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Ease of living of the middle class

n Tax exemption on annual income up to
Rs 7 lakh.
n Construction of an 845 km total metro
track in 20 cities in India.

n In 2014, Metro was only in 5 cities; it has
now reached 20 cities.
n Saving of more than 20 thousand crore
rupees from Jan Aushadhi Kendra.

n About 1.16 crore people availed the
benefits of air travel under the UDAN
scheme.
Nation First: Foreign Policy
n 18-inch high-speed Vande Bharat and National Security
trains started across the country by the
month of May.
n Over 3,000 Indians were n The Ordnance Factory
n Under the Ujala scheme, more than
brought back from war-torn Board was converted into
36.8 crore LED bulbs were given.
Sudan seven defence PSUs.
n About 54,000 km of national highways,
616 km of metro rail, and 74 new n Under Operation Dost, 5945 n Over 4100 items
airports were built in nine years. metric tonnes of emergency added to the Defence
relief sent to Syria and Indigenization List.
n Since 2014, 7 new IITs, 7 new IIMs, 16 new Türkiye.
AIIMS, 273 medical colleges, and 353
n 74% of FDI in defence is
new universities opened.
n 23,000 Indians returned through the automatic
home safely from Ukraine. route.
Affordable and quality
health services for all n Over 29.2 crore COVID-19 n About Rs 500 crore
vaccines to over 100 for defence startups
countries through Vaccine approved (from FY
n Gave more than 220 crore COVID vaccine
Maitri. 2021–22 to FY 2025–26).
doses.
n More than 9,304 Jan Aushadhi Kendras n Vande Bharat Mission, air n Historic decision to
have started. bubble flights brought over remove Article 370 and
2.97 crore people. Article 35A.
n More than 5.65 crore mothers and children
have been protected by vaccines through
Mission Indradhanush.
n More than 37 crore digital health IDs were India: A global economic superpower
created.

n The largest health insurance scheme
Ayushman Bharat -PMJAY covers medical n India is expected to become n Electronic goods exports are
expenses up to Rs 5 lakh and aims to the fastest-growing major expected to register 50%
provide relief to more than 50 crore economy in the world by growth to $23.57 billion in FY
Indians, currently 22 crore people are 2023. 2022–23.
getting relief from the burden of medical
expenses. n The Services PMI for October n Self-reliant India package of
2021 reached a ten-year Rs 27.1 lakh crore to save the
n More than 1.59 lakh Ayushman Bharat
high of 58.4. economy during Covid.
Health and Wellness Centres
n More than 3 crore citizens saved money n Recovery of bad loans of n PLI schemes to generate 60
by buying cheap medicines from Amrit more than Rs 6.60 lakh crore. lakh additional jobs in the
Pharmacy. next 5 years.
n India now has over 100
n Good medicines are available at 50 to 90%
cheaper prices at Jan Aushadhi Kendras. unicorns.
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