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COVER STORY 75 WEEKS OF AMRIT MAHOTSAV

More than 1 Crore
people have benefited
from low-cost air
travel under the UDAN
scheme
Under Bharat Net, 5.67
The number of recognised 111 waterways were declared as lakh km of optical fiber
start-ups is 73,079. National Waterways under the cable has been laid
Best ever Olympic (7 medals) National Waterways Act 2016. across the country.
and Paralympic (19 medals) 500% increase in road transport
sporting performances at the and highway budget allocation Rs 100 lakh crore
Tokyo 2020 Olympics. since 2014. for infrastructure
7 new IIMs to be established Not a single railway passenger alongwith PM
by 2022 Total No. 20 died in 34 months. GatiShakti Master Plan.
With 22 AIIMS, the number of The speed of highway 17.9 crore people got health
AIIMS in India will soon triple. construction reached 37 km per
cards under Ayushman
Creation of 23 lakh direct and day. Bharat. Created more than 22
indirect jobs by tech start ups More than 8,727 Jan Aushadhi crore digital health IDs.
between 2017-2021. Kendras.
7 new IITs opened in the Protection of vaccines provided
country, now a total of 23 IITs. by Mission Indradhanush to over 45.21 crore Jan Dhan
320 new universities 5 crore mothers and children. accounts opened.
established. Defense exports increased by 6 28.61 crore people
included in the PM
1,000 Khelo India Centers are times. Suraksha Bima Yojana.
being set up. 22,500 Indians safely returned
Access to over 20,522 home from Ukraine. 11.78 crore farmers get
government services through Cash transfer in the account the benefit of the PM
UMANG App. of 20 crore women during the Kisan scheme, 23 Crore
Metro has increased from lockdown. Soil health cards issued
5 cities in 2014 to now 4.63 lakh Common Service
For a clean
(2022)27 cities. Centers operating under Digital environment,
ODF status to 4,371 cities. India. India has pledged
4268 projects completed for The world's largest solar park to achieve zero
started in Bhadla, Rajasthan
urban development under Capacity: 2,200 MW emissions by 2070.
AMRUT. Solar power installed
3.26 lakh km of rural roads More than 21 crore sanitary capacity has increased
pads made available at Rs 1 at
by 1,900% since 2014.
built since 2014. Jan Aushadhi Kendras Nearly 70% reduction in
solar energy rates.

the freedom movement, and symbols such as the from Amrit Yatra till the golden year. The Azadi
spinning wheel and salt have helped to connect Ka Amrit Mahotsav has now become the Amrit
the people with the freedom struggle. The of energy, the Amrit of new ideas, the Amrit of
decision of the government of India to celebrate new resolutions, and the Amrit of self-reliance.
75 years of independence as Amrit Mahotsav has India has begun the development journey toward
also become a symbol of the same, which is now building a grand and glorious nation by laying the
moving towards making the nation a new India groundwork in the Amrit Mahotsava year so that

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