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OVERVIEW infrastructure since 2014 Since 2014, ease of has also helped middle-class living in everyday life is have led to massive savings households reduce expenditure. for middle-class households The UDAN programme has provided air connectivity becoming a reality for and expanded their disposable to numerous tier 2 and tier 3 cities and ensured that air households across the country, income. Positive changes in travel isn’t limited to the affluent. Travelling by train be it in urban areas or rural, income tax exemptions and isn’t the default option for middle-class households be it poor or the middle class. direct tax reforms have reduced anymore as the UDAN scheme has made air travel more From welfare programmes their tax burden and made tax affordable. In the last eight years, a record number of to infrastructure investment, filing simpler for the middle metro rail projects have been approved and commissioned from modifying government class. The Goods and Services in numerous cities. As a result, citizens are now shifting from processes to introducing Tax has led to a decline in private vehicles to public transportation and making protective regulation, ease a wide range of everyday considerable savings without compromising on comfort. of living for citizens has expenses for consumers. The Digital India initiative been the central objective of From items of daily household has made the government more accessible and transparent to policymaking under the Modi consumption to leisure citizens. Now, citizens can access hundreds of services government. activities such as eating out in provided by central and state governments at the click of a Prime Minister Narendra restaurants, affordability has button through the UMANG app. Apps like Digilocker have Modi has ensured that ease of increased after the introduction removed the need to carry physical copies of documents. living has ceased to remain a of the GST. Through various steps privilege of a few. The Modi Crores of urban middle- for ease of living, the Modi government is transforming government has assured that class households are fulfilling the daily life of Indian citizens, removing routine worries and citizens across all segments their lifelong dream of owning raising their quality of life. of the society have access a house. A sharp reduction in *** to basic facilities such as interest rates and the Modi banking, LPG connections, government’s Credit Linked sanitation, electricity, tap water, Subsidy Scheme under PM and affordable healthcare. Awas Yojana have enabled Government programmes people to buy their first home. for providing these facilities Alongside this, strengthening are ensuring that India’s the regulatory framework aspirational class experiences a through steps such as the significant improvement in the formation of the Real Estate quality of daily life over the last Regulatory Authority (RERA) eight years. Today, a smoke- has ensured that the lifetime free kitchen or uninterrupted earnings of citizens are power supply is a reality rather protected by a legal framework than just a dream for most that upholds the rights of households in the country. homebuyers. Lower taxation and Prime Minister Narendra affordable borrowing rates Modi’s big push on 48 8 Saal - Seva, Sushasan aur Garib Kalyan

Income upto Decline More than Rs 5 Lakh to get in effective tax rate 20,500 full tax from 12.7% in 2013 government rebate to 8.3% in 2022 services (Rs. 15 lakh p.a.) accessible through UMANG App Rs. 25,000 86,942 CLSS crore cases reduced under disposed of by home loan RERA across 30 burden by SWAMIH fund for stalled real states/UTs Rs. 48,000 crore! estate projects PM Awas Metro Over 86 lakh Yojana–Urban expanded people sanctioned over from 5 cities in have availed 1.23 crore 2014 to 27 cities in affordable air houses travel under 2022 UDAN More than Cost of ODF status 10 crore internet data Digilocker for users down by 4,371 cities 97% Universalizing Benefits For All 49

