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BJP National President Shri JP Nadda, Union Ministers Shri Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi along with Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh and
Shri Amit Shah welcoming Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in BJP National Rajasthan CM Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma witnessing Bharat Shakti- a Tri-Services Firing
Convention at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 17 February, 2024 and Manoeuvre Exercise programme at Pokhran, in Rajasthan on 12 March, 2024

PM Shri Narendra Modi along with Union Ministers Shri Amit Shah, PM Shri Narendra Modi along with women Members of Parliament
Shri Piyush Goyal, Shri Arjun Munda at the inauguration and laying the celebrating the passage of Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in the Parliament,
foundation stone of multiple key initiative for Cooperative sector at Bharat New Delhi on 21 September, 2023
Mandapam, in New Delhi on 24 February, 2024

PM Shri Narendra Modi meeting and empowering India’s Amrit-Peedhi in PM Shri Narendra Modi along with the G 20 Delegation visiting Rajghat
Varanashi on 23 September, 2023 in New Delhi on 10 September, 2023
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1. SERVING THE POOR, HONOURING THE MARGINALIZED 06

2. ENSURING FARMER WELFARE 10
3. NEW MOMENTUM FOR NARI SHAKTI 14
4. EMPOWERING INDIA’S AMRIT-PEEDHI 19
5. EASE OF LIVING FOR INDIA’S MIDDLE CLASS 24
6. AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL 28
7. NATION FIRST’ FOREIGN POLICY & NATIONAL SECURITY 32
8. INDIA, A GLOBAL ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE 36
9. EASE OF DOING BUSINESS 40
10. INFRA AT SPEED AND SCALE 42
11. INDIA’S TECHADE 48
12. NORTHEAST - A GROWTH ENGINE 53
13. VIRASAT AUR VIKAS 56
14. ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY 62

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SOCIAL MEDIA CORNER
@Narendramodi
With the strengthening of the four
pillars -youth, women, the poor, and
our Anndata (farmers), the country
will rapidly move towards a developed
India.
@AmitShah
Modi government has connected
Kashmiri youth with the development
journey of the country by giving them
laptops instead of stones.
@Nirmala Sitharaman
Multidimensional Poverty, since 2005-06,
India has registered a significant decline
in #MPI from 29.17% in 2013-14 to
11.28% in 2022-23 which is a reduction
of 17.89%. As a result 24.82 crore people
escaped multidimensional poverty in last
9 years.
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@JPNadda
Our youth are very fortunate to be living
in an India which is standing strong
under the leadership of respected Prime
Minister Shri @narendramodi ji and is
moving towards becoming a ‘developed
nation’
@Rajnathsingh
The Union Government is developing
a strong base of domestic defence
industrial ecosystem to make India a
strategic economy. New India no more
tolerant to ‘let it be’ mindset and now
believes firmly in ‘let’s do it’ approach.
@B L Santhosh
PM Sri @narendramodi bowing with
reverence to Sri Shankaracharya Hills .
Whether it is J&K or Punjab or Tamilnadu
or Kerala or North East , the path of
#SabKaSaathSabKaVikas is knitting the whole
country together .
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Special Issue

Time to re-dedicate to the pledge of a ‘Viksit Bharat’

A
s the Lok Sabha elections 2024 draw closer, the slogan ‘Abki Baar, 400 Paar’ has started reverberating
across the nation, showing increasingly immense faith in the visionary and dynamic leadership of Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the policies and programmes of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The people’s
enormous trust in the leadership of the Prime Minister can be gauged from the fact that Modi’s guarantee
has become so trustworthy that it’s considered a guarantee of fulfilling the guarantee. While the’sankalpa’
of the Prime Minister to make India a ‘Viksit Bharat’ has become the resolve of the entire nation, boundless
enthusiasm filling everyone with a newfound confidence and zeal is driving the nation towards this goal. A new
hope has dawned on the nation, and people are looking forward to the future with dreams of a developed,
strong, and vibrant India in their eyes. As people keep showering their blessings overwhelmingly on the BJP,
elections have become a festival and also a grand occasion to re-dedicate to the dreams of a ‘Viksit Bharat’.
The resolve of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ has been powered by the remarkable achievements of the last ten years,
which appear amazing and inspiring to various international agencies and experts. The journey from ‘Fragile
Five’ to ‘Fabulous Five’ has been a journey of ‘perform, reform, and transform’ taking the nation to new
heights every day. This transformative journey appears miraculous when seen in the context of the ten years
of Congress-led UPA’s regime of misrule, rampant corruption, looting of public money, spiralling inflation,
depleting forex reserves, and declining growth. The Congress-led UPA
The last ten years have era is remembered as an era of ‘policy paralysis’; the period between
completely transformed 2004 and 2014 is also known as the ‘Lost Decade’ for the nation. The
the nation, fulfilling and Congress-led UPA regime plunged the nation in an atmosphere of
fueling the aspirations of negativity and pessimism by creating hopeless situations on every front.
a confident India at the No one can deny the fact that rescuing the nation from such morass
same time. As the Prime not only posed extreme challenges but appeared insurmountable to
the experts who started claiming that India’s story was over. The Prime
Minister inspires the
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, who was seen as the only hope for the
nation to think big, he has nation in such trying times, not only rescued the nation but led it to a
led the nation on global trajectory where the dream of ‘Viksit Bharat’ appears within reach for
forums, envisioning for the nation.
India a future of serving The last ten years have completely transformed the nation, fulfilling
humanity as ‘Viswamitra’ and fueling the aspirations of a confident India at the same time. As the
Prime Minister inspires the nation to think big, he has led the nation on
global forums, envisioning for India a future of serving humanity as ‘Viswamitra’. The nation has stood by all
the countries across the world during times of need, serving humanity during the COVID-19 pandemic and
in times of other disasters through every possible means. The focus of the Prime Minister on villages, poor,
farmers, women, youth, SC, ST, and OBC has empowered the deprived, oppressed, exploited, and neglected
sections of society through a number of innovative schemes and various other welfare measures. It is for the
first time that the glorious heritage of India has been celebrated globally, and people are feeling proud of their
wonderful legacy. The word ‘development’ has become the mantra as the nation feels a new energy within it,
making it continuously widen its horizons and achieve what appeared unachievable a few years ago.
As New India, confident of its vibrant future, moves forward with the pledge of ‘Viksit Bharat’, this special
issue of ‘Kamal Sandesh’ has been published for our esteemed readers. We hope that our readers will not
only read it to learn about the amazing achievements of the Modi government in the last ten years, but they will
also circulate it among other readers so that its message reaches everyone. We thank you for your continuous
support and encouragement.
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 SERVING THE POOR,
HONOURING THE MARGINALIZED

“Be it Direct Benefit Transfer, or schemes to provide facilities like electricity,

water, toilets to poor people, all these have brought a revolution at the grassroot
level. These schemes have filled the poorest of the poor in the country with a
sense of respect and security.”
- Narendra Modi
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Ensuring All-Round
Garib Kalyan Desh Ka Development for Tribals
Kalyan
• 15th November declared as
• Creating Basic Infra for the poor ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’
• Ensuring Food Security to over 80 • 401 Eklavya Model
Crore Indians Residential Schools
• Jan Dhan Yojana-World’s Largest (EMRS) made
Financial Inclusion Initiative functional
• Fulfilling Aspirations and Protecting • 3,958 Van
Rights of Weaker Sections Dhan Vikas
• Empowering Divyangs Kendras
• Ensuring All-Round Development sanctioned;
of the Tribals 11.83 lakh
• Providing affordable housing to tribal persons
more than 3 crore rural poor with associated
all basic amenities

Empowering Divyangs
• Inclusion of types of disabilities
increased to 21 from 7
• Reservation in govt jobs and higher
education increased from 3% to 4%
and 3% to 5%, respectively
• 14,175 camps have been organised
to distribute assistive equipments,
empowering 26 lakh Divyangs

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Weaker Sections PM SVANidhi - EASY

Fulfilling Aspirations
• 10% reservation in jobs &
educational institutions for EWS
• States empowered to make their
own OBC list
MICRO-CREDIT TO
STREET VENDORS
• Collateral free loans facilitated to
street vendors during Covid 19
pandemic
• Loans disbursed to over 54 lakh
street vendors under PM SVANidhi

PM Vishwakarma scheme
• PM Vishwakarma scheme is fully funded by the Central Government at a cost of
Rs. 13 thousand crore
• Free registration of Vishwakarmas through biometric-based PM Vishwakarma
portal; 18 traditional crafts included under PM Vishwakarma
• Collateral-free loan up to Rs. 3 lakh for Vishwakarma brothers and sisters
• Toolkit incentive upto Rs. 15 thousand, skill upgradation, incentive for digital
transaction and marketing support

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World’s Largest National Multidimensional

Financial Inclusion
Initiative
• Over 50 crore Jan Dhan Accounts
• Direct Benefit Transfer of
more than ₹32.29 lakh crore
to beneficiaries bank accounts
Estimated savings of ₹2.73 lakh
crore (Upto March 2022)
Poverty Index
• 25 crore Indians lifted from
Multidimensional Poverty in 9 years.
• Steep decline in number of
multidimensionally poor from 29.17%
in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23.
• Rural areas saw the fastest decline in
poverty from 32.59% to 19.28%.

Ensuring Food Security to 80 Crore Indians

• 1,424 LMT of free food grains distributed under PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
(from April 2020 - October 2023)
• Seamless access to rations across the country through One Nation One Ration Card
• Monthly average of 2.5 crore portability transactions

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ENSURING FARMER WELFARE

“Increasing the income of the farmers, reducing the cost

of farming, providing modern facilities to the farmers from
seed to market is the priority of our government.
”
- Narendra Modi

PM KISAN
• Launched in 2019; provides Rs. 6,000
per year in 3 equal installments to
the farmers
• Nationwide direct cash support
introduced for the first time
• More than 11.8 crore farmers
benefited till now
3.19 x 7.2 x
11.81
E-NAM: Launched in 2016 to
integrate existing markets
through an e-platform
Till 15 September, 2023
1361 1.76 crore
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Pradhan Mantri Fasal
Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
• Launched in 2016; provides financial
support to farmers suffering crop
loss/damage
• 49.5 crore farmers enrolled, over
14.9 crore applicants received
claims of over Rs. 1.45 lakh crore in
last 7 yrs
• 84% enrolled farmers belong to
small and marginal category
2023-24
2.36 x
MSP Rs./Quintal
2183 67%
(2023-24)
39% 42531 2275 62.5%
(2023-24)
Soil Health Card
• Scheme introduced in 2014-15 to optimize
usage of nutrients present in the soil
• Over 23 crore Soil Health Cards (SHCs)
distributed to farmers
International Year of Millets
Recognising the importance of coarse grains
in providing nutritious food to the people and
Rs. 2.88 lakh creating indigenous and global demand, the
Government of India, on the initiative of Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi, played a leading role
in declaring 2023 the International Year of Millets
in the United Nations General Assembly. India’s
proposal was supported by 72 countries and in
March 2021 itself, the United Nations declared the
year 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
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Cooperative Reforms
• There has been a stagnation in the cooperative sector for the last 25-30 years,
but under the leadership of PM Shri Narendra Modi, cooperatives sector has
Transformed significantly.
• Shri Modi has settled the long
pending tax dispute of sugar
mills of worth Rs. 15,000
crores.
• Modi Government is working
to bring uniformity in
cooperative law under the
constitutional framework.

