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Governance
#PromisesDelivered
50 crore
people get health insurance cover of Rs 5
lakh under Ayushman Bharat
8 crore families get free
cylinders under Ujjwala
Scheme
Who could have
imagined that lakhs A package of Rs 1.70 lakh
of rupees could crore for poor families
be transferred during Corona pandemic
instantly in the An initiative towards
Jan-Dhan accounts providing employment to
of the poor? Be it
Ayushman Bharat migrant labourers at their
or UjjawalaYojana, homes under Pradhan
we have made huge Mantri Garib Rojgar Kalyan
progress to provide Abhiyan
help to everybody in a An increase of Rs 2,000 in
transparent manner
the labour wages which will
benefit 13.62 crore families
under MGNREGA
The Prime Minister has
given a place in his cabinet changing the entire system
to professionals. so as to get rid of inertia.
On the lines of corporate Many ministries, which were
culture, this experiment was working like departments,
successful and the were merged for a holistic
process from the inclusiveness, whereas
government's policy to a separate ministry was
implementation is now created for skill development
being realized in a and entrepreneurship and
professional manner training the youth in a big
way to promote the spirit of
innovation in them. The main
back black money stashed objective was to create a smart
abroad. Thereafter, the most administration by merging
important initiative was taken several ministries so that the
regarding bureaucracy by officers should also perform
20 New India Samachar
The GST bill, which was in
limbo since 2006, picked
up pace in 2014. After
Modi's directive, it could be
Prime Minister Narendra
implemented from
July 1, 2017
their best; and this is clearly
reflected in the governance. The
Prime Minister also presented
a 10-point blueprint for good
governance emphasizing
on the empowerment of the
bureaucracy by making it
fearless. The Prime Minister
had made it clear at that
time that his mantra was to
complete the work and concrete
implementation.
He presented an agenda
of governance by holding a
meeting with the secretaries
of the Government. On June 4,
2014, senior bureaucrat and Niti
Aayog’s present CEO Amitabh
Kant had tweeted about this
meeting: “For the first time in my
career, there was such an open,
frank and fearless exchange
with any Prime Minister. Saw
a very motivating and flow of
ideas.” The Prime Minister also
attached young professionals
with important ministries,
departments and Niti Aayog to
coordinate with the bureaucracy
and increase the speed of work
so as to bring about a paradigm
shift in the traditional model
of governance. Many non-
performing officers were given
compulsory retirement.