How many promises did the Narendra Modi government keep?
Narendra Modi led ‘National Democratic Alliance’ swept a landmark victory in the 2014 General Election and formed the government. We tracked the progress of all the promises the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) made in their manifesto as their government completes the 5 year term in a few months.
During the 2014 General Election campaign, Narendra Modi led BJP made around 346 promises in their manifesto. The manifesto reflects a mix of qualitative and quantitative promises. BBC tried to cover as many promises and check the progress before the fresh elections happen this year.
We have set three status categories to track the progress of the promises made in the manifesto.
Fulfilled: Those promises that have been achieved to the letter.
In Progress: Those promises where the Government has made some progress by adding new schemes, increasing funds, amending acts etc.
No Progress: Those promises which haven’t made any progress. These include promises where the Government made proposals but were turned down by the Apex court or other higher bodies.
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Introduce rotation farming for herbal products
Revising the MSP and linking MNREGA to agriculture
Set up seed culture labs in each district.
Strengthen and expand rural credit facilities
Reform the Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee APMC act
Establish welfare measures for farmers above 60 years of age
Explore setting up of regional Kisan TV channels
Introduce soil assessment based crop planning and setting up mobile soil testing labs
Implement a farm insurance scheme
Set up the ‘Organic Farming and Fertilizer Corporation of India’, to promote organic farming
Introduce and promote low water consuming irrigation techniques
Increase public investment in agriculture and rural development
Introduce the concept of consumer-friendly farmers' market to reduce wastages and increase incomes and risk coverage
Promote fish farming and aquaculture
Encourage and empower our youth for self-employment
Strategically develop high impact domains like Labour-intensive manufacturing and Tourism
Provide policy support for enhancing the mandate to purchase from SME for large scale projects
Ensure adoption of IT in MSMEs
Ensure availability of credit through a dedicated SME bank
Increase public spending on R&D and incentivize R&D investments to increase the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector
Take steps for Interest rate rationalization for credit to the industry
Accord high priority to the growth of manufacturing, to create jobs in the country
Frame the environmental laws in a manner that provides no scope for confusion
Set up a task force to review and revive the MSME sector
Move towards a single-window system of through a Hub-Spoke Model
Ensure improvement in logistics infrastructure & supply chain management
Ensure cutting the red tape, simplify the procedures & remove the bottlenecks
Ensure that a conducive, enabling environment is created making ‘doing business’ in India easy
Embark on the path of IPRs and patents in a big way
Establish an Export Promotion Mission
Connect ports with roads and rail to the hinterland
Focus on Zero defect products
Take all necessary steps to protect and technologically advance the interest of retailers, small traders and small vendors
Bring down the Current account deficit by focusing on exports.
Ensure easy availability of institutional credit.
Review obsolete and multiple laws to reduce and simplify them.
Vocational schemes
Bring on board all State governments in adopting GST
Provide a non adversarial and conducive tax environment
Special mission to create 50 tourist circuits
Special course in tourism
Integrated public transport
Develop waterways for transport
Develop national logistics network
Agri Rail network will be established with train Wagons designed to cater to the specific needs of perishable Agricultural products
Provide tourist Rail including Pilgrimage Rail
Facilitate the modernisation of railways
Initiate R&D for indigenous railways, coach design and signals
Launch Diamond Quadrilateral project - of High Speed Train network (bullet train).
Provide international linkages for exports in MSME sector
Set up trade facilitation to ensure easier customs clearances
Prioritize Safety and invest in long required overhaul of stressed infrastructure, strict norms and warning systems
Enabled e-Governance - minimizing the discretion in the citizen-government interface.
Encourage Savings as an important driver of investment and growth
Undertake Banking reforms to enhance ease and access, as well as accountability
Revisit the policy framework for investments both foreign and domestic to make them more conducive
Engage with foreign Governments to facilitate information sharing on black money
Set up a task force to tackle black money
To initiate the process of tracking down and bringing back black money stashed in foreign banks and offshore accounts
Make the functioning of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) more efficient and investor-friendly
Allowing FDI in sectors wherever needed for job and asset creation, infrastructure and acquisition of niche technology.