Taxes are no more a worry shown it trusts citizens. • RERA ensures timely because… • The increase in the delivery of homes, so that the money of homebuyers • E-filing has become the number of IT returns is not stuck. norm. from 3.91 crore for FY13- 14 to 7.14 crore for FY20- ‘Ease of Travel’ and • Refunds arrive in a 21 shows that the people improved connectivity matter of days, not trust the government to months. use their taxes correctly! • Expansion of metro rail is making local travel • Faceless assessments Owning a house within in cities much easier for and appeals reduce everyone’s reach, whether urban residents. harassment. poor or middle class • UDAN scheme has • Tax rates have actually • For the poor, there is PM enabled affordable air reduced! Awas Yojana in both rural travel and connectivity and urban areas to many tier 2 and tier 3 A trusted government, a cities. trusting government • For the middle class, the Credit Linked Subsidy • Car loan interest rates • Modi government has scheme brings down have fallen from almost created an atmosphere of interest rates. Home loan 11% in 2014 to less than mutual trust. interest rates are also 8% now. down! • By taking steps like *** enabling self-attestation, the government has Did you know? • 40% of Indians are covered under Ayushman Bharat • The total per capita spending on healthcare nearly doubled from Rs. 1,008/person in FY15 to Rs. 1,944 in FY20 • India registered 231% (83.4 crore) growth in Internet connections • World’s cheapest sanitary pads (Re. 1) are sold at 8,700 Janaushadhi Kendras • At 26 weeks of paid maternity leave, India ranks higher than China, Singapore, Germany, and USA • India added over 5,700 new colleges since 2014, that is almost 2 new colleges per day • Vande Bharat Mission operated around 2.17 lakh flights and brought over 1.83 crore people home from all over the world 50 8 Saal - Seva, Sushasan aur Garib Kalyan

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6 INFRA AT SPEED AND SCALE Universalizing Benefits For All 59

OVERVIEW internet, the government has Over the last eight now resolved to connect all six years, India has taken higher than pre-2014 levels. lakh plus villages. Similarly, a rapid increase in The Pradhan Mantri Gati a crucial step towards the construction of rural roads Shakti Masterplan announced by Prime Minister Narendra becoming a global economic has made access to roads nearly Modi demonstrates a new vision for a new India. This powerhouse by building world- universal in the hinterland. is the most extensive plan for infrastructure development class infrastructure. The Modi Indian railways has also in the history of independent India, as the government plans government has completed witnessed a massive capacity to invest nearly Rs. 100 lakh crore in the coming years. numerous infrastructure expansion in the last eight Integrated long-term planning under Gati Shakti will improve projects that were hitherto years through line doubling last-mile connectivity and multi-modal connectivity across considered unachievable and electrification of railway the country and bolster India’s economic progress for many due to inordinate delays and tracks. In just eight years, the decades. Rather than taking a myopic project-based approach, other constraints. A trade-off Modi government has built the master plan provides a comprehensive strategy for between speed and scale is and operationalised 66 airports infrastructure development in the country. The lack of history as timely completion and ensured air connectivity coordinated planning has led to massive wastage of public of public works projects has to innumerable tier 2 and resources in the past. become a norm rather than an tier 3 cities. Metro rail is not The new infrastructure will make India one of the leaders exception under Prime Minister limited to metropolitan cities in the global supply chain and ensure that it remains Narendra Modi’s leadership. anymore. In the last eight the world’s most preferred destination for investment. Thinking big and delivering years, metro rail projects have Gati Shakti will also lead to the creation of a large number of without delay have been reached 18 cities. Improved direct and indirect jobs since infrastructure is known to be a hallmarks of infrastructure connectivity has proven to be job-intensive sector. development under the Modi a game-changer for the Indian *** government. PM Modi’s active economy. It has facilitated role has made the infrastructure commerce and unlocked turnaround possible. Rather the economic potential of than merely announcing new numerous towns and cities. projects, the Prime Minister Also, connectivity has reduced has regularly monitored the costs and logistical hurdles for progress of projects through the Indian enterprises. PRAGATI platform. This led Prime Minister Narendra to the successful completion of Modi has often suggested various long-delayed projects. that connectivity in the The last eight years have digital age isn’t limited witnessed a remarkable to physical connectivity. improvement in connectivity Digital connectivity and IT in the country. The daily infrastructure have become average highway construction critical determinants of reached an all-time high and economic growth. To unleash has consistently remained far the power of high-speed 60 8 Saal - Seva, Sushasan aur Garib Kalyan

