3 Years Of Modi Government LIVE: Here's What The Prime Minister, Others Did And Said Today

The government's messaging this year witnessed a scaling up following a huge victory in the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and the popular support for demonetisation.

After the spectacular victory in the assembly elections, the Prime Minister had said he saw it a "foundation for a New India". He had since repeatedly underscored the New India promise -- on his app and the monthly radio address to the nation, Mann ki Baat.


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The inflow in Foreign Direct Investment or FDI has nearly doubled -- from $34,487 billion in 2013 it has gone up to 61,724 billion dollars in 2017.

Even the competitiveness of the nation has gone up, the government said, citing the World Economic Forum's Global Competitive Index, where India has gone up from the 60th position to the 39th.

There has been a huge expansion in optical fibre broadband network too. The network, which covered 358 km in 2013-14, has expanded to cover 2.05.404 km. The number of digital transactions, the government said, went up from 254.5 crore in 2013-14 to 865.9 crore in 2016-17.

The area under sanitation coverage has gone up from 42 per cent in 2014 to 64 per cent in 2017. The number of toilets built -- a special initiative that the Prime Minister had announced from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2014 -- has gone up from 48.76 lakh to 2.09 crore.

The Prime Minister today put out the statistics on his NarendraModi App to show comparisons between 2014 and now. The sectors covered included agriculture, mobile banking, tele-density, women empowerment, 'Make-in-India', tourism, electrification, solar energy and distribution of LED bulbs. The Prime Minister also invited the people to participate in a survey about the government's performance.

"Sath hai, vishwas hai, ho raha vikas hai (There is cooperation, there is confidence and progress is being made)," PM Modi tweeted.

The data cited spoke of giant boost to government's flagship programmes like Make in India, Digital India and Clean India. Under Make in India, electronics manufacturing, the government said, has gone up from 11,198 crores in 2013 to a whopping 1,43,000 crore in 2017.

 The Narendra Modi government, which completes three years today, released a detailed progress report of its performance, which also recorded an increasing approval rating from the people. In 2013, only 29 per cent people were happy with the way things were going in the country. In 2016, the figure has gone up to 65 per cent, the government said. Eighty percent people are happy with the government's handling of economy -- an increase of 57 per cent in 2013. The Prime Minister's popularity rating, the government said, stands at 81 per cent.

"Last 3 years have seen concrete steps that have transformed people's lives," PM Modi tweeted.

Launching a frontal attack on the NDA government on its third anniversary, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath said the hallmark of this government in the last three years has been of "bravado, rhetoric and hyperbole".

Mr Nath, who was the former Parliamentary Affairs Minister, claimed that the highlight of the Modi government is "media management, propaganda, platitudes and acronyms" and asked people to bring a change in the politics. He went on to claim that "The future of this country is dark from the economic point of view and from the social point of view".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the people of Assam after laying the foundation stone for an All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS in Guwahati. Here are the highlights of his speech:

For us, every corner of the country is as important as Delhi.

Three years ago, at this time on this date, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President welcomed me and my government.

Today I am here to dedicate India's longest bridge to you all. We have named the bridge after Bhupen Hazarika, who sang songs of the Brahmaputra river. He loved and worshiped the river, and so this bridge has been named after him.

We have a dream for the country, these projects were part of that dream.

Inauguration of AIIMS and agriculture research institute in one day in one state is this government's achievement.

Our government has taken a step to uplift those who belong to Other Backward Classes or OBCs. The OBC Commission has been passed.

I thank all of you and everyone across the nation for participating in the Swachh Bharat mission. I thank the media for propagating the message of a clean India.

My upbringing has been that of a common man, a man from the tail-end of the queue, who wanted to do big things for this great nation.

People wondered why I was talking about toilets in my Independence Day speech from Red Fort. Earlier, they heard about big issues. It was weird for them to hear about such basic needs that go a long way in ensuring cleanliness and hygiene.

Such a high degree of participation of all citizens towards a clean India is unprecedented since Independence.

Notes ban was a very difficult decision, naysayers still say they couldn't have imaged such a huge announcement. They did everything they could to create unrest. Any government could have been destroyed because of such a decision. But we put the benefit of the nation before personal benefit.