Not allow FDI in the multi-brand retail sector
Set up a strong regulatory framework for the non-banking financial companies(NBFCs) to protect the investors
Take steps to reduce NPAs in Banking sector
Overhaul the tax dispute resolution mechanisms
Set Up a robust IT network to implement GST
Rationalization and simplify the tax regime to remove uncertainty and create investor confidence
Evolve a single ‘National Agriculture Market’
Disseminate Real-time data, especially to farmers – on production, prices, imports, stocks, and overall availability of crops, seeds etc.
Unbundle Food Corporation of India operations
Set up a Price Stabilisation Fund
Put in place strict measures and special courts to stop hoarding and black marketing
Expand national solar power mission
Promote renewable energy sources
Increase coal production
Launch hydropower generation projects
Implement 'National Energy Policy'
Create a 'Himalayan Sustainability Fund'.
Launch 'National Mission on Himalayas'
Promote Indian languages, and put measures for the development of all Indian languages
Provide appropriate resources for the maintenance and restoration of all national heritage sites
Necessary legal framework will be created to protect and promote cow. A National Cattle Development board will be set up to implement a Programme for the improvement of indigenous livestock breeds.
Launch a massive 'Clean Rivers Programme'
Take into consideration the cultural and strategic importance of the Ram Setu for the 'SethuSamudram Channel' project
Evolve the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model into a People Public Private Partnership (PPPP) mode
Reward additional developmental grants to Panchayats for good performance
We will actively involve people in policy formulation and evaluation through various platforms
Encourage Openness in the Government, involving all stakeholders in the decision-making processes
Mandate digitization of all government work
Revising election expenditure limits
Holding Assembly and Lok Sabha elections simultaneously
Fast-track cases against politicians
Give special emphasis to the development of Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms – like Lok Adalats, Arbitration and Conciliation centres
Review and refine/ scrap outdated laws
Special courts for IPR cases
Implement the National Litigation Policy
Promote e-Bhasha - National Mission for the promotion of IT in Indian Languages
Use mobile and e-Banking to ensure financial inclusion
Set up a National Judicial Commission
Address the issue of Flood control in Assam and river water management.
Fencing work at India-Bangladesh border
Address the problems of refugees from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
Pension and Health insurance for all kinds of labourers
Facilitate training and capacity building of Police forces
Modernize the police force, equipping them with the latest technology.
Network police stations across the country for intelligence sharing and crime control
Modernize our Prison system with technology and infrastructure
Train and technologically enable the police on cyber crime
Launch State Regional Councils
Integrated urban planning
Integrated waste management in model towns
Launch the 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchayee Yojana'
Sewage treatment
Set up desalination plants
Interlinking rivers
Examine groundwater quality
Water access in remote areas
Piped water to all households
Establish the Sagarmala project
Draft a Uniform Civil Code, drawing upon the best traditions and harmonizing them with the modern times, which protects the rights of all women.
Digitization of Government records
Set up a comprehensive National e-Library, empowering Lawyers
Periodically review and give suggestions for refining our laws
Forums like 'National Development Council' and 'Inter-State Council' will be revived
Establish a Central University dedicated to Himalayan Technology
Introduce self-defense as a part of the school curriculum
Make the procedures to appoint senior positions transparent to enhance the credibility of Indian Universities
Rework the work culture of teacher training institutions
Initiate a multi-country student exchange program for school going children
Establish a national E-Library to empower school teachers and students
Explore ways to reduce the daily burden of carrying books to school for children using technology
Start a national modernization program for madrasas
Help girls to continue and complete school education
Set up for a performance audit of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Review the process of school education
Focus on child health and prevention
Start integrated courses for Indian System of Medicine (ISM) and modern science and Ayurgenomics and set up institutions of Indian system of medicine
Increase public investment in Yoga and AYUSH
Launch National Mosquito Control mission.
