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Cover Story India Moving Towards Permanent Solution

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SWACHH BHARAT MISSION DIGITAL PAYMENT HAS

Not only is Swachh Bharat BECOME THE NORM.
written on the side of the road Every part of the country,
or on the government walls including small shopkeepers
of schools and hospitals, but and street vendors,
cleanliness has also become a accepts digital payments
habit. After PM Modi's call from and UPI in the cities and
the Red Fort ramparts, there is villages. In 2021, India
freedom from open defecation, accounted for 40% of global
competition for cleanliness, and digital transactions, with
a shift in the habit of throwing Transactions worth 558 crore
garbage in the dustbin. in April 2022 have been done
through UPI.

PM MUDRA,STARTUP TURNED MONEY THROUGH DBT TECHNOLOGICAL ROUTE TO
YOUTHS JOB CREATOR DIRECTLY TO THE NEEDY TRANSPARENCY

Doing business became easier 8.10 crore fake or forged ration The country is not only
with the Mudra scheme's cards and LPG connections transitioning to a digital
assistance of up to 10 lakh were cancelled from mobile, economy, but technology
rupees. From Startup India, Jan Dhan, and Aadhaar has made service monitoring
India became the world's third authentication in various easier. Because delivery is
largest startup ecosystem. welfare schemes. 2.22 lakh now time-bound, monitoring
Created history with 100 crore rupees saved. every government scheme has
unicorns. become simple.

Portal, which allows people to solve their problems Much good has been done in the country for the
without having to visit multiple ministries' websites. environment. The commitment to generate 40%
of installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel
GOLDEN INDIA AND THE PATH TO THE FUTURE... sources was met nine years ahead of schedule. India
India did not show helplessness or incapacity in recently took a step toward a long-term solution in
the face of a terrible pandemic like Covid, but instead this area by exceeding the target of 10% ethanol
focused on the solution. The country grew stronger blending in gasoline five months ahead of schedule.
and stronger, from producing PPE kits to supplying Blending was only 1.5 percent in 2013-14, so this is
medicines all over the world. During the Covid-19 a significant accomplishment. This has improved
crisis, India became the world's pharmacy, and it has India's energy security, reduced crude oil imports by
also been at the forefront of vaccine development. over $5.5 billion, and increased farmers’ income by
Whether it is about climate change or its solutions, 5.5 billion dollar.
India is evolving from a complainer to a solution- We were nowhere in the case of start-ups eight
provider. In the form of the International Solar years ago. We are now the world's third largest
Alliance, India initiated a solution in this direction. start-up ecosystem. Almost every week, the country's

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