Thread by @t_d_h_nair

Since the run-up to the Lok Sabha election campaign in 2014, BJP keep trying to create a narrative that says 60 years of Congress rule ruined the India. After 2014, the new narrative is, all the development in India till now is just because of Modi.
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Let us check few achievements of the previous govts including that of A B Vajpayee in developing India before Modi's arrival.
In 1947, poverty level in the country was around 75% of the then population of nearly 34 cr. In 2011-12, it came down to 21.9% of 1.25 billion.
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Average Life Expectancy in India was 35.21 years in 1950-51. By 2013-14, it reached 68.07 yrs
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Literacy rate in the Country
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Number of Schools
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Growth in the road network
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Food grain production in 1950 was 50.8 million tones. By 2013-14, it reached 265 million tones.
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Total export value in 1950-51 was Rs.606 crore. When Modi became the PM, he inherited a country which exported goods and services worth Rs.19.05 lakh crore a year before.
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Growth in electricity generation
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Number of villages electrified in the country. 10/n

Infant Mortality Rate
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Social Sector Expenditure of states
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GDP at Current Prices
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Percapita Net National Income (at Current Prices)
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The founding fathers of India created a strong foundation and the ones came after them added to the process. PM Modi has inherited an India with a much stronger economy than it was after independence, a functional democracy and a nation with entrepreneurial zeal +
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which can compete with the best in the world. And to not give any credit to the Congress party for all this is either political opportunism or ignorance of someone unfamiliar with the political, economic and social history of India since independence. 16/n

Data Ref: RBI Documents, Planning Commission Reports, NITI Aayog reports and Economic Surveys.
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