Initiate the ‘National Health Assurance Mission’
Initiate the New Health Policy
Develop special pedagogy for differently-abled students
Universalize secondary school education and skill development with a focus on rural, tribal and difficult areas
Raise the standard of education and research
Pursue population stabilization as a mission mode program
Health and hygiene will be made a part of the school curriculum
Set up the entire education network for tribals
Set up a National Commission on Education to recommend New Education Policy (NEP)
Set up Massive Open Online Courses
Revisit the Apprenticeship Act
Restructure UGC into a Higher Education Commission
Raise the standard of education to enhance global status by enhancing research in Indian Universities
Provide autonomy with steps to ensure accountability for institutions of higher learning
Institute a mechanism for interaction between industry (including SME), academia & community
Increase the number of medical and para-medical colleges
Set up an AIIMS like institute in every state
Identify 100 most backward districts of the country
Empower Waqf Boards in consultation with religious leaders; taking steps to remove encroachments from Waqf properties
Revise the existing PDS
Setup mode projects for housing, education, health and skills development.
Initiate a 'Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojna' at the national level to be overseen by a 'Tribal DevelopmentAuthority'.
Establishing the National Centre for Tribal Research and Culture to preserve the tribal culture andlanguages.
Enhancing the funds for tribal welfare and development
Strengthen the natural resource base of the people to tide over natural calamities
Encourage the domestic industry to have a larger share in design and production of military hardware and platforms
Strengthen the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
Revamp the intelligence gathering system by modernizing the intelligence department.
Provide the State governments with all assistance to modernize their respective police forces
Establish institutes of Technology for Rural Development
Create autonomous technology transfer organizations universities and national laboratories to transfer the know-how generated by them to the industry.
Devise schemes and programs to encourage the youth to take scientific research and innovation as a career
Use science and technology for the purpose of alleviation of poverty, enhancing livelihood security, removal of hunger and malnutrition and generation of employment.
Strengthen and expand the Civil Defence and Home Guards mechanism
Encourage and strengthen NCC training at the college and University level
Chalk a national plan to address the challenges posed by the Maoist's insurgency.
Take urgent steps for the safety of the migrant workers and communities from the Northeast and other states.
Address the issue of reforms with regards to defence equipment, support services, organizational reforms and other related matters.
Implement one rank, one pension
Build a war memorial
Set up the National Maritime Authority
Modernise the armed forces
Review and improve border management. Punitive measures will be introduced to check illegal immigration.
Set up four dedicated defence universities to meet the shortage of manpower.
Appoint a Veterans Commission to address the grievances of veterans
Ensure greater participation of Armed Forces in the decision-making process of the Ministry of Defence
Implement measures to improve the efficiency of Armed Forces Tribunals
Ensure that servicemen can register and vote from their place of posting.
Initiate the process of digitization of defence land in cantonment and in other places.
Introduce internships and apprenticeship programs for youths
Launch a national programme for digital empowerment of the people
Create institutional mechanisms to refresh and upgrade abilities through continuing education
Bring together industry, universities and government
Set up Centers of Excellence in partnership with the industry
Launch a 'National Multi-skill Mission'
Review, amend and strengthen the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act,2012 and Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)
Tax relaxation for senior citizens
Invest in setting up and improving old-age homes.
Enact the 'Rights of the Persons with Disabilities bill' (RPWD)
Put emphasis on imparting soft skills including a national program on foreign languages.
Run short-term courses, in the evenings, focusing on employable skills
Sports facilities in all new housing colonies
Initiate nation-wide 'district level incubation and accelerator programme' for encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship
Address the issue of anaemia
Devise schemes and programs to engage the senior citizens as volunteers / part-time workers in various development programmes of the government
Procedure to avail Student's loans will be simplified and loans made affordable
E-learning for specially-abled students
Universal IDs for people with disabilities
Disabled friendly infrastructures in public areas and transport
Tax relief for family of disabled
Device special scheme for sportspersons to ensure social security
Establish sports academies across the country
Launch a 'National Sports Talent Search System'
More funds allocation to sports
Launch the 'Youth for Development' programme
Set-up Youth parliament across India
Set up the National Youth Advisory Council
Set up the Young Leaders Programme
Set up an All Women Mobile Bank
Increase the number of female police
Establish government fund for acid attack victims
Activate the government fund for rape victims support
Expand female healthcare
Pass the women reservation bill
Set up a dedicated W-SME (Women Small and medium enterprises) cluster in every district.
Special skills training and business incubator park for women
Using information technology for women's safety
Expand female training opportunities
Establish a scheme to focus on the girl child
Set up special programs aimed at girls below the poverty line, tribals, and indigent women
Complete infrastructure in every rural home
Low interest rates for Women Self Help Groups
Special adult literacy initiative for women
Remove gender disparities in property rights, marital rights and cohabitation rights
Pay community healthcare workers better
Expand/improve women's hostels
Special business facilitation centre for women
Launch Beti Bachao - Beti Padhao
Promote horticulture, floriculture, pisciculture, bee-keeping
Modernize agriculture and allied industries through stronger credit and market linkages
Create Cluster based storage systems
Connect ports to the hinterland through a strategic rail network.
Amend the multi-state cooperative act to removelacunae and anomalies.
Initiate a Government - Industry Dialogue, a channel for regular interface with the industry
Phase out unmanned rail crossings
Maximize the potential of oil, gas, hydel power, ocean, wind, coal, and nuclear sources.
Set in place national policies on critical natural resources like coal, minerals, spectrum, etc.
Promote Cleaner Fuels
Pollution control mechanisms will be set up on priority basis
The Wastelands of the country will be used for social forestry
Bring out guidelines for Green buildings and energy efficient workplaces
Set up fool proof mechanisms for protection and preservation of wild life
Encourage citizen's participation in reforestation, agro-forestry and social forestry, through targeted programmes
Implement auction of precious resources through efficient mechanisms including eauction.
Resource mapping, exploration and management will be undertaken through the use of technology
Provide appropriate resources for the maintenance and restoration of all national heritage sites
Move toward resolution of Ram Mandir dispute in Ayodhya
Accord high priority to opening new courts, and setting up a mechanism for speedy clearance of the backlog of cases
Double the number of lower courts and judges
Accord high priority to filling the Judges vacancies
Mandate a performance review, social and environmental audit for all Government schemes and programmes.
Generate IT based jobs in rural and semi-urban areas.
Make technology enabled products affordable for students.
Pursue a mission mode project under the 'National Rural Internet and Technology Mission' for use of telemedicine and mobile healthcare for rural healthcare delivery;
The 'E-Gram, Vishwa Gram' scheme in Gujarat to be implemented nationwide
Bring SC/ST, OBCs and other weaker sections of the society within the ambit of IT-enabled the development
Promote 'open source' and 'open standard' software
Set-up high speed highways
Use technology to reduce transmission and istribution losses
Create a fund for modernisation of courts to improve the operational efficiency of courts.
Set up fast track courts for cases involving commercial laws.
Review and reduce the number of cases in which the Government is a litigant.
Enhance the number of women in the Bar as well as Bench, reducing the gender gap injudiciary
Run legal awareness programmes and introduce it in school curriculum
Make legal information open and freely accessible
Expand and empower our pool of diplomats
Roll out a massive Low-cost Housing programme to ensure that every family will have a pucca house of its own.
Nurture more job generating opportunities like tourism and IT industry in the northeast
Address the issue of infiltration and illegal immigrants in the Northeast region on a priority basis.
Set up Hostels for North-Eastern students at various educational centers
Issue identity cards to the unorganised sector labourers, provide them good quality health-and-education services and upgrade their skills through training programs
Consider the option of setting up a dedicated Workers Bank.
Set up Gas Grids to make gas available to households and industry.
Modernize existing and operational airports. Connect smaller towns and all tourism circuits.
