Prime minister Narendra Modi, in his maiden Independence day speech, announced a slew of initiatives and key reforms in governance. A year later, here is a report card
GN Bureau | August 14, 2015
“I wish to connect the poorest citizens of the country with the facility of bank accounts through Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana. There are millions of families who have mobile phones but no bank accounts. We have to change this scenario.”
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“All schools in the country should have toilets... This target should be finished within one year... On next August 15, we should be in a firm position to announce that there is no school in India without separate toilets for boys and girls.”
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“We will replace the planning commission with a new institution having a new design and structure.”
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“Come, manufacture in India. Sell in any country of the world but manufacture here. We have got skill, talent, discipline, and determination to do something.”
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“E-governance paves the way for good governance... Today it is the IT that has the potential to connect each and every citizen of the country and that is why we want to realise the mantra of unity with the help of digital India.”
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“I urge upon the members of parliament to select any one of the villages having population of three to five thousand in your constituency... each of our MPs should make one village of his or her constituency a Model Village by 2016.”
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India has become accustomed to hearing the 7% growth number. It is now less a milestone than an expectation. Yet the paradox is becoming clearer: maintaining 7% growth may be considerably harder than achieving it once. India’s real GDP grew 7.7% in FY2025–26, following growth of 6.5% in FY202
Justice Abhay Oka, who retired from the Supreme Court in May 2025, has said that the Constitution of India cannot be altered. Explaining the landmark Kesavananda Bharati judgment (1973) on the basic structure of the Constitution, he said, “This is one judgment that has saved democracy in India.&rdq
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When Shell bought Sprng Energy in 2022, India`s renewable energy market appeared to offer precisely what global energy majors were seeking: scale, growth and a place in one of the world`s largest energy transitions. Four years later, Shell is selling the same business to Aditya Birla Group for an enterpris
India`s central government has been keeping a close watch on the situation arising out of the flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday. Union home minister Amit Shah spoke with the chief ministers of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the two states that share the border with Nepal, regarding the disaster
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched on August 25, 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) under the regulatory oversight of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has completed 10 years of transforming digital payments in India. UPI has emerged as the backbone of India’s digi