Kisan Credit Cards (KCC)

• All PM-KISAN beneficiaries to be covered through
KCC under a special drive
• 7.34 crore KCC applications have been sanctioned
with a sanctioned credit limit of Rs. 8.85 lakh crore
(as on March 31, 2023)
• Dairy, Fish and other farmers included in KCC
Scheme

PM-PRANAM
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in its meeting held on
28th June, 2023 has approved the “PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness
Generation, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother-Earth (PM-PRANAM)”
• The initiative aims to support the mass movement started by states to save the health
of earth by promoting sustainable and balanced use of fertilizers by promoting
organic farming and implementing resource conservation technologies

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SVAMITVA SVAMITVA (Survey of

Villages and Mapping
with Improvised
36 Lakh SVAMITVA Technology in
Property Cards Drone Survey of
Title Deeds
2 lakh+
2.81 Lakh Villages Village Areas)
issued in more than
29,000Villages
97,200 Villages Completed • Launched in April 2020
till31st
on September, 2023
March 2023
on 31st March 2022 • To ensure clear ownership of
36 Lakh property in Rural areas
Property Cards Drone Survey of • Over 1.6 crore property cards
Title Deeds generated
issued in more than 2 lakh+ Villages
29,000 Villages Completed
on 31st March 2022 on 31st March 2023
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)
• Aims at increasing water use efficiency at the farm level through drip and sprinkler
irrigation systems
• Since 2015-16, 78 lakh hectare covered
• Micro Irrigation Fund of Rs. 5,000 crore created with NABARD
• Rs. 93,068 crore allocated for PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana for 2021-26

Agriculture infrastructure Fund

• Rs. 1 lakh crore financing facility for creation and modernisation of post-harvest
management infrastructure and community farming assets
• In less than 3 years of scheme implementation, more than 38,326 projects
have been sanctioned which has mobilised Rs. 30,030 crores in agriculture
infrastructure sector with a total loan worth Rs.50,988 crore
• Completed agri infra projects have generated employment opportunities for
more than 5.8 lakh manpower, while saving 3.7 LMT food grains and 46.3 LMT
Horticulture produce annually and ensuring better price realization by farmers to
the extent of 20-25%

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 NEW
MOMENTUM
FOR NARI SHAKTI

“From urban women to women living in villages, women

engaged in business, or women busy with household chores,
the government has taken many steps over the last 9 years
”
to make their lives easier.
- Narendra Modi
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Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam

• 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and
State legislative assemblies
• India’s giant leap with Nari Shakti Vandan
Adhiniyam amplifies women empowerment
• Reservation for SC and ST women within the
reserved quota
• The Act reaffirms the commitment of
Government towards gender equality and
inclusivity
• This legislation fosters female leadership paving
the way for women in high-stakes decision-
making

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UJJWALA
YOJANA

THEN NOW

31.54 crore

75 lakh additional
LPG connections
to be released in
3 years from FY
2023-24, taking the
total number of
PMUY beneficiaries to
10.35 crore.

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Empowering Laws
Criminalisation of Triple Talaq
• Ensuring dignity and security of Muslim
women
• Significant decrease in Triple Talaq cases

MAJOR
PM JAN SCHEMES
DHAN
YOJANA
FOR WOMEN

Over START-UP Over 81%

28 Crore
26.54 Cr. INDIA 69% WOMEN
JAN DHAN At least Account ENTREPRENEURS
accounts for 1 WOMAN Holders Under Under
WOMEN director in PM Mudra
PM Mudra yojna
Yojana ‘Stand Up
Are Women India’
47% START-UPS
45%
Entrepreneurs

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Making life easier for women

• In 2019 only 3.23 crore rural households had tap water connections
• Over 10 crore new households given tap water connections till October 2023 under
Jal Jeevan Mission

Women Helpline Pradhan Mantri Matru

• Women Helpline 181 launched on
1st April 2015 to provide 24 hours
emergency and non-emergency
response to women affected by
violence
Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
• More than ₹14,103 crore disbursed
to more than 3.11 crore Pregnant
Women and Lactating Mothers
(PW&LM) under PMMVY

Improvement in the lives of women

Dignity Ease of Living Entrepreneurship

11.74 crore toilets 9.6 Crore Ujjwala LPG Over 28 crore women
under Swachh Bharat Connections liberated Jan Dhan accounts
Mission-Grameen women from smoke opened

70% of over 2.5 crore Maternity leave up from 79 % women

PMAY-Gramin homes 12 weeks to 26 weeks entrepreneurs under
have women sole/joint ‘Stand Up India’
owners

More than 10 crore Over 69% account

new households got tap holders under PM
Triple Talaq made water under Jal Jeevan Mudra Yojana are
illegal Mission women entrepreneurs

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 EMPOWERING INDIA’S
AMRIT-PEEDHI

“Our youth are leading the country’s Amrit Yatra with the
vision of a developed India.
” - Narendra Modi
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National Education Policy (NEP) 2020

• Transformational Reform: Replacing • Flexible Curriculum Multiple Entry/Exit
the 34-year old NEP of 1986
• ‘Nishtha Teachers’ Holistic Education
• Vidyanjali Volunteer Based Mentoring
• Nipun Bharat Foundational Literacy and
Numeracy
• Academic Bank of Credit Digitally Storing
Academic Points
option withCreative Combination of
Subjects
• Rs. 630 crore released as 1st installment to
selected 6,207 schools out of over 14,500
PM SHRI schools
• As on 7th August 2023, 12 institutes have
been notified as ‘Institutions of Eminence’
(IOE)

1.5 times increase in Industrial Training Centres (ITIs)

11,847 • Ministry of Heavy Industries launched

capacity building initiatives through 4
SAMARTH Udyog Centres to propagate
awareness and skilling, re-skilling and
upskilling workforce in Industry 4.0.

2014 • As on July 2023, 7.26 lakh candidates

trained through a network of 288 Jan
Shikshan Sansthans (JSS)
14,955
• Setting up IIT Campuses in Zanzibar
(Tanzania) and Abu Dhabi (UAE)
marks a historic beginning towards
internationalisation of higher education.

