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Cover Story

Years
of Vikas Yatra

Achievements

PRADHAN MANTRI of the Pradhan
SAHAJ BIJLI HAR Mantri Vish-
GHAR YOJANA wakarma Yojana
Approximately 30 lakh
2.86 crore households across artisans and craftsmen
the country have been have registered.
electrified. All states achieved
100% electrification of Loans worth Rs 41,188
all identified willing, non- crore sanctioned to
electrified households before 4,78,020
March 31, 2019.
people
Labour Codes
Announcement regarding the
implementation of the four Labour
Codes - the Code on Wages,
2019, Industrial Relations Code,
2020, Code on Social Security,
2020, and Occupational Safety, Skill verification has
Health and Working Conditions been completed for 23,69,249
Code, 2020 - with effect from 26,36,865
21 November 2025. These have e-vouchers have been
been implemented in place of the artisans. issued.
existing 29 labour laws.

The Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rojgar and
Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G Act, The poor, the deprived, all those
2025
Under this Act, every rural household is guaranteed neglected people, for whom even the
at least 125 days of wage employment per financial doors of government offices used to
year – an increase from the previous guarantee of
100 days. be closed before, are my priorities.
Not only does Modi consider them
first, Modi also worships them. For
me, every poor person in the country
is a VIP. Every mother, sister and
daughter in the country is a VIP for
me. Every farmer of the country is

a VIP for me. Every youth of the
country is a VIP for me.

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister