Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 31: While highlighting the achievements of two years of Narendra Modi led Government at Centre BJP MP Rajya Sabha and senior Party leader Shamsher Singh Manhas today said that during the two years of NDA government led by Mr Modi, the country has scaled new heights of development in all the fields putting it on high fast track growth.
Talking to reporters here today he said the despondency that had crept into the psyche of the masses due to the scams laced mis-governance of the UPA’s ten years rule is a thing of the past.
The sole endeavour of NDA has been to provide corruption free, transparent governance committed to remove poverty, unemployment, industrial stagnation, inflation and stimulate the economy, work for the welfare of farmers, youth, women and downtrodden communities and raise the stature of the country in the comity of nations, he said.
Shamsher Singh Manhas said that the NDA’s good and clean governance has resulted in India becoming one of the fastest developing country in the world, with GDP rate having grown from 5 to 7.6 percent and tremendous increase in the foreign investment and accretion in the foreign currency reserves. The reputation and credit rating of India has significantly improved throughout the world.
Manhas said that the thrust areas of development has been on creating the infrastructure like highways, which were earlier being constructed at low pace of 4 km per day, now being constructed at the rate of 20 km per day. The railway network and the conditions of rails and platforms have undergone drastic improvements.
In Jammu and Kashmir, through free LPG connection scheme, 2910 connections have been provided and benefits of Mudra Bank Yojna have been availed by 713 youth. Skill Development Centre in each district of the State with an objective of providing skill and job to 2000 youth per year are in the pipeline.
Manhas said that the Union Health Minister recently laid foundation stones of three medical colleges at district levels in the State and two more such colleges have been sanctioned. The Union Government has also sanctioned two AIIMS, IIT, IIM and Institute of Mass Communication, work on which have been already commenced.
About 52 new schemes have been initiated including Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bacho- Beti Padho Yojna, Jan Dhan Yojna, Make in India, Skill India, Start up India, Jeevan Jyoti, Beema, Jeevan Suraksha Beema, Atal Pension Yojna, Kissan Fasal Beema Yojna etc.
BJP State general secretary Harinder Gupta, State spokespersons Prof. Virender Gupta & Balbir Ram Rattan and State secretary Sanjay Baru were also present in the press conference.
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