Every village will be connected through all-weather roads
National Highway construction projects will be expedited, especially Border and Coastal highways
Connect remote states like those in the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India through world class highways and rail lines
Work on the Freight Corridors
Evolve a national network of specialized universities having expertise in complementary domains.
Set up a National Optical-Fibre Network up to the village level; and Wi-Fi zones in public areas.
Nurture ground water recharge harnessing rain water
Promote decentralized, demand-driven, community-managed water resource management, water supply, and environmental sanitation.
Arrange sports facilities and training needs and make sports as a compulsory part of the school curriculum
Revitalize Mid-day meal scheme (MDMS)
High priority will be given to addressing the shortfall of healthcare professionals
Review the role of various professional regulatory bodies in healthcare and consider setting up an overarching lean body for healthcare
Modernize Government hospitals, upgrading infrastructure and latest technologies
Re-orientation of herbal plants board to encourage farming of herbal plants
Set up the ‘National eHealth Authority’ to leverage telemedicine and mobile healthcare
Create an open defecation free India
Set up modern, scientific sewage and waste management systems.
Introduce Sanitation Ratings measuring and ranking our cities and towns on 'sanitation'
Make potable drinking water available to all
Mission mode project to eradicate malnutrition
Implement a programme for women healthcare with emphasis on rural, SC, ST and OBC in a mission mode.
Invest in research and development of solutions for chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, cancer, CVD
Universalization of emergency medical services-108
Facilitate the setting up of a permanent Inter-faith Consultative mechanism
Set an institute of Big data and Analytics for studying the impact of big data across sectors for predictive science.
Promote international science and technology cooperation towards achieving the goals of national development and security.
Encourage research and application to meet the challenges of climate change and for forecasting prevention and mitigation of natural hazards.
Harness advanced satellite technology and expertise for development.
Vocational qualifications of academic equivalence
Ensure economic independence of the disabled
Encourage the production of cereals, pulses and oils
Support and aid voluntary organizations working for the care of the disabled
Assess the talent and capacity of our youth from an early age; so they can be groomed accordingly
Seek the participation of voluntary organizations in running community kitchens
Address the increasing shortage of commissioned and non-commissioned staff in the defense forces on a priority basis, in a time-bound manner.
Reorganize Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in order to converge various departments dealing in healthcare, food, and nutrition and pharmaceuticals
Reform the National Security Council to make it the hub of all sector-related assessments. It will be accountable for real-time intelligence dissemination. Digital and Cyber security will be a thrust area
Build world-class, regional centers of excellence of scientific research in the field of nanotechnology, material sciences, thorium technology, and brain research
Create a comprehensive national system of innovation
Promote science popularization schemes
Research for the eradication of tropical diseases
Promote research and application of nuclear science in medicines, industry, and agriculture
Ensure that the retailers and SMEs don't have to spend time and money for seeking multiple licenses to start the business. There will a system in place to avoid harassment of small traders.
Transform our Employment Exchanges into Career Centres
Support in R&D and innovation in MSMEs
Senior Citizens health care would be a special focus area
Ensure effective implementation of the Right to Education, Right to Food Security Act
Encourage business houses to patronize sports and sportspersons
Air Cargo facilities will be enhanced throughout the country
Revive the anti-terror mechanism, strengthen the role of NIA and put a system in place for swift and fair trial of terror related cases.
Work towards strengthening Regional forums like SAARC and ASEAN
Decision-making on environment clearances will be made transparent as well as time-bound
Special focus on developing skilled human resources to meet future demand
Set up mechanism that will ensure that the central & state governments work in close coordination and synergy while giving clearances to mega projects
Facilitate setting up of software and hardware manufacturing units
Ensure fiscal autonomy of States while urging financial discipline
Invest in India's indigenous Thorium Technology Programme
Focus on development of energy infrastructure, human resource development and upgradation of technology.
Aim to gainfully employ rural poor in agriculture and allied activities
The concept of pro-active 'Carbon Credit' will be promoted.
Harness the NRIs, PIOs and professionals settled abroad for strengthening Brand India.
