2019 will be remembered as an election year which has changed the
perception of Congress and its allies towards gullible people of the largest
democracy of the world which they manipulated for years. Gone are the days when
congress use to mislead nation by using punks in the paid mainstream media and
run a cult political game where a pilot son use to replace a dead PM mother like
a business house. 2019 will be similar to the 2014 elections with advantage
Modi because this time opposition has to fight back a tall leader of the
incumbent government with lots of good projects under his belt. In 2014 he was
only a poor tea seller who was 3 times CM of a vibrant Gujarat but zero
experience of running our country. But if we go back in the history we know he was
not even MLA when he was given the charge of a state which faced earthquake and
angry with the former CM. 2019 will be a lot tougher for opposition and Modi
haters. Modi government has dealt with every crisis very diligently and came
out with flying colors each time. The appetite of Modi for development of our
nation is huge and the opposition has failed to counter his government even
after the continuous fall of dollar and rise of petroleum products. The government
was quick to slash oil prices by a substantial amount to counter the rising
rage among common people. Even if you ask me to rate NDA 2 with NDA 1, I will
say that NDA 2 is more confident and the turnaround time to deal with every
problem was commendable. I would like to iterate over major achievements of NDA
2 government so that I can showcase why Meticulous Modi is impressive and
scoring a home run on every front in the battle for 2019.
Financial Affairs: Finance
sector is the focus of this government and it was managed meticulously by one
of the most eminent ministries lead by Arun Jaithley. GDP of India in 2014 was 2.035 trillion
USD and it jumped to $2.848 trillion in 2018. It is 40% growth in 4 years. Modi
government has fiddled with Indian economy from day one and delivered on his
promise of curbing black money. Financial
inclusion was the first step for taking head on the black money and cash
market. It was a meticulously designed step by step process, first step being
opening bank accounts for every citizen so that when government will launch
demonetization in second phase they will have bank accounts to submit the cash
they possess. When government launched demonetization all the citizens
cooperated despite provocation from opposition and their puppet media houses also
failed. Demonetization didn’t yield the intended results because of corrupt government
treasuries, current account holders, post offices, banks, gullible poor people
and many other finance institutes which helped covert all demonetized currency to
get into the system. One good outcome of demonetization was unearthing of 7+
lakh shell companies which suddenly turned active after years of inactivity.
This has triggered income tax and inappropriate assets investigation in the
irregularities of shell companies. Before the dust could have settled, Modi
Government came up with one country one tax i.e. GST (Goods and Services). GST was a financial reform country needed
desperately. GST has brought transparency in the supply chain of goods and
consolidation of various indirect taxes imposed by state and center
simultaneously. GST has removed cascading taxation and helped ease inflation. GST
brought relief for the goods transport companies and employees who had to wait
for days together at excise tax toll entries during pre GST days. GST has
helped our global ratings and improved ease of doing business by removing the
red tape, bringing in transparency and faster shipment of material. Another
important step taken was to bring together railway budget and general budget
into one. Consolidation of both the
budgets was done to get away with pre independence custom of presenting budget separately.
MGNREGA and Food Security Bill were few socialist schemes which had put
pressure on the fiscal budget of the country but hats off to Modi government
which has managed to fulfill promises of UPA as well as BJP’s pre poll promises
like One Rank One Pension. One of the UPA Defense minister once said that we don’t
have money to buy Fighter Jets but Modi government was able to accommodate a
fat defense budget which involves signing new defense deals to fill in the gap
between us and the neighboring nations. Economy was managed very well by Arun
Jaithley, an alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce. He also fell sick like
two other ministers of Modi government (Manohar Parrikar and Sushma Swaraj) but
they have truly shown how they have put their own lives on the line for our
nation.
Foreign Affairs and Indian Defense: One of the prime achievements of
incumbents is that external affairs ministry did excellent job on every front.
Pakistan is cornered diplomatically and its truth of being a terrorist state is
open in front of world to judge. Diplomatic pressure on Pakistan was extremely
high and all the excuses Pakistan used to convince international community were
falling on deaf ears. Recent election of India to UN human rights commission is
another big achievement. The way Indian foreign ministry handled humanitarian
crisis in Middle Eastern countries is appreciated by other developed
countries which asked for Indian help to evacuate. The geopolitical equations have
changed in the last few years and the way India handled Doklam faceoff with dragon
country, surgical strikes on the terrorist launch pads on Pakistani soil and
handling ceasefire violations by Pakistani army shows the mettle of Modi government
and its foreign policy. Indian Diaspora living in different country feels safe
and protected in the hands of this government. On humanitarian grounds India
has helped patients seeking health services in prestigious hospitals of our
country even from Pakistan. There is a huge improvement in the passport
services and the external affairs ministry is using all means even social media
accounts like twitter to address the grievances in record time. In short
external affairs ministry lead by Sushma Swaraj super headed by prime minister
himself has improved relations of our country with rest of the world. India was
successful in dealing with aftereffects of the impact on Iranian oil import by
India due to US sanctions. Indian has maintained a balance among various competing
defense suppliers by signing Rafael deal with French Government after approximately
2 decades, acquiring Israeli CIBMS Technology to safeguard our borders and signing a $5 billion deal to buy five Russian S-400 air defense systems. India has signed 182
defense deals over last 3 years and current year. Many other steps were taken
to strengthen the defense of this country and army was given free hand to deal
with various internal and external threats. Permanent commission for women is
one step taken to abate gender inequality in a male dominated defense forces.