There was a time, when there was gloom everywhere. People had lost hope. All they heard was about scams and rampant corruption. But now the era of pessimism is gone. People are hopeful of change. The thinking of "gaya dhan" (money lost) has become "aaya dhan" (money earned) and "jan dhan" (people's money).

Earlier, people wondered if there was a government at all. Now there is a new day every day. Every day something positive is happening, something that people can look forward to - be it some new scheme that benefits the masses or a new announcement about India's achievements and progress.

From lethargy and apathy in the past, you now hear of government employees coming on time and working at a brisk pace.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the third anniversary of his government and said that under his leadership, the evolution of India as a brand has witnessed a huge jump overall, thus helping it to break into the top echelons of the global order.

"India has emerged as a power in the world.The  Modi government has formed an image of a reliable and strong government. They had taken the reins of the country with a feeling of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' and today, the government has made better schemes for empowerment of all categories in the country and also successfully implemented it," Mr Chouhan said.

In a short span of three years, PM Modi has successfully acquired a status for India as the world's fastest growing and third largest economy. All economic agencies of the world are surprised at India's development, he said.


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Talking about the government, President Pranab Mukherjee said there has been many major developmental initiatives in India in different directions under the Modi government. "It (initiatives) has been possible for India because of its strong foundations in economy to overcome the financial crises and subsequently the international financial problems including the Euro zone crises. The Indian economy is moving steadfast. The Prime Minister has given a new direction, no doubt. Various initiatives which he has taken clearly indicates the onward movement of India," President Mukherjee said.

Some of the decisions are no doubt epoch making decisions, he said.

Praising the Prime Minister on the third anniversary of the NDA government today, President Pranab Mukherjee said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one the most effective communicators and has given new direction to India's economy".

President Mukherjee went on to say, "No doubt in the contemporary period, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of the most effective communicators and perhaps can be compared with other illustrious prime ministers like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi who communicated on their principle, on their ideas accepting the Parliamentary form of government and particularly to have a secular Constitution".

He said without having the capacity to be a good communicator one cannot expect to lead the millions of people.


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Slamming those in the opposition who question the government's performance, BJP chief Amit Shah said yesterday that they should first answer what they did while in power for decades. "Some people are asking what did the Narendra Modi government do? I want to say, it did in three years what all governments did not do in 70 years," he said, in an apparent reference to the Congress which has ruled India for the majority of the years since independence.

The festivals will be organised by state governments; apart from presentations highlighting key government policies and accomplishments, caps and leaflets about large welfare schemes will be shared.

BJP Chief Ministers and their deputies will participate in MODI Fests in the capital of their states. Events will be held in about 900 cities across the country between today and June 15 to highlight the achievements in the three years of the central government.

The events in Assam will be the first of the five programmes that PM Modi is expected to personally lead as part of the celebrations for completing three years in office. The high point of the celebrations will be a series of festivals titled 'MODI Fests' (Making of Developing India Festivals).

Underscoring the government's achievements, BJP chief Amit Shah said the government has represented "India and its pride on the world stage"."India's self-confidence, pride and scale of ambition has grown manifold in three years under the Modi government," he said, adding that the BJP has virtually finished three banes of politics -- casteism, family rule and appeasement.

Next, he laid the foundation stone of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Assam at Gogamukh in Dhemaji district. "Change doesn't come through tokenism," he said, reiterating the his aim of doubling farmers' incomes by 2022. Later, he laid the foundation stone of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS at the Sarusajai stadium in Guwahati.

"The bridge that you've been waiting for five decades is finally here... it will be known by the name of (singer) Bhupen Hazarika," the Prime Minister said to loud cheers at a public rally.

The Prime Minister started his public engagements today by inaugurating the country's longest bridge, the Dhola-Sadiya bridge - also known as the Bhupen Hazarika bridge, in Tinsukia district at 10:45 am. The 9.15 km-long bridge built over the Brahmaputra river will reduce travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by at least four hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's longest bridge in Assam today and laid the foundation for an agricultural research institute as his government celebrated its third anniversary in events across the country. He accused the previous administration of "tokenism" and holding up real development. Celebrations of the government's anniversary - which also coincides with the first year of the BJP government in Assam - will last 20 days. Ministers and lawmakers from the BJP will be participating in programmes across the country.