Posts

Showing posts from August, 2020

Achievements of Modi government

Image
 1. Government health insurance for 107.4 million lower earning families (~500 million people). Insurance of upto Rs 500,000 rupees per year per family - ~28K USD per year - by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). This is under Ayushman Bharat program. PPP is basically conversion of currency adjusted by standard of living. https://pmjay.gov.in/about/pmjay https://www.investopedia.com/updates/purchasing-power-parity-ppp/ 2. Sanitation: The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission) has built toilets at an unprecedented pace. Since October 2014, over 92 million toilets have been constructed, covering nearly 500 million households. India has become close to being open-defecation free after being only 38% open-defecation free in villages in 2014.  https://www.dailyo.in/politics/narendra-modi-achievements-report-card-ayushman-bharat-sanitation/story/1/29364.html 3. Infrastructure: There has been a steep rise in building roads, highways and metro networks as well as housing for the poor. These ar