2023
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SKILL INDIA MISSION

PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Free Skill 1.38

training to crore
the youth youth trained

Recognition of Prior Learning

Over 54.27 lakh
individuals upskilled & reskilled

EDUCATION
INFRASTRUCTURE

2014 2023
2022
25
23 23
16 20
9 13
8

IIT IIIT IIM AIIMS

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390

2022-23

PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC
THINKING
Through more than 10,000
Atal Tinkering Labs spread in 722
districts of 35 states and Union
territories

Schemes like Fund

of Funds (FFS),
Start Up India
Fund Scheme • First National Sports University of
(SISFS) and Credit
Guarantee Scheme
the country to be set up in Manipur
for Start Ups (CGSI) at a total sanctioned cost of Rs.
to support Start 643.34 Crore
Ups

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India Scaling New Heights In Sports

Highest ever medal tally in recently concluded Asian Games
and Asian Para Games (107 and 111 medals respectively)

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met the medal winners who participated
in Asian Games 2022 at Major Dhayanchand Stadium in New Delhi

India Celebrating Unity in

Diversity with
Ek Bharat
Shrestha Bharat

“‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ is an endeavour to

boost cultural bonds and to enhance interaction between
people of various states/UTs.
” - Narendra Modi

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 EASE OF LIVING FOR INDIA’S
MIDDLE CLASS

“Our goal is wellness and welfare for everyone. Our

goal is physical, mental and social well being.
”
- Narendra Modi
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PM Awas Yojana (Urban)

Rural Housing

77.1 Increase in size Increase in Additional

of Houses Unit Assistance Assistance of
9.6X 20sq. mtrs 70/75 k 12,000
to to for Toilet under
25sq. mtrs 1.20/1.30 Lakh Swachh Bharat
(PMAY-G)
(PMAG-Y) (PMAY-G)
(PMAG-Y) Mission-Gramin

8.19

21.4X
Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana(Gramin)
• Launched in 2016
• Provides pucca houses to rural people
• 2.5 crore houses completed
9.8X
SBM - Urban
• Aims at making Urban India free from
open defecation and achieving 100%
scientific management of municipal solid
waste
• Over 20 crore citizens directly engaged;
67.13 lakh individual household toilets
and 6.52 lakh community and public
toilets constructed
• 4,884 cities declared Open Defecation
Free

“Ek Tareekh,
Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath”
PM Narendra Modi’s call to
participate in nationwide
cleanliness drive
on 1st October,
2023

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SBM - Gramin
• SBM(G) now in its Phase II
targets sustaining the ODF
status of villages and to
improve the cleanliness levels
in rural areas through solid
and liquid waste management
activities
• More than 4.61 lakh villages
declared ODF Plus.
• Plastic Waste Management
is being handled by women
SHGs, thereby providing
income generation
opportunities

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban

Transformation (AMRUT)
• Aims at improving quality of
life by providing basic civic
amenities like water supply,
sewerage, urban transport,
parks etc
• 1.72 crore tap water
connections provided; 1.35
crore household sewer
connections/ septage coverage
• Sewage treatment plants with
capacity of 3,340 million litre
per day added
• 2525 projects grounded and
around 4603 acre of green
space and parks developed

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Har Ghar Jal Rozgar Mela

• Launched in August 2019, Jal Jeevan
Mission aims to provide tap water
connections in every Rural household by
2024
• Pani Samitis; Jan Andolan; Community
ownership and central role of women are
key to ‘Har Ghar Jal’

• The recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel.

Government working on multiple fronts
simultaneously to create more and more jobs
• 5.5 crore new EPFO subscribers added
between September 2017 and January 2023

SAUBHAGYA Yojana
Announced on
September 25, 2017

Aimed at providing electricity

connections to rural and
urban households

Till October 2017: 89%

households were electrified

3.23
crore
13.52 2.86 crore households have
been electrified since launch
crore households
households till March 31, 2023

with tap water now have

2022: 97.47%
2022: 100%
connections tap water villages
households
electrified
electrified
before connections till
2019 October 2023

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AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL

“We decided
that no
poor person
should have
to postpone
his treatment
due to lack of
money. We
tried to ensure
that our poor
families also
get better
treatment near
their homes.
”
- Narendra Modi
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Ayushman Bharat
PM-Ayushman Bharat Health
Infrastructure Mission (ABHIM)
• Largest pan-India scheme for creation
and improvement of long-term Public
12
Healthcare Infrastructure launched on
25th October, 2021
• Total outlay of Rs. 64,180 crores over a
32.90 period of FY 2021-22 till FY 2025-26

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

5.7 (ABDM)
• Launched on 27th September 2021 to
enhance quality of healthcare services
Active participation of 2.21
• More than 48 crore Ayushman Bharat
lakh private hospitals Health Account (ABHA) numbers and
2.39 lakh Healthcare professionals
registered
Ayushman Bharat Health and
• More than 2.22 lakh health facilities
Wellness Centres (AB- HWCs)
(including hospitals, labs, pharmacies,
More than clinics etc. from government or private
141.5 crore
investigations
sector) registered
1.61
for various 14.36 crore
diseases ‘Ayushman Bhava’ campaign
• A comprehensive nationwide healthcare
initiative that aims to provide saturation
coverage of healthcare services to every
village and town in the country

e-Sanjeevani OPD
• Over 1.05 crore e-Sanjeevani OPD
consultations provided
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Expanding Hospital Infrastructure

BJP National President Shri J.P. Nadda inaugurating

New Facilities at AIIMS Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
on 23 February, 2024

• Established 15 new AIIMS and 319 new government medical colleges.

• Significant increase in MBBS seats from 51,348 to 1.08 lakh and PG seats from 31,185 to
more than 70,000 between 2014 and 2023.

Organ Donation PM Jan Aushadhi

• To facilitate organ donation, government
has enabled people to register their pledge
of organ donation on NOTTO’s website
• In 2014, the government introduced the
concept of Green Corridor, a demarcated
special road route cleared for ambulances
that enables organs received for
transplantation to reach the destination
hospital.
• In 2013, there were less than 5,000 organ
donations taking place in the country; in
2022 it increased to more than 15,000.
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Yojana(PMJAY)
• Quality medicines are available at
affordable rates at more than 9996
Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi
Centers across the country (as on Sept 30,
2023)
• 1965 types of medicines and 293 other
medical equipment available in Jan
Aushadhi Centers
• Medicines available at these PM Jan
Aushadhi centers are available at 50% to
90% cheaper rates than branded medicines
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COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

• More than 220 Crore Vaccine Doses
administered
• Co-WIN generated:-
• First dose certificates- more than 102.74 crore
• Second dose certificates- more than 95.21 crore
• Precautionary dose certificates - more than
22.87 crore
• Drone-based delivery of COVID-19 Vaccine in
difficult to reach areas

