Article authored by @Ajain and @Rgov - astute political observers
As the election season is heating up in India and race to 272 is on, there is a lot of misinformation that is being propagated. Most of this comes by way of people leaving comments which are pole-opposite to the actual truth. So if you are annoyed by some of the comments on various YouTube videos, you can cut and paste this list as a rebuttal to the comments :-). Facts are facts and data is data. Opinion hyperbole doesn't warrant my attention.
DATA POINTS:
Impact on people with key schemes that were launched: 2.059 Billion people
- Medical insurance for low income populace (Ayushman Yojna): 500 million
- Cooking gas for rural India (Ujjwala Yojna): 298 million (58 million households)
- Financial loans for entrepreneurs (Mudra Yojna): 150 million
- Toilets for all household (Swatch Bharat Yojna): 500 million (100 million households)
- Housing for poor (Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojna): 35 million (7 million households)
- Electricity for villages (Saubhagya Yojna): 26 million (18,956 villages)
- Financial inclusion through the opening of Bank accounts (Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna): 310 million
- National agriculture market for farmers for selling crops (eNAM): 120 million
- Income guarantee for farmers for adverse situations (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi): 120 million
Infrastructure Development
- Rural Infrastructure (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana): constructed 1,20,000 Km
- Underground Water Management (Atal Bhoojal Yojana): 20% higher crop yield even during drought
- Urban Infrastructure: 12 waterways operationalized, 40,000 Km of urban road constructed, 20,000 Km of highways constructed
- Rail Projects: 825 Kms of dedicated freight corridor completed, all unmanned railway crossings eliminated, launched Made in India, high speed train called Train 18, operationalized coach manufacturing and export unit at Raebareiley
- Road transport: established role model for Bus terminus (Alambagh) and converted loss making state transport corporations into profit centers
- Air transport: constructed 35 additional airports
- Digitization: DBT, Aadhar card, opened more than 32,00,00,000 new bank accounts
World class project execution
- Constructed tallest statue in the world - Sardar Patel
- Became the world leader by launching 104 satellites in a single launch
- Fast becoming independent in defense with indigenuously developed combat aircrafts, (Tejas), Aircraft carrier (INS Vikrant), nuclear submarines (Arihant), supersonic nuclear missiles (Agni 5 and Brahmos), Battle tanks, Fully automatic assault rifles etc.
- Indigenously developed high speed train (train 18)
- Became one of the few nation to develop Heavy locomotive engines
Financial data:
- Fastest growing country in the world with GDP growth rate of 7.2%
- Highest FDI compared to recent decades
- Highest Industrial production growth rate of 7.5%
- Relatively debt free (debt to GDP ratio of just 11.2%)
- Inflation contained well below 3%
- Pulled 200 million people out of extreme poverty line
- Rank 77 (up from 132) in ease of doing business
- Significantly reduced Non-Performing Assets
Anti corruption
- Zero scandal during the entire tenure
- Extradited people like Vijay Mallaya and Nirav Modi and seized assets to pay for defaulting loans
- Starwarts like Anil Ambani forced to pay Rs 550 crore to Ericsson to avoid jail term
- Court ordered BSP's Mayawati to pay back over Rs. 5,000 crore
So before you criticize Modiji and his government, answer these three questions:
- How do these figures compared to 55 years of Congress or UPA government?
- What more do you expect in 5 years?
- Just who do you want to see as the next PM if not NARENDRA MODI?
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