Bring Coastal States together on a common platform to discuss issues of Marine Policing
Study in detail India's nuclear doctrine, and revise and update it, to make it relevant to challenges of current times.
Methodology
For this project, we have set three status categories to track the progress of the promises made in the 2014 manifesto.
Fulfilled: Those promises that have been achieved to the letter.
In Progress: Those promises where the Government has made some progress by adding new schemes, increasing funds, amending acts etc.
No Progress: Those promises where the Government hasn't made any progress. These include promises where the Government made proposals but were turned down by the Supreme court.
Our data team went through each promise manually to set its status. The process involved going through Parliament questions, official reports, and surveys to determine the progress. Each promise comes with an explanation of its status and links to sources of the information.
We pulled 393 promises form the 2014 manifesto but included 346 in our analyses. Some promises were repeated and some were too generic in nature to prove. To see a list of the remaining 47 promises and why we chose not to include them in our analysis click here.
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Initiate the New Health Policy
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
The National Health Policy was set up in 2017. It aims at achieving universal health coverage and delivering quality health care services to all at an affordable cost.
Study in detail India's nuclear doctrine, and revise and update it, to make it relevant to challenges of current times.
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
The Government has been following India's three-stage nuclear power programme form the 1950's. India is currently working on stage two and preparing for stage three. The Government amended the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 in 2015 to enable Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to form joint venture companies with Indian PSUs to meet the additional funding requirements to expand the nuclear power programme.
Establish welfare measures for farmers above 60 years of age
Category: Agriculture Status: Fulfilled
In 2015 the Government launched the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), a pension scheme targeted at the unorganised sector. Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) was launched in 2019 to provide financial protection to the poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational categories of urban workers. Other ongoing and new pension plans that include farmers are the Indira Gandhi Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Integrated Programme of Older Persons (IPOP), Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) etc. In the Union Budget 2019, the Government announced the “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KiSaN)” under which the financial benefit of Rs. 6000/- per year will be provided to all small and marginal Farmer families, irrespective of age.
Implement a farm insurance scheme
Category: Agriculture Status: Fulfilled
In 2016, the Government introduced the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to provide risk insurance to crops in areas of widespread calamities viz. drought, flood, pest and diseases, cyclone etc. Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) is a weather index-based scheme launched in 2016 after revisiting the erstwhile Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS). The scheme provides insurance protection to farmers against adverse weather incidence, such as deficit and excess rainfall, high or low temperature, humidity etc.
Bring Coastal States together on a common platform to discuss issues of Marine Policing
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
Meetings between the Home Ministers, Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) of coastal states and Union Territories have been held from time to time to discuss issues affecting the coastal states which include coastal security and marine policing.
Introduce and promote low water consuming irrigation techniques
Category: Agriculture Status: Fulfilled
In 2015, the government launched the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with the aim of promoting water conservation techniques in irrigation. With slogans like ‘Har Khet ko pani’ and ‘More crop per drop',
Increase public investment in agriculture and rural development
Category: Agriculture Status: Fulfilled
According to budget expenditure reports, public spending estimates on Agricultuer and Rural development in 2014 was Rs. 111056 Crore and it went upo to Rs. 170003 Crore in 2018
Encourage and empower our youth for self-employment
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
Through various targeted programmes such as Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Prime Minister Mudra Yojna, Start-Up India, Stand Up India, Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) and National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) the Government is promoting self-employment. NULM was introduced by UPA government in 2013. Banks Have been setting up Rural Self Employment Training Institute [RSETI] to train youth and empower them to set up self-employment ventures by providing bank credit.
Strategically develop high impact domains like Labour-intensive manufacturing and Tourism
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
The Government has initiated and continued many previous government schemes. Exports of products under labour-intensive sectors are supported through various schemes like the Focus Market Scheme, Market Linked Focus Product Scheme and Focus Product Scheme. During the mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20, the rates for Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) were enhanced by 2% for key labor intensive sectors . Ministry of Tourism has taken several initiatives for the development and promotion of tourism in the country. The Swadesh Darshan Scheme of 2015 developes theme-based tourist circuits, the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) Scheme looks at the holistic development of identified pilgrimage destinations, the Adopt a Heritage Project focuses on the maintenance of tourist amenities at heritage sites/monuments and other tourist sites.
