Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (September 17, 2024) highlighted important steps taken by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for the poor, farmers, youth, and women during the first 100 days of its current term. This day also falls as the birthday of PM Modi.
“Today marks 100 days of the NDA government’s current term. In this time, numerous key decisions have been made to benefit the poor, farmers, youth, and to empower women. Among these, the government has committed to build 30 mn new concrete houses and announced a £20 bn package aimed at uplifting the youth,” Modi said addressing beneficiaries of Subhadra, a newly launched scheme for women in Odisha, at Bhubaneswar.
He added, “the government will fund the first month’s salary of young professionals when they join private companies. We have also approved an additional 75,000 seats in medical colleges. Recently, we gave the green light to connect 25,000 villages with concrete roads. The budget for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been doubled, and a special programme for the development of 60,000 tribal villages has been launched.”
Pension scheme
Modi detailed other initiatives, stating, “a remarkable pension scheme for government employees has been introduced. Income tax rates have been reduced for the middle-income group and small entrepreneurs. In just 100 days, 11,00,000 women have become new Lakhpati didis.”
“We have taken a major decision to support paddy and onion farmers. Import duties on edible oil have been increased to encourage domestic purchases from Indian farmers. At the same time, the export duty on basmati rice has been lowered to boost exports and benefit paddy growers. Additionally, the minimum support price for kharif crops has been increased, providing financial relief to millions of farmers to the tune of £20 bn,” he said.
The Prime Minister released the first instalment of assistance to nearly 10,00,000 beneficiaries under the Prime Minister Away Yojna-Grameen of around 14 States, took part in Grih Pravesh (house warming) celebrations for 26,00,000 beneficiaries of PMAY (Gramin and Urban) from across the country and handed over house keys to PMAY beneficiaries. Further, he launched Awaas+ 2024 Application, for survey of additional households for PMAY-G, and the operational guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) 2.0.