Rehabilitation of Drug Dependents Child Health and Nutrition

• ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ launched

Mission Indradhanush
to sensitize youth against Drug Use
• Mission Indradhanush (MI) aims at
• Over 10.6 Crore people sensitized rapidly increasing full immunization
throughout the country under Nasha coverage of children and pregnant women
Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan to 90% and sustain it thereafter
• 638 Government supported Centers • 4.45 crore children and 1.12 crore
across country to provide counselling, pregnant women vaccinated till May,
treatment and de-addiction facilities 2022
which are also geo-tagged for ease of
access
• ‘14446’ National De-Addiction Toll
Helpline launched to provide primary
counselling to drug users

‘14446’
National
De-Addiction
Toll Helpline

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 ‘NATION FIRST’ FOREIGN POLICY
& NATIONAL SECURITY

“India has selected the theme of ‘One Earth, One Family,

One Future’ for its G20 Presidency. It signals the need for
unity of purpose and unity of action.
” - Narendra Modi

India’s G-20 Presidency
• The Prime Minister’s approach of Jan
Bhagidari involved broad sections of
our society in the G20 programmes and
activities
• The 200 plus meetings in 60 cities
represented an unprecedented footprint
for G20 events. As a result, the Indian • The conclusion of the India-Middle East-
G20 Presidency was truly people-centric
and emerged as a national endeavour
• The New Delhi Summit provided an
Light Combat Helicopter
Indigenously-developed Light Combat
Helicopters (LCH) named as ‘Prachanda’
inducted into the Indian Air Force
LCH is the only attack helicopter in the
world which can land and take-off at an
altitude of 5,000 meter with a considerable
load of weapons and fuel
Special Issue
occasion for demonstration of India’s
contemporary technology advancement
as well as of our heritage, culture and
traditions. This was widely appreciated
by leaders and delegates of G20 member-
states
Europe Economic Corridor Agreement
and the Global Biofuels Alliance during
the Summit were also developments of
considerable significance
Providing a secure
Environment to citizens
Terrorism related incidents in the
country
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Special Issue
Insurgency and Peace
Process
• The insurgency incidents reduced by
76% (from 824 in 2014 to 201 in 2022)
• Resultant deaths (Civilians + Security
Forces) reduced by 96% from 232 in
2014 to 09 in 2022
Framework Agreement
with NSCN-IM in 2015
Bru Rehabilitation
Agreement - 2020
Karbi-Anglong Peace
Agreement- 2021
Memorandum of
settlement with
DNLA/DPSC- 2023
Operation Dost
• Indian Army Field Hospital provided
emergency medical care over 3,600
people in Hatya Province of quake-hit
Turkey.
• Around 1,200 Lab investigations carried
out on cases reported for treatment
34 KAMAL SANDESH I 16-31 March, 2024
Operation Ajay
• India launched ‘Operation Ajay’ to
evacuate Indian national from Israel
• A 24-hour Control Room set up in the
Ministry of External Affairs to monitor
the situation and provide information
and assistance
National Liberation Operation Ganga
Front of Tripura (SD)
Agreement- 2019
• Successfully brought back 23,000 Indian
Nationals from Ukraine
Bodo Peace • 147 citizens from 18 countries also
Accord - 2020 evacuated
• 90 tonnes of relief material provided
Adivasi Assam
Peace Accord - 2022 Operation Kaveri
• Over 3000 Indians brought back from
conflict-torn Sudan
• Given rent-free accommodation with
free food facility in quarantine centers
managed by Airport Health Officers
(APHO)
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacts with NDRF personnel
involved in 'Operation Dost' in Turkey and Syria, in New Delhi
 Special Issue

Abrogation of Article 370

Legal Matter
• 890 Central Laws applied; 205 State Laws • Accelerated implementation of PMDP, 53
repealed; 130 State Laws modified &
applied; Benefit of Reservation Extended
Developmental Issues
PMDP projects with an outlay of Rs. 58,477
crore under implementation in Jammu
and Kashmir. 9 projects with an outlay
of Rs. 21,441 crore under implementation
in Ladakh. 32 projects in J&K and 3
projects in Ladakh have been completed/
substantially completed
• Government has rolled out the New
Central Sector Scheme with an outlay
of Rs. 28,400 crore, for industrial
development of Jammu and Kashmir
which envisages incentives like Capital
Investment Incentive, Capital Interest
subvention, GST Linked Incentive,
Working Capital Interest Incentive

Agnipath Scheme
• Agnipath is a game changer scheme for the Armed Forces which is going to act as force
multiplier in making Indian military as one of the best in the world with youthful, high-
tech and ultra-modern outlook
• The Government has launched Agnipath scheme on June 15, 2022 to recruit both male
and female aspirants into ‘below the officer’s rank’ cadre of the three services for a period
of four years as Agniveers
• Candidates between the age group of 17.5 to 21 years are eligible to apply for the scheme

Surgical Strike against cross border terrorism

• Counter Insurgency Operation, Myanmar-9th June, 2015
• Surgical Strikes, PoK- 28-29 September, 2016
• Balakot Air Strikes- 26th Feb, 2019

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 INDIA, A GLOBAL ECONOMIC
POWERHOUSE

“There is unprecedented trust for India in this decade

and the next 25 years. India will achieve its goals faster
with everyone’s efforts.
- Narendra Modi
”
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Fastest growing despite AADHAAR-DBT LINKAGE

pandemic EMPOWERING CITIZENS,
• India is now the 5th largest economy of REFORMING GOVERNANCE
the world
• Robust growth prospects for India with
projected growth rate of 7.0% in 2024-
25, making it one of the fastest-growing
major economy in the world
• Recovery in economic activity driven by
strong investment growth and rebound
in consumption
• Indian GDP grew at 8.4% in the October
to December, 2023 quarter

GST: ONE NATION, ONE TAX

• Launched on July 1, 2017: GST
subsumed 17 major taxes and 13 cesses,
turning India into one market.
Do you know?
135 50.41
GST revenue collection for April 2023 highest
ever at Rs 1.87 lakh crore which is 12% higher
than the GST revenues Year on Year (Y-o-Y)

DBT: PLUGGING OF LEAKAGES

• From 2013 to 2021 total 4.2 crore duplicate
& fake Ration Cards have been deleted
• 4.11 crore duplicate/fake/inactive LPG
connections eliminated
• Deletion of duplicate/fake/ ineligible
beneficiaries in Ministry of Rural
2.73
Development

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UPI: Single Largest Retail EXPORTS: Local Goes Global

Payment Platform In The Country • India’s Overall Exports at all-time high of
USD 776 Billion in FY 2022-23
• India accounts for 40% of global digital
payments
• UPI QR codes increased by 4.6 times 776

• In FY 2022-23, 8,371 crore transactions

processed which has shown the growth of
91 times over 5 years
• In FY 2022-23, value of Rs. 139.15 lakh
crore transactions processed, which has
shown the growth of over 126 times over
5 years
German Minister using UPI for Digital payment in India
2022-23
• Highest ever merchandise export in FY
2022-23 of USD 451 Billion
• Highest ever services exports of USD 325
Billion in FY 2022-23
• India’s Agriculture exports touch a
historic high of USD 51 Billion in 2022-23
• Over 23.57 billion dollars worth exports
in electronic goods in FY 2022-23. A
growth of 50.52% in comparison with FY
2021-22

PM MUDRA Yojana
43
• PM MUDRA Yojana: Financial Inclusion
for marginalized/ socio-economically 25.5
crore
neglected classes
• Over 43 crore loans amounting to
Rs. 25.5 lakh crore sanctioned
• Loans to Non-corporate, Non-farm Small/
Micro Enterprises
• Generating large scale employment
opportunities at grassroot level

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Startup India
• India now home to more than
100 unicorns
• 1 out of every 10 unicorns
0.88 2.5
2.7
(globally) born in India
• Startups recognized across 669
Indian districts
• Creation of more than 9.5 lakh
jobs
• FY 2022-23: More than 2.7 lakh direct jobs created by recognised startups

PM Jan Dhan Yojana Government e-Marketplace

World’s Largest Financial Inclusion Initiative
Banking the Unbanked Securing the Unsecured
Funding the Unfunded
• Launched on Aug 15, 2014
• 34.26 crore RuPay cards issued
• Average deposit of Rs. 4,066
• Over 2.05 lakh crore deposited
4063
• Driving inclusion, usability, transparency,
efficiency and cost saving
• The portal touched a record procurement
of Rs. 4.91 Lakh crore (as on July 2023)
• Number of orders surpassed 1 crore, out
of which 55% order value is from MSE
(as on July 2023)
• Over 8 lakh MSE service providers
registered on GEM

50.56

56%

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EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

“There was a time when it was asked - Why India? Now

after looking at the impact of the reforms that have taken
place in the country, it is being asked - ‘Why not India’?
”
- Narendra Modi
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In last 9 years an all-out effort of Government of India ensured ease of doing of

business in the country. There has been a paradigm shift through simplification of
various laws and regulations with emphasis on transparency and reducing compliance
requirements.
• Freedom from the Burden of Laws: 41,000 compliances terminated
• Decriminalisation of provisions related to Company Act & LLP ACT: In 2017,
Company Act was amended and several provisions were decriminalized and treated
as civil errors
• Reduced tax burden on companies: Direct tax in domestic companies has been
reduced from 30 percent plus surcharge to 25.17 percent with surcharge and cess

Foreign Direct Investment (in USD Billion)

2022
14

industrial corridors

SPICe

41,000

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INFRA AT SPEED AND SCALE

“When modern roads, modern railway stations,

railway tracks, metro rails and airports are built, then
the country’s progress gains momentum.
”
- Narendra Modi
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PM Gati Shakti- Adding Pace to Progress

• Real time monitoring of infrastructure • Job creation with infrastructure
projects development
• Reduced cost and time in movement of • Improved ease of living for citizens
goods and services

Expansion of Road, Rail, Airways, Waterways, Ports

CREATING A CONNECTED INDIA

1,46,145

till January 2024

54,058 KM increase in last 10 years

(In KM)

7,46,448
7,44,734

3,81,135

Till March 2014 Till Oct 2023

Road constructed under Pradhan Mantri

Gram Sadak Yojana (In Kms)

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‘Yashobhoomi’ Convention Centre

• ‘Yashobhoomi’ is
developed at a cost of
around Rs. 5400 crore
• Convention Centre, with
seating capacity of more
than 11000 delegates,
comprises of 15 convention
rooms, the Grand ballroom
and 13 meeting rooms
• Convention Center is
equipped with largest
LED media facade in the
country
• Yashobhoomi also offers
one of the largest exhibition
halls in the world

Integration of Technology 889 National and 339 State

in Transportation Highway Fee Plazas
now FASTag enabled
Ecosystem
Major Achievements in Railways
• Vande Bharat Express- India’s first
indigenous Semi High Speed train
launched in 2019
• 68 Vande Bharat train services are
operational now on different routes
across the country
• 400 new-generation Vande Bharat
Trains to be manufactured in next 3
years. Stellar example of ‘Make in India’

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‘MAKE IN INDIA’ in Metro Rail

• 2014: 248 km operational metro network across 5 cities

• 2023: 878 km operational metro network across 20 cities

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742
149

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PM Shri Narendra Modi along with UP CM Yogi Adiytanath, Union Minister Shri
Jyotiraditya Scindia and others inaugurating Maharishi Valmiki International Airport
at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on December 30, 2023

Launched the National Civil Aviation policy in 2016 to fulfil the

common citizen’s dream of air travel

More than 1.28 crore people travelled by air

11 operators have operated over 2.34 lakh flights

75 489
Airports Routes

*Till 23rd September 2023

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 INDIA’S TECHADE

“We are creating modern digital infrastructure in

India. Along with this, we are also ensuring that the benefits
of digital revolution reach every section of the society.
”
- Narendra Modi
 Special Issue