500% 400 Speed of highway increase in road world-class construction transport and Vande Bharat Trains reaches to be manufactured highway budget 37 km/day allocation since 2014 Rural road 34 Length connectivity at of metro straight months 99% without rail went from coverage 248 km in 2014 passenger fatalities to 791 km in 2022 Rs. 100 Over 300 projects 66 lakh crore reviewed by PM airports Modi through for infrastructure operationalized with PM Gati Shakti PRAGATI since 2016 meetings Masterplan 4268 projects for 3.26 lakh kms 111 urban development of rural roads built waterways completed under since 2014 declared as AMRUT National Waterways (NWs) under the National Waterways Act, 2016 Universalizing Benefits For All 61

From delays to delivery highway construction Infrastructure for India’s • Crucial infrastructure per year - 37 km per day Amrit Kaal with Gati Shakti projects stalled for in 2020-21 decades are finally getting • Record for fastest road • Long-term planning completed and delivered construction for India’s infrastructure to the public. needs through PM Gati • PM Modi has personally • 2.5 km 4-lane Shakti Masterplan. overseen and monitored concrete road built in the completion of more 24 hours • The pumping in of Rs. than 300 projects through 100 lakh crore through the PRAGATI platform. • 1-lane 25-km an integrated platform • The government bitumen Solapur- ensures efficient use of ensured that the Covid Bijapur road in 24 funds. pandemic did not affect hours the timely completion of • Last-mile connectivity infrastructure projects. • Tallest statue in the and multi-modal world – Statue of Unity connectivity improve New infrastructure records across India due to this. for New India • World’s highest railway bridge being built – • Infrastructure creation • Record for fastest Chenab bridge also spurs massive job creation at all levels. • World’s longest highway tunnel above *** 10,000 feet – Atal Tunnel Did you know? • PM Gati Shakti is institutionalizing holistic planning and inter-departmental coordination through a single integrated portal. • Connecting 16 central government departments, the integrated portal will provide visibility of ongoing infrastructure projects and facilitate interaction between various stakeholders. • Gati Shakti will ensure seamless coordination among all stakeholders and real-time tracking of various projects. • PM Gati Shakti will lead to better planning of projects, massive cost savings, and faster completion of projects. • The government will develop 100 PM Gati Shakti cargo terminals for multimodal logistic facilities over the next three years. 62 8 Saal - Seva, Sushasan aur Garib Kalyan

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7 HEALTHCARE AND PANDEMIC MANAGEMENT Universalizing Benefits For All 71

OVERVIEW in private medical colleges, The Covid pandemic and massive corruption in has been the most The paradigm shift in seat allocation had severely India’s healthcare system since limited opportunities for medical education earlier. In significant public health 2014 was visible during the the last eight years, the Modi government has approved/ challenge for any government pandemic. Accessible and established 15 AIIMS and innumerable new medical since independence. Despite affordable quality healthcare has colleges. Further, the government’s bold decision to the stiff challenge, India not become a reality for citizens. replace the Medical Council of India with the National only remained resilient and Earlier, medical expenditure Medical Commission has ended corruption in medical managed an effective response used to be a severe economic education. In ‘New India,’ a talented student from a but also emerged as a global burden for low-income humble background in the hinterland can fulfil her dream role model. Prime Minister households and often led of becoming a doctor. Narendra Modi’s remarkable them into debt traps. In 2018, In the past year, India has successfully rolled out the leadership and consistent efforts the Modi government gave world’s largest vaccination drive ever. This marks a landmark by the government since 2014 a permanent relief from this change for India. In the past, the country has had to wait for to augment India’s healthcare burden to around 18 crore decades and lose innumerable lives before starting capacity helped the country households by launching the vaccination. Until now, more than 1.9 billion doses of Covid successfully fight the pandemic. Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan vaccine have been administered across the country. It is a The Modi government Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the historic achievement that India has been able to conduct undertook a science-based world’s largest health insurance this massive exercise entirely through indigenous vaccines. approach for managing the programme. The Modi government’s pandemic. In early 2020, when The government’s multi-dimensional outlook covering preventive and many global leaders refused telemedicine programme curative healthcare has led to an improvement in individual to even consider Covid to be - eSanjeevani, bridges the wellness rather than merely improving health outcomes. a serious threat, India had urban-rural divide in access *** already initiated its Covid to specialist doctors. The Jan management policy. For Aushadhi Kendras, located in instance, even before a single more than 700 districts, provide Covid case was reported in quality generic medicines to the country, India had started citizens at affordable rates. The screening travellers arriving government has overhauled from abroad. Moreover, the country’s immunisation realising that essential supplies programme by launching for pandemic management Mission Indradhanush, required coordination across which has protected an entire various sectors, Prime Minister generation from diseases that Narendra Modi adopted could have led to massive a ‘whole of government’ expenditure on medical approach. This ensured treatment. that various government The Modi government has departments worked brought a crucial turnaround simultaneously and coordinated in medical education. Few their actions. government colleges, high fees 72 8 Saal - Seva, Sushasan aur Garib Kalyan

