The country is scripting a new journey of development even as international agencies like IMF praise it for eradicating poverty and making the lives of people easier said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a reply to the no-confidence motion brought by the opposition.
The Prime Minister mentioned an IMF working paper which states that India has almost eradicated extreme poverty. Quoting the IMF, the Prime Minister said that the Indian DBT Scheme and other social welfare schemes are a ‘logistical marvel’.
PM Modi during a confidence motion reply quoted the WHO which states that the Jal Jeevan Mission is helping save 4 lakh lives in the country and the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan helping save 3 lakh lives. “These are the poor people of the country who reside in urban slums”, he added.
Quoting UNICEF on the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Prime Minister said that it is helping the poor families of the country save Rs 50,000 per year.
Also, Modi mentioned the growth in the startup ecosystem, record foreign investment, and new peaks of exports and said, “Today a trust has arisen in the heart of the poor to fulfill their dreams.” He also talked about the NITI report about 13.5 crore people coming out of poverty.
” The Prime Minister underlined how India sank into poverty and was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1991. However, after 2014 India found a place in the top 5 economies of the world,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in reply to the no-confidence motion.
He said that this was achieved through the mantra of ‘Reform, Perform and Transform’ with definite planning and hard work. This will continue and necessary reforms will be done, he added.
“In 2028, when you will bring a No Confidence Motion, the Country will be among the top 3”, he told the House while taking a jibe at the opposition.
Continuing the distrusting approach of the opposition, the Prime Minister talked about their lack of faith in the campaigns like Swachh Bharat, Jan Dhan Account, Yoga, Ayurveda, Startup India, Digital India, and Make in India.
The Prime Minister warned against the politics of freebies and cited the situation in the neighboring countries as an example of the havoc that such politics can bring.
He lamented the tendency of winning elections through reckless assurances and people are being put under tremendous pressure as development projects are being shelved.
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