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#PromisesDelivered                                 Now a  work culture of

                                                                                delivering on time is being
                                                                                  developed.  We lay the
                                     Rs 90,000 crore                         foundation stone and inaugurate
                                                                                it too. This should be taken
                                    given to farmers under Pradhan Mantri Kisan   as our commitment towards
                                    Nidhi.
                                     Food grain production                            people, not as
                                    estimated at 295.67 million                       our arrogance
                                    tonnes with 2.9% increase                  - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
                                    despite corona crisis

          A discussion merely         An agri infra fund of Rs 1 lakh       once  the  stamp  of  approval  is
             on agriculture         crore created for development           sealed.
          development would         in agro-based infrastructure            GOVERNMENT IN 'ACTION
           remain incomplete          Grant of Rs 3,671.75 lakh to
            when we do not          346 startups in agriculture             MODE' FROM THE BEGINNING
           consider rural and       allied sector                             Prime     Minister    Narendra
         agriculture based life                                             Modi  surprised  the  bureaucracy
                                     Increase in total income of
         styles. The discussion     farmers by 20 to 68 percent             and  critics  by  his  philosophy of
            can fructify only                                               doing everything in a systematic
            when we think of          22.39 crore farmers given soil        and  structured  manner.  Hardly
           farmers’ welfare in      health cards                            had  a  month  passed  after  the
           a comprehensive           First Kisan Rail – Exclusive           swearing-in as the 15th Prime
                manner                                                      Minister  of India that the Prime
                                    Transportation of agriculture
                                    produce                                 Minister had started working like
                                                                            it’s a Team India. Whether it is the
                                                                            formation of Niti Aayog in place
                                                                            of  the  Planning  Commission,  or
         also implemented  as a pilot     Forest  and  Climate  Change      taking the bureaucracy along, or
         project in 6 Union territories on   Prakash Javadekar prepared a   increasing the pace of governance
         the same day. Similarly, acting   blueprint in just 15 days. The   by  making  professionals  part
         upon the announcement of         Project Dolphin will be started   of the government, the Prime
         the proposal  to prepare  NCC                                      Minister has been emphasizing
         cadets and impart military                                         on the ‘bouquet’ of people to get
         training to them in 173 border         The old working style       things done. The outcome is that
         districts  of  the  country,  the       has now changed            the  governance  has  picked  up
         Ministry of Defence approved            completely. With           momentum instead of the old
         the expansion plan to meet the          a change in work           tendency of delaying, drifting and
         aspirations of the youth on the        style due to better         postponing. By deciding to form a
         very next day.  Similarly, after      coordination between         Special Investigation Team (SIT)
         the success of the Project            young professionals          in the first Cabinet meeting on the
         Tiger  and  Project  Elephant,       and bureaucracy, every        next day of swearing in in 2014,
         the focus on both the river and       scheme is now being          he  took  the  first  step  towards
         sea  dolphins  for  biodiversity        realised in reality        fulfilling the promise made to the
         was  announced  and  Union                                         people of the country to bring
         Minister   for   Environment,

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