3.28 Over 8,700+ crore 1.18 lakh Jan Aushadhi hospital Kendras admissions under Ayushman Bharat Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres Over 15 More than 5 crore new AIIMS and 2.7 crore citizens mothers and 200+ purchased children protected affordable medical colleges medicines from by Mission being added Indradhanush AMRIT pharmacies Over Over 50,000 made in India 190 22 crore crore ventilators provided through COVID digital health vaccine doses IDs created PM CARES administered From no domestic 1,500+ 2.34 manufacturing PSA plants crore of PPEs to sanctioned by the central government teleconsultations 5 lakh kits through HWCs per day Universalizing Benefits For All 73

Ahead of the curve, due to recommended it. of more than 5 lakh. proactive leadership • The fact that India went Digital is the way – ABDHM • At a time when many into an early lockdown • With the success of world leaders failed to has been universally CoWIN and Aarogya Setu, even recognise COVID-19 acknowledged. This helped the power of tech in as a threat, even before ramp up medical infra. healthcare has been seen. India had a single case, • Ayushman Bharat Digital screening began in Future-proofing India with Health Mission (ABDHM) airports. PM-ABHIM is creating a seamless online platform for • Long before many other • PM–Ayushman Bharat healthcare. countries took it seriously, Health Infrastructure • Citizens create their in the first week of March Mission to invest Rs. ABHA (Ayushman Bharat 2020, PM Modi said he 64,180 crore on health Health Account) numbers, would avoid gatherings infra. to which their digital such as Holi Milan and set health records are an example. • Support for 17,788 rural linked. health and wellness • With the citizen’s • Mask mandates were centres in 10 high focus consent, this data can be enacted in large parts of states. accessed by healthcare India long before the professionals. WHO called for them. • Establishing 11,024 urban • ABDM facilitates health and wellness evidence-based decision • At a time when many centres in all the states. making for effective countries were only health interventions. thinking of massive • 3,382 block public health • 21.9 crore ABHAs have mortalities, in April 2020, units in 11 high focus been created so far! India had already set up states. a vaccine task force to *** save lives. • Setting up integrated public health labs in all • India started using Rapid districts. Antigen Tests to speed up testing long before WHO • Establishing critical care hospital blocks in all districts with a population INDIA AND VACCINES – a slice of history and present Vaccine Global introduction Introduction in India The speed at which BCG 1927 1978 India’s COVID-19 DPT 1948 1978 vaccines were OPV 1961 1978 developed shows a TT 1926 1983 New India that does Measles 1963 1985 not have to wait Hepatitis-B 1982 2002 decades for vaccines Rubella 1971 2017 or depend upon IPV 1955 2015 other countries. Rotavirus 2006 2016 Pneumococcal 2000 2017 COVID-19 December 2020 January 2021 74 8 Saal - Seva, Sushasan aur Garib Kalyan

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8 NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY Universalizing Benefits For All 81

