"Prime Minister said it is high time that we should work towards taking all the schemes initiated by the government to the people as it is completing a second year in office," Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary party meeting. (PTI) -
1. Two years of Modi government: Modi has set out ambitious targets including Housing for All by 2022, a Clean India as part of Swachh Bharat Mission by 2019 and giving free cooking gas cylinders to 50 million families living below the poverty line under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjala Yojana by 2019 – the year of next general elections. (PTI)
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2. Two years of Modi government: With jobs and employment a major concern in a country where an estimated 65 percent of population is below 35 years of age, the government has launched missions such as Skill India and Make in India and given focus to improve physical infrastructure in rural and urban areas. (PTI)
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3. Two years of Modi government: The government has used the direct benefit transfer and Aadhar to cut down on leakage of subsidies. It has taken steps to boost investment, strengthen higher education, enhance the share of solar and renewable energy and step up agricultural growth. (PTI)
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4. Two years of Modi government: The Modi government took a major decision last year by creating the NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog in place of the Planning Commission, which had been formulating five-year plans for the country's development since it was set up in 1950. (PTI)
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5. Two years of Modi government: PM launched "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" (save the girl child, educate the girl child) as part of the government's move to improve skewed sex ratio. (PTI)
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6. Two years of Modi government: With air pollution and climate change emerging as the key areas of focus, the government launched the Air Quality Index. India's ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) include reducing emissions intensity per unit of Gross Domestic Product by 33-35 percent of 2005 levels by 2030. (PTI)
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7. Two years of Modi government: The government has aimed to double farmers' income over the next seven years and has come up with a slew of initiatives including Soil Health Card Scheme. The government hopes to issue over 140 million soil health cards by 2018. (PTI)
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8. Two years of Modi government: The Digital India initiative seeks to make citizens digitally literate and bring internet and e-governance to all sections of society. As part of efforts to improve governance, the government has launched PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation), a multi-purpose, multi-modal platform aimed at addressing the common man's grievances. (PTI)
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9. Two years of Modi government: Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana and Start Up India and Stand Up India schemes to boost entrepreneurship. (Express Photo)
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10. Two years of Modi government: The social schemes – Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) – two insurance products and one a pension product – are mainly targeted at the unorganized sector and economically weaker sections. (Express Photo)
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