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Nation Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture
THIS IS HOW INDIA MOVED ON THE PATH OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INCLUSION
In the last eight years, India has given free gas
connections to more than 9 crore women. This
MORE THAN 45 CRORES number is more than the total population of South
JAN DHAN ACCOUNT Africa, Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand.
The Digital India campaign has brought the power of
In the last eight years, India has opened the Internet to the poor living in the villages through
more than 45 crores of Jan Dhan bank about 5 lakh Common Service Centers. India's BHIM-
accounts. This number is also equal to the UPI has connected crores of poor with the facility of
total population of Japan, Germany, Britain, digital payment.
Italy, and Mexico. SVANidhi scheme has given street vendors an
209 NEW MEDICAL COLLEGES opportunity to join the banking system. This class of
society, in past never got such a facility due to a lack
WERE BUILT of guarantee.
A campaign has been started to make 100 districts
When a large population got health coverage lagging behind in development come at par with other
like Ayushman Bharat, it resulted in bringing districts in terms of development as aspirational
strong improvement in health infrastructure. districts.
In the last 7-8 years, more than 4 times, that Under the UDAN scheme, many airstrips were revived,
is, about 209 new medical colleges have been and new airports were built, reaching far and wide
built in India. The number of seats in medical Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Traveling in an airplane in the
colleges has doubled. prescribed amount enabled those who wear slippers
to sit in the plane.
FREE TREATMENT UP The new National Education Policy of India is
TO RS 5 LAKH emphasizing studies in the mother tongue. Those
who do not know English will now get a chance to
Under Ayushman Bharat, more than 50 crore study in their mother tongue.
population has got free treatment facility of up The Jal Jeevan Mission is connecting every
to Rs 5 lakh every year. In the last 4 years, more household in the country with water supply
than 3.5 crore people have got their free treatment through taps. In just three years, this mission has
under this scheme. This segment of population connected more than 6 crore households with water
was away from health facilities for a long time. connections. This inclusiveness is making the life of
the common man easier today.
3 CRORE PUCCA HOUSES BUILT The mapping of houses and buildings in rural areas
ACROSS THE COUNTRY of the country is going on in a big way through
SVAMITVA Yojana. Till now work has been done
In the last 8 years, India has provided 3 crore with the help of drones in 1.5 lakh villages in India.
houses to the poor. The population of many Property cards have been made for more than 80 lakh
people.
countries in the world is not even that much. Food The government has abolished 1500 such laws,
crops that used to get rotten during transportation which were unnecessarily interfering in the lives of
are now reaching without spoiling in areas that the people. The government has abolished more than
farmers have not even imagined in the past 30,000 compliances, which were hindering the ease
through schemes like Kisan Rail and Krishi Udan. of doing business and ease of living.
Central Government in front of the people. He said, and is preparing a blueprint for the coming 25 years.
“The pace with which India has worked for inclusive Our policy-making is based on the finger on the pulse
growth in the last eight years and the level at which of the people. We listen to more and more people.
it has worked is unmatched anywhere in the world. Understand their needs and their aspirations. So
Today's India, instead of taking reform measures we did not allow the policy to come under pressure
by compulsion, is taking reform steps by conviction from populist sentiments.
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