Chandrayaan - 3 Mission
• India becomes first country in the properties and surface elements of the
world to successfully land on South lunar topsoil (regolith) as well as the
Pole of Moon plasma environment near the surface
• India proves its capability in cost- • Chandrayaan-3’s landing point to be
effective space missions named as “Shiv Shakti Point” and
• Women scientists played a big role in footprint of Chandrayaan-2 to be
the success of Chandrayaan-3 named as “Tiranga Point”
• Chandrayaan-3 provided an integrated • August 23 to be celebrated as “National
assessment of the lunar surface Space Day” commemorating the
features, including the thermal success of Chandrayaan-3 Mission

Aditya - L1 Mission

• First space-based Indian mission to study the Sun

• It will provide greater benefit in observing solar activity and its impact on space
weather in real time.
• The mission will provide important information for understanding Sun’s coronal
heating, mass ejection and space weather dynamics.
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Gaganyaan Mission
• Gaganyaan mission will demonstrate the capability to conduct human spaceflight
missions in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on an Indian launch vehicle
• India to send first Indian to the Moon by 2040
• India aims to establish space station by 2035

DIGITAL INDIA

Expanding digital infrastructure

DID YOU KNOW

Under BharatNet initiative, broadband
infrastructure has reached 1.98 lakh
gram panchayats of India

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e-governance and facilitation of services

• As of May 2023, over 5.21

lakhs common service centres
(CSC) are servicing digital
needs, out of this 4.13 lakh
CSCs are working at the level
of Gram Panchayats 5.84 lakh farmers, farmer
• 70 crore Indians join India’s organisations, traders and
first global payment network service providers are registered
through RuPay card • SBM 2.0 MIS App developed
• UMANG App - 905 Central to track and monitor progress
and 877 State Services of the Mission. The app allows
available uploading of data of assets
• KisanRath mobile application under SBM Ph II. The assets
(Hire vehicles for agricultural are geo-tagged to ensure
produce transportation) - authenticity

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Digital empowerment of citizens

• Under Digital India Land
Records Modernization
Program 1.17 crore
cadastral maps digitized.
Land records of 94.23%
villages computerised
• Over 4.6 crore candidates
certified under the
Pradhan Mantri Gramin
Digital Saksharta
Abhiyan

Semicon India 2023:

India becoming a rising semiconductor hub
• Historic financial
incentives worth $76,000
crore to make India a
global semiconductor hub
• Uniform fiscal support
up to 50% of project
cost for setting up of
Semiconductor Fabs,
Display Fabs and other
facilities
• It will potentially add
₹60,000 crore to ₹70,000
crore to India’s GDP over a
ten-year period

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 NORTHEAST
A GROWTH ENGINE

“Today, in the North East, we are not drawing borders of

disputes, but we are constructing corridors of development.
”
- Narendra Modi
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Accords for Peace and Prosperity

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Boosting Infrastructure in the Northeast

• Prime Minister Development airports built in the north-east in
Initiative for Northeast (PM- the last 9 years
DevINE) announced in the 2022- • Goods train reached Rani Gaidinliu
23 budget; Initial allocation of Rs. Railway Station in Manipur’s
1,500 crore made Tamenglong District for the first time
• Ro-Ro service started on the • Meghalaya got electric trains for the
Brahmaputra river between Dhubri first time
and Hathsingimari, Nematia and • 121 tunnels with length of 146.56
Kamalabari and Guwahati and km are under construction and 25
North Guwahati tunnels with the length of 18.63 km
• Bogibeel Rail-cum-Road Bridge are under operation in the NER
over river Brahmaputra near • The North East has
Bogibeel with link lines on North & been kept as a priority
South Banks (Length–73 km) – in area under RCS-UDAN. Under
the State of Assam- was completed the scheme various RCS route like
in December, 2018- at an estimated Imphal-Dimapur; Shillong-Kolkata;
costs of Rs. 5920 crore Dimapur-Guwahati; Kolkata-
• Before 2014, there were only 9 Lilabari; Guwahati-Lilabari;
airports in the North-East, 7 new Shillong-Kolkata etc. commence

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VIRASAT AUR VIKAS

Prime Minister placed ‘Sengol’

in new Parliament
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Statue of Unity, Gujarat

Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial, Statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra

New Delhi Bose, Kartavya Path, New Delhi

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• The Biplobi Bharat Gallery in Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, a new gallery
on the revolutionary nationalist of India was inaugurated by PM Narendra
Modi on March 23, 2022
• National War Memorial constructed in New Delhi for our soldiers who made
the supreme sacrifice

• To honour the unsung heroes in

a befitting manner, the country
celebrated 2022 as the 400th birth
anniversary of Lachit Borphukan.
Lachit Borphukan (November
24, 1622-April 25, 1672) was the
famous General of the Royal
Army of the Ahom Kingdom of
Assam, who defeated the Mughals
and successfully halted the ever-
expanding ambitions of the
Mughals under Aurangzeb.

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Bharat Mandapam

“‘Bharat Mandapam’ is an invitation to witness the

potential and new energy of India. ‘Bharat Mandapam’ is a vision
of India’s grandeur and its willpower.
” - Narendra Modi

• Bharat Mandapam derives its root from Lord Basaveshwara’s idea of Anubhav
Mandapam, which was a pavilion for public ceremonies
• The architectural design of the Convention Centre building is inspired by
Indian traditions
• The Nataraja statue at Bharat Mandapam is 27 feet tall and weighs 18 ton. It
is the tallest statue made of Ashtadhatu.
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Promotion of Cultural Events

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the closing ceremony of

Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav, 2023, at Rudraksh International
Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi

Promotion of Cultural Events

• From 2014 till now, about 238 priceless statues of antiquity have been
successfully brought back

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Development of Cultural Sites

Mahakal Lok Corridor Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

Ayodhya

Kedarnath Dham Somnath

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 ENVIRONMENT AND
SUSTAINABILITY

“India is committed to furthering sustainable

development in line with our culture of living in
harmony with nature.
” - Narendra Modi
 Special Issue

Development of Cultural Sites

• The Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA) is shaping robust standard setting
an initiative by India as the G20 Chair and certification through the
• The Alliance intends to expedite participation of a wide spectrum of
the global uptake of biofuels stakeholders.
through facilitating technology • The alliance will also act as a central
advancements, intensifying repository of knowledge and an
utilization of sustainable biofuels, expert hub.