OVERVIEW the globe. From climate change The Modi government to international conflicts, won the people’s hearts heavily dependent on imports from terrorism to global trade, for even basic weapons and the world is eagerly looking towards India for its views and in 2014 with a simple defence equipment, India is solutions. yet powerful mantra of putting moving towards becoming self- Since 2014, Indian diaspora located across the globe has felt ‘India first.’ From protecting reliant in defence production. assured that PM Modi is always looking out for their safety and our nation’s borders to giving Defence exports have increased wellbeing. They know that if an adverse situation arises, a befitting response to our over 6-fold in the last eight the Indian government will leave no stone unturned to adversaries, from promoting years, and India is exporting protect them. In the past year, the government ensured the India’s interests abroad to defence equipment and safe evacuation of hundreds of stranded Indians in Afghanistan safeguarding Indians settled weapons to many countries. under Operation Devi Shakti. As a guardian of Indic culture abroad, Prime Minister This success has been possible and traditions, the government ensured that swaroops of Narendra Modi’s decisions due to government efforts the Guru Granth Sahib were safely brought to India. Earlier have consistently reflected his such as providing appropriate this year, when hundreds of Indian students were promise of ‘India First’. incentives for defence stranded in Ukraine after the Russian attack, India launched The Prime Minister’s zero production, enabling foreign Operation Ganga to rescue them safely. From overcoming tolerance for terrorism has investment, and building logistical hurdles to using diplomatic channels, the Modi ensured that the country is defence industrial corridors. government has consistently gone to great lengths to ensure much safer today. In stark The defence industry is its citizens’ safety. contrast to the earlier era, when emerging as one of the most *** our citizens used to be under vibrant sectors of the Indian attack at will, our citizens feel economy. In the last eight years, much more secure. Over the innumerable new jobs have last eight years, India has made been created in the industry, terrorism a significant issue on and the surge in exports has global platforms and taken the helped in improving India’s lead in the world’s battle against trade deficit. Moreover, self- terrorism. reliance in defence production Under PM Modi’s also strengthens our diplomatic leadership, India is getting interests across the globe. accustomed to taking giant There has been an strides rather than small steps. unprecedented strengthening This spirit of ‘New India’ is of India’s position abroad in reflected in our rapidly rising the last eight years. India’s defence production and exports. voice is now being heard and From being a country that was respected by countries across 82 8 Saal - Seva, Sushasan aur Garib Kalyan

Zero Historic decision 68% deaths to remove of capital due to terrorism Article 370 acquisition outside of J&K, budget earmarked Punjab & Northeast and Article 35A for domestic from the Indian production since 2016 Constitution 6-fold More than Over rise 1.83 crore 300 items in defence passengers added to exports facilitated through the defence indigenisation list Vande Bharat flights 22,500 LWE 74% FDI Indians evacuated 77% reduction in in defence through from Ukraine incidents in 2021 as automatic route compared to 2009 85% reduction in fatalities in 2021 as compared to 2010 Rs. 500 crore Ordinance Over Factory Board sanctioned for converted into 20 crore defence startups 7 defence COVID-19 vaccines PSUs for over 100 countries through Vaccine Maitri Universalizing Benefits For All 83

Zero-tolerance to terrorism What is a positive Investment for • No major terrorist indigenisation list and why Aatmanirbhar defence attack in Indian cities in does it matter? sector non-conflict zones since 2014. • Three positive • FDI limit in defence • Appropriate response to indigenisation lists with raised to 74% through cross-border terrorism 310 items were released automatic route. through Surgical Strikes since August 2020. in 2016 and Air Strikes • In Budget 2022-23, 68% of in 2019. • These lists contain a the capital procurement • Sponsors of terror have roadmap of those budget for Defence is for been globally isolated weapons, arms and domestic industry. and cut to size. systems that India will • India has made terrorism not import in future. • Incentives for defence a global issue and is corridors in Uttar leading global discussions • Knowing such a roadmap Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. on this issue. and mandate for domestic • Strengthening legal procurement helps • Defence corridor in framework through domestic manufacturers Bundelkhand of Uttar UAPA amendment. ramp up production. Pradesh will transform the poor region into a • This boosts India powerhouse. strategically and at the same time, creates jobs for *** youth. The first-ever in-person Leaders’ Summit India’s voice of the Quad, September 2021 matters Whether it is the Russia-Ukraine situation, climate change, terrorism or COVID-19, India has played a constructive role, offering inclusive leadership at a time when the world seems divided into camps. India’s voice is sought after, heard and respected. 84 8 Saal - Seva, Sushasan aur Garib Kalyan

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