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Poor's Welfare Nation

PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA Earlier we had a dilapidated room.

There was a time when in absence of proper roofs over their heads There was a problem during the
the families had to bear the scorching heat and rain. Women had rain. There was no courtyard and
to struggle a lot as they have to stand in long queues for fetching there was no toilet. Now got a
water. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the mantle of power
in 2014. After this, a new era of new opportunities started in the pucca house, and the toilet was
country. People who cherish the dream of a proper roof over their also built. I am very happy. I did
heads got the opportunity to lead a dignified life. not face any problem in taking
these plans. Came to know from
crore beneficiaries in the rural the TV channel and then the

2.55 area 59 lakh in the urban area municipal agency inspected the
land, and later I got it.
Tashi Tundup, Ex-Serviceman,
Ladakh

ONE NATION-ONE RATION CARD PM-UJJWALA

During the COVID pandemic, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
'One Nation, One Ration Card' was very helpful in changing the
was also implemented, which socio-economic condition of the
empowered the ration cardholder underprivileged and the free gas
to take rations from any public connections changed the lives of
distribution system shop in the crores of women and families.
country. Today, 77 crore ration
cardholders are getting ration in crore connections
any part of the country without any 9.22 have been given
hindrance under this scheme. under this scheme

Pankaj Shani, a resident of Samastipur, Bihar, has been living in Tripura for
the last 10 years. He has a tap connection in his house through Jal Jeevan Received a house, earlier we
Mission and has also got an electricity connection through Saubhagya were living in a mud house.
Yojana. The problem of rations was solved after the One Nation-One Now the house also has a toilet.
Ration Card. Now Pankaj is taking ration under this scheme in Tripura.
Now lock it and go anywhere.
ELECTRICITY TO EVERY VILLAGE The daughter is in BA while the
son is doing Intermediate. One
The period of change that started in the son and one daughter study in
year 2014 benefitted even those villages the lower classes. Now after
where electricity has not been reached getting the facility we are able
even after 70 years of independence.
Similarly, electricity reached 18 thousand to prepare food soon and send
villages before the stipulated deadline. children for study on time.
- Lalita Devi, Banka, Bihar

SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN
It brought a paradigm shift in the social scene. The call
for cleanliness from the ramparts of the Red Fort became
a mass movement and Prime Minister Modi's resolve got
public support. As a result, today the country became 100%
Open Defecation Free (ODF). A total of 11.58 crore toilets
have been constructed.

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