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Nation 9 Years of Service

Fast-improving infrastructure

n 500% increase in road kilometres of rural roads
transport and highway have been built.
budget allocation since 2014. Environment and
n The speed of highway
n 99% rural road connectivity. construction reached 37 km/ sustainable development
day.
n Infrastructure with the PM
n According to the tiger count in 2022, India
Gati Shakti Master Plan. n Under the National
has a total of 3167 tigers, which is a record.
Waterways Act, 2016, 111
n 4832 projects completed for waterways have been n India achieved the COP-21 target nine years
urban development under declared National Waterways ahead of schedule.
AMRUT. (NW).
n Solar power rates are down 62% since 2014.
n PM Modi reviewed over 311 n Travel will be convenient
projects through PRAGATI with 400 world-class Vande n Renewable energy capacity more than
meetings. Bharat trains. doubled.
n Since 2014, 3.28 lakh n 35 lakh agricultural solar pumps will be
installed under PM-KUSUM.
New power for India through technology n Blue Flag certificate to 12 Indian beaches
now.
n Projects worth over Rs 35,415 crore launched
n 121 crore mobile subscribers in n In 2022, 46% of the world's
under the Namami Gange Mission.
India in 2021, 79 crore people digital transactions took
use smartphones. place in India. n The solar power installed capacity has
increased by 2300% since 2014.
n 1.98 lakh gram panchayats n The cost of one GB data
connected with optical fibre. reduced from Rs 308 to less
than Rs 9.94 Protection of cultural heritage
n Savings of over Rs 2.73 lakh
crore from DBT. 868 crore UPI n New start-ups started in 669
transactions in March 2023. districts across the country.
n World-class Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and
n Record purchase of Rs 3.90 n Internet users in India have Mahakal Project.
lakh crore on GeM portal. more than doubled in the last
5 years. n Of the 231 stolen artworks brought back to
India since 2014, only 13 were returned until
2014.

n Somnath Temple Reconstruction Project at
a cost of Rs. 3.5 crores

n The foundation stone of the Ram temple
was laid in 2020.
Today, as we complete nine
years of service to the nation, n Kedarnath Redevelopment Project at a cost
of Rs 207.3 crore
I am filled with humility and
gratitude. Every decision n The National War Memorial and the
National Police Memorial on the ground.
and every action taken have
been guided by the desire to n 10 new Tribal Freedom Fighters Museums
improve the lives of the people. are being set up.
We will continue to work hard
n 75 tourism circuits are being developed
to build a developed India. under Swadesh Darshan. Development of 12
heritage cities under the HRIDAY scheme
n Inauguration of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
- Narendra Modi,
for Sikh Pilgrims.
Prime Minister
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