Massive Increase in Renewable Energy

• Renewable energy (RE) installed capacity doubled from 20 GW to 40 GW; record
increased 2.37 times in last 9 years low solar tariff at Rs 1.99/unit achieved
• India now at 4th position globally for • National Hydrogen Mission announced
installed RE capacity on August 15, 2021 to aid production of
• Solar capacity increased from 2.63 GW 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen fuel
to over 71.78 GW between 2014 and by 2030. Mission approved by Union
September 2023; solar park scheme Cabinet on Jan 04, 2023

Over 27x increase in

installed capacity of
Solar Energy (GW)

71.78
(Gigawatt)

2023
(October)

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• ‘Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro
Resources Dhan’ (GOBARdhan) scheme
was formally launched on 30 April, 2018
as a part of SBM-G
• GOBARdhan is a Waste to Wealth
• In Phase-II of SBM (G) there is a provision
initiative in tune with the circular
economy and Mission LiFE initiatives
of GoI
• Focus is on setting up of community
projects for scientific management of bio-
waste, ensuring cleanliness in villages
GOBARdhan
and generating wealth and energy by
converting cattle dung and solid
agricultural waste into compost and
biogas
of up to Rs. 50 lakh per district for
setting up of community GOBARdhan
Projects. At least 1 GOBARdhan plant
is mandatory per district as per the
operational guidelines of SBM(G)

796
Bio-Gas/CBG
421 Plant- Completed
and Functional

424
Bio-Gas/CBG Plants- Construction
in progress

443
districts under Biogas + 132
districts under CBG

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UJALA Yojana

• The Unnat Jyoti by Affordable

LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme was
launched in 2015
• World’s largest non-subsidized
indigenous lighting program
• India is the second-largest market
for LEDs in the world

Procurement Price of LED bulbs down by

90% to Rs. 38

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RU-43-02-0206-041223/FACTSHEET

UJALA – UNNAT JYOTI BY AFFORDABLE LEDS FOR ALL

(Ministry of Power)

December 04, 2022

NTRODUCTION

UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable

LEDs for All) is part of the
Government of India’s efforts to
pread the message of energy
efficiency in the country. It was
January 05, 2015 by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 36.86 72.18 LAKH
CRORE LEDS TUBELIGHTS
aims to promote efficient use of
the residential level,
enhance the awareness of consumers
about the efficacy of using energy-
appliances and aggregate
demand to reduce the high initial 23.59 LAKH FANS
costs thus facilitating higher uptake of
LED lights by residential users.

Under this scheme, LED bulbs, LED

ube lights and energy-efficient

Do you know?
are being provided to domestic consumers for replacement of the conventional and
nefficient variants.

International Energy Agency(IEA) in its

7W LED bulb provides same amount of light as a 14W CompactreportFluorescent
stated that
Lamp UJALA
(CFL) has reduced
and a 60W Incandescent Lamp (ICL) and thereby saves almost 90 per cent energy as
compared to ICLs and 50 per cent in case of CFLs. LED electricity bills one
bulb consumes saving
unit consumers
of over
electricity when it is used for 140 hours as compared to two units by16 billion
CFL rupees
and nine units byper year

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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam

Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme
• Launched in February 2019 to transform Annadata to Urjadata
• Providing energy to 35 lakh+ farmers through solar agriculture pumps,
including solar agriculture feeders

One Sun, One World, One Grid

• Installed solar
capacity is 71.78
GW as of October,
2023
• Efforts are on to
create a global
grid to realize the
concept of One
Sun, One World,
and One Grid
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Mission LiFE
The Prime Minister called upon the world to make ‘Lifestyle
for Environment’ i.e. LiFE a global mission to fight climate
change. The vision emphasizes not only energy production
but also energy conservation and sustainable
living. These solutions
include energy-efficient
ACs, geysers, heaters
and ovens.

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Namami Gange
• Launched in 2014 for effective abatement of pollution, conservation and
rejuvenation of National River Ganga
• So far, a total of 448 projects have been sanctioned at an estimated cost of
Rs. 37,985 Crores; 260 projects have been completed and made operational

PM-eBus Sewa
• Government has approved “PM-eBus Sewa” scheme for augmenting city bus
operation by 10,000 e-buses on PPP model
• The Scheme would have an estimated cost of Rs.57,613 crore, out of which
support of Rs.20,000 crore will be provided by the Central government. The
Scheme will support bus operations for 10 years
• Under this scheme priority will be given to cities having no organized bus
service

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The Prime Minister

set an example and
did ‘Shramdaan for
cleanliness’. More
than 8.75 crore
people across the
country participated
in the ‘Ek Tarikh Ek
Ghanta Ek Saath’
program on the call
of the Prime Minister.

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FOR INDIAN LEADERSHIP
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BJP National President Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda launching Party’s Nationwide ‘Sankalp Patra Sujhav
Abhiyan’ and ‘Viksit Bharat - Modi Ki Guarantee Rath’ from New Delhi on 26 February, 2024
for Lok Sabha Elections 2024

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After successful landig of Chandrayaan-3 on the South Pole of the Moon, PM Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi along with Lok Sabha Speaker
Shri Narendra Modi visiting ISRO Centre in Bengaluru to greet the scientists Shri Om Birla placing ‘Sengol’ in the new Parliament Buildig,
on August 27, 2023 New Delhi on September 21, 2023

PM Shri Narendra Modi along with the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi along with Defence Minister Shri Rajnath
Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Shri Jitendra Singh and others Singh and others commissions the first indigeneous aircraft carrier as INS
inaugurating and laying foundation stone of multiple development projects Vikrant in Kochi, Kerala on September 02, 2022
in Jammu on February 20, 2024

PM Shri Narendra Modi meets a delegation of religious leaders at Parliament, PM Shri Narendra Modi meets a delegation of Muslim leaders at his
in New Delhi on February 05, 2024. residence in New Delhi on January 11, 2024
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