround from acute scarcity to water adequacy in just two decades took visionary leadership. Modi as CM, set aside funds to build infrastructure needed - In all, the state has invested over Rs 1 lakh crore in water resources in the past two decades. 7/n
Implementation of GST- Goods and Service tax an indirect tax which has replaced many indirect taxes in India such as the excise duty, VAT, services tax, etc GST collections have been above Rs1 Lakh cr in the last 3 consecutive months 8/n
PM Jandhan Yojana – a revolutionary financial inclusion program- 43.50 Crore beneficiaries banked so far - ₹145,272.91 Crore Balance in
beneficiary accounts 9/n
JAM trinity (Jandhan-Aadhar-Mobile ) proved to be game-changer, helped reach out to people during pandemic. Gone are the days when 85 paise per 1rupee sent by Centre was eaten up by middle men. Today thousands of crores of leakages in social welfare spending have been saved 10/n
End to VIP culture – Move towards EPI (Every Person Important) culture - Modi govt bans red beacon cars for babus, ministers. 11/n
Digital India/Digital Payments : The real path for the cashless economy was laid in 2016 by the implementation of demonetisation.This made the people get used to cashless transaction. In August, UPI logged 3.55 billion transactions, which is an all-time high 12/n
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a country-wide campaign initiated by @narendramodi govt eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management. The country became open-defecation-free (ODF) in October 2019 by constructing over 9.5 crore in 2019. Phase 2 will be implemented now 13/n
September 2016 India announced it conducted surgical strikes against militant launch pads across the Line of Control and inflicted "significant casualties" to avenge Uri attack. After Pulwama, India conducted Balakote Airstrikes on JeM camps . 14/n
Ayushman Bharat, world’s largest health insurance providing a cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family for hospitalization across public and private hospitals .Over 10.74 crore poo families ( 50 crore beneficiaries) eligible for cashless access to health care services at hospital.15/n
PM Kisan Samman Nidhi provides income support of 6,000/- per year in 3 equal installments. The fund is transferred directly to bank accounts of the farmers. In this scheme, Samman Rashi of over Rs 1.38 lakh crores has been transferred to farmer families so far. 16/n
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched with an objective to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to the rural and deprived households -Total Connections Released under *as on 05 Oct 2021- 8.37 crore- Ujjwala 2.0 has been launched now 17/n
Abrogation of Article 370 & 35A : On 5 August 2019, the Parliament of India voted in favour of a resolution tabled by @narendramodi govt to revoke Article 370 & Article 35 A that was discriminatory and ensured complete integration of Jammu & Kashmir into India. 18/n
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission launched on 25th June 2015 which intends to provide housing for all in urban areas. 113.56 Lakhs Houses Sanctioned till date. 19/n
Simplifying life for common man @narendramodi government has abolished more than 1500 old laws in 6 years until 2020. India is ranked 63 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business. India has improved its ranking by 79 positions in five years (2014-19) 20/n
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana is a comprehensive relief package of Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore Yojana for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus. This was announced in March 2020, to reach out to the poorest of the poor- 80 crore poor got 5 kg rations 21/n
contd.. wheat or rice and 1 kg of preferred pulses for free every month which has been extended to November 2021 - 20 crore women Jan Dhan account holders got Rs 500 per month for three months & Increase in MNREGA wage to Rs 202 /day from Rs 182 to benefit 13.62 cr families 21/n
#LargestVaccineDrive initiated by @narendramodi govt on January 16th. Today nearly 93 cr vaccine doses given which is more than USA, EU and faster than many richer, developed countries- 22/n
Free Vaccines for all being provided. India developed 2 made-in-India vaccines. India made a world record on 17th September by administering 2.5cr doses #20YearsOfSevaSamarpan
Lots more can be added to this list but for sake brevity this thread ends here 22/22
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