Infrastructural Development: There was an
unprecedented growth in the development of ports, railways, highways, airports and other infrastructural
projects. Electrification was monitored digitally and was run like a corporate project
which we have seen never before in India. Cleanliness drive has seen awareness
and involvement of general public like never before. Clean Railway stations, rails
and entry/exit points have changed the shabby railway system. Open defecation
was defeated by making Toilet construction a national mission and it was
accomplished at an unprecedented pace. Bollywood also supported by awareness campaigns
and making movies on these initiatives
like Open Defecation menace, Cleanliness drive, Sanitation and many other
social causes. No leader till date has
ever focused on these minute but very important aspects of overall social development.
This helps in improving the all time low living index of our country. Everyone for
the first time felt an environment of optimism to fight these social issues. An
effort was made to promote Make in India brand. Big companies have started
their manufacturing units in India and export of goods is happening which has
put manufacturing on a growth trajectory. Tallest statue of the world, ‘Statue
of Unity’ will be unveiled to the world. The height of this statue is 600 feet
which is dedicated to Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel who orchestrated the
unification of states to make modern day India which comprises of different
religions, sects, regions, languages, culture etc. In short he was successful
in bringing together whole of Europe into one country which is beyond
imagination in current times. India’s longest container terminal JNPT had added
24 lakh containers per annum capacity in first phase which started recently in
2015 and completed this year. There are three more phases pending to complete
the development of this port. Two expressways were inaugurated in Delhi and
many highway projects were sanctioned across the country. Building trunk roads
to ports of the country will boost the transport system of the country. Last year Ro-Ro Ferry service was launched in
Gujarat which will reduce the travel time substantially. GIFT (Gujarat
International Finance Tech City), Chenab Railway Bridge, New Banihal Qazikund
tunnel,Sardar Sarovar Dam, Asia’s largest
solar park hub in Gujarat are few
projects which I am aware of and are currently undergoing development with unprecedented
pace. Other than that Sikkim got its first airport after 7 decades. Dhola-Sadia bridge, spanning 9.3 km
across the Brahmaputra is another development project which got completed in
last few years in the north east. Solar energy has got tremendous push and is subsidized
by the central government to reduce our dependence on replenishable sources. Arunachal
Pradesh and Meghalaya were put on the railway map for the first
time. Agartala in Tripura has also been connected with broad gauge
line. Those who are criticizing bullet train should also try to peep in the
railway infrastructure enhancements across the country especially north east
which was ignored for 7 decades under congress. Delhi Mumbai Economic corridor, Bullet train
between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Hyperloop in Andhra Pradesh, Bharatmala project,
Golden Quadrilateral, North South Transport Corridor etc are few projects in
the pipeline which needs a strong, stable and a nationalist government in the
center which can complete these projects and bring us in the top economies of
the world. I am sure you don’t want to stall the development in this country by
listening to these funky punks on task to please propagandists and Modi haters.
Reference:
https://www.opindia.com/2018/09/under-the-modi-government-northeast-india-has-witnessed-many-firsts/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O74hKwR2rxY
Science and Technology
It was NDA1 lead by a visionary leader in the form of Late AB Vajpayee
which didn’t budge to international pressure and continues with India’s hunch to
become a nuclear power in 1999. NDA 2
has reinforced trust in the scientist’s fraternity of this nation and motivated
them to achieve new heights. On 24 September 2014 Indian scientists at ISRO added
a new feather in their hat by launching Mars mission and accomplished in first
go without any help that too with minimum expenditure. We have seen reopening
of ordinance factories in the country after decades as previous governments
were happy getting the kickbacks for importing all kinds of defense arms, ammunitions
and equipments. Though we have seen many defense deals, acquisitions, procurement
of arms and ammunition, fighter planes, border security technology, anti
missile technology but we have seen one more new thing which was export of
indigenously built artillery to countries like Vietnam. India is trying to be
part of NSG but it is blocked by China thought it has support of all other
countries of the world. Once upon a time UPA had no money to buy even a single
fighter plane but incumbents have shown it how to run a country and take it to
new heights.
Social Reforms: Modi govt. has come up with stringent laws for sexual
abuse and capital punishment for child rapists. Capital punishment was a great
step to curb this growing menace. In 1981 Congress had a chance to get rid of
Tripple talaq and provide social justice to Muslim women but it got delayed by
close to 4 decades because of negligence of one political party. Somewhere I
felt Modi government did what we should have done in 1980’s. Most of the
Islamic countries including Pakistan have banned Tripple Talaq but congress has
stalled this in Rajya Sabha and I feel this is one of the reasons why I
strongly feel congress must be asked why they support such social injustices
for vote bank politics. Development for all and appeasement for none,
Nation First and many other initiatives have a great social impact and it has
helped to improve the degrading value system of this great nation. Incumbent government
has chosen the path of development to fix the problem of unemployment, inequality,
poverty etc. Modi government has not stopped the flagship socialist schemes of
UPA like MGNREGA and Food Security Bill which had a huge impact on the national
treasury. Modi government was able to get away with direct transfer of subsidy to
the bank accounts and also improved UID project of India to help in the
socialist schemes of the country. Recently Indian government has launched a socialist
healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat. Ayushman Bharat is National Health
Protection Scheme, which will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families
(approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) providing coverage up to 5 lakh rupees
per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
I can go on and on for days but the good
deeds of the incumbent government won’t finish. In the coming days the battle
will get fierce and interesting as it nears 2019 elections. Political pundits
will come up with baffling and contradictory poll reports but despite that it
will be interesting to watch Modi government get into the polls well after
being in office for complete five years. Now I will leave on you to
decide for yourself what we all yearn for and who can provide us India of our
dreams. This is just a “Modicum of Modi”,
for more keep it going.
Jai Hind Jai Bharat
Neeraj