Aim to gainfully employ rural poor in agriculture and allied activities
Category: Minorities Status: Fulfilled
The Government is continuing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. in 2018, out of the 260 permissible works under the MGNREGS, 164 were related to agriculture and allied work. The percentage of expenditure on works related to agriculture & allied works was around 67% in 2017-18.
Focus on development of energy infrastructure, human resource development and upgradation of technology.
Category: Environment and Energy Status: Fulfilled
In 2017 the Saubhagya Scheme was announced to provide .lectricy to every household in India. This includes setting up energy infrastructure. The Skill India Campaign was also launched in 2015 with the aim to train a creat a skilled human resource pool.
Vocational schemes
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
The Skill India campaign was launched on 15 July 2015, which included the National Skill Development Mission and the new National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015. India's largest skill certification scheme, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) was launched on the same day and was later approved to run for a further four years (2016-2020).
Bring on board all State governments in adopting GST
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
GST was passed in 2017.
Special course in tourism
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
The Ministry of Tourism announced the launch of an MBA in Tourism in July 2015. The course was created in partnership with the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University in Amarkantak. A further certification programme for tourist facilitators was rolled out in November 2018.
Develop waterways for transport
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
The Indian Parliament passed a bill in 2016 to convert 106 inland waterways to national waterways. Through the SagarMala programme, the government has identified opportunities for increasing water transport nationwide. The first of these waterways came into use in 2018.
Provide tourist Rail including Pilgrimage Rail
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking of Ministry of Railways, operates various Tourist Trains for pilgrimage places all over the country these include pilgrimage trains. The Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra Yojana, a pilgrimage plan for Senior citizens provides pilgrimage trains for the elderly. Indian Railways recently revamped the Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train that goes to sites associated with Buddhism.
Set up trade facilitation to ensure easier customs clearances
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has come into force In 2017 after India ratified it in 2016. The agreement sets out measures for effective co-operation between customs and other appropriate authorities on trade facilitation and customs compliance issues. The Central Board of Excise & Customs launched a Single window interface for facilitating Trade (SWIFT) in April 2016 to enable exporters to file a common electronic declaration. The two facilitation schemes namely Accredited Clients Programme (ACP) and Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) have been merged into a combined three-tier AEO Programme to further provide facilitation/ benefits to the exporters/ importers. 24X7 Customs clearance facility has been made available at 19 seaports and 17 Air Cargo Complexes. The Government reduced the number of documents regarding the export/import process. Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee (CCFC) was set up in 2015.
Encourage Savings as an important driver of investment and growth
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
The Government has started and continued many schemes to boost household financial savings. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana launched in 2015 encourages parents to start saving funds for their daughters. The Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) of 2014 gives citizens easy access to financial services. Other initiatives involve, increasing the personal income tax exemption limit, increase in the limit of deduction under the Income Tax Act. Budget 2018-19 also announced certain measures to boost domestic savings which include, increase in an exemption of interest income for the senior citizens on deposits with banks, higher limit of deduction for the health insurance premium for senior citizens.
Undertake Banking reforms to enhance ease and access, as well as accountability
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana scheme that aims to expand and make affordable the access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, credit, insurance, and pensions.In early 2018 the Government announced its latest bank recap and comprehensive reform plan that will focus on customer responsiveness, responsible banking among other things.
Engage with foreign Governments to facilitate information sharing on black money
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
India entered into tax treaties with a number of countries in order to bolster information sharing for tax purposes with foreign Governments. Amendments were made to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs) to increase transparency and to check black money. India has also entered into Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs), Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (Multilateral Convention), SAARC Multilateral Agreement. India has tax treaties with 139 countries/jurisdictions as on June 2016.
Set up a task force to tackle black money
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
A task force was established in February 2017 to crack down on shell companies that are used to launder black money
To initiate the process of tracking down and bringing back black money stashed in foreign banks and offshore accounts
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act came into effect in 2015. Since then many other schemes and acts like the Enactment of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act have been put into place along with Task Forces and Investigative teams.
Make the functioning of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) more efficient and investor-friendly
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
The Government has abolished the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in 2017 in order to make India a more attractive FDI destination and increase FDI inflows by providing greater ease of doing business.
Invest in India's indigenous Thorium Technology Programme
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
Monazite is the primary source of thorium in India. The resources of monazite based on data of Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration & Research, (AMD), is estimated to be 12.47 million tons. According to budget reports in 2012-2013 Rs,1.50 crores were spent on the operation and maintenance of the Thorium Plant in Trombay. No money has been spent on it since then. The Government, in December, 2016, has accorded in-principle approval for the Tarapur Maharashtra Site (TMS) for locating a 300 MW Advanced Heavy Water Reactor that is used for Thorium application. A total of Rs.292 Crore has been allotted for Research and Development programme on thorium based reactors
Set up a strong regulatory framework for the non-banking financial companies(NBFCs) to protect the investors
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
The RBI revised the already existing regulatory framework for NBFCs in 2014. The revisions have been put in place to ensure the strengthing of the NBFC sector and its stakeholders.
Take steps to reduce NPAs in Banking sector
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
The Government has taken a number of steps to expedite and enable resolution of NPAs of PSBs. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) aims at resolving bankruptcy case in the banking sector which will lead to the reduction of nonperforming assets in the system. The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 was amended in 2017 to add provisions for handling cases related to stressed assets. The Government is also continuing the SARFAESI Act that provides methods of recovery of the NPAs.
Set Up a robust IT network to implement GST
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
The Goods and Service Tax Act was passed in the Parliament and came into effect in 2017. Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) incorporated in 2013 is the technological backbone of the GST. It was developed by Infosys.
Evolve a single ‘National Agriculture Market’
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
The Government set up the National Agriculture Market ( eNAM ) in 2016 as an online trading portal for farmers that networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
Set up a Price Stabilisation Fund
Category: Economy Status: Fulfilled
The Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) was set up in 2014 under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Famers Welfare (DAC&FW) to help regulate the prices of agri-horticultural commodities
Expand national solar power mission
Category: Environment and Energy Status: Fulfilled
The National Solar Mission was reviewed in 2015 and targets for increasing solar power capacity were set. Capacity reportedly doubled in the following year.
Increase coal production
Category: Environment and Energy Status: Fulfilled
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), India was the world's third-largest coal producer in 2016-17. Demand for and production of coal have both increased in subsequent years.
Launch hydropower generation projects
Category: Environment and Energy Status: Fulfilled
The government has opened a number of hydro projects during the past four years.
Special focus on developing skilled human resources to meet future demand
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
The National Skill Development Mission was launched in 2015 to provide a strong institutional framework for the implementation of skill training across the country. The Skill India Campaign was also launched in 2015 with the aim to train people in different skills.
Launch 'National Mission on Himalayas'
Category: Environment and Energy Status: Fulfilled
The National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS), was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2015
Encourage Openness in the Government, involving all stakeholders in the decision-making processes
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Government has launched many portals where citizens can interact with the authorities to voice their concerns and participate in the decision-making process.
Revising election expenditure limits
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
In February 2014, the Cabinet approved amendment of the Conduct of the Election Rules, 1961 and revised the limit of election expenditure incurred by a candidate for Parliamentary constituencies to Rs 70 lakh in most of the state. In case of assembly constituencies, the maximum limit has been increased to Rs 28 lakh in most states those in the NorthEast, Goa and Puducherry.
Review and refine/ scrap outdated laws
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
A project “Identification of Obsolete Laws” was undertaken by the 19th Law Commission of the previous government but no progress could be made as the term of the Commission ended. The 20th Law Commission decided to continue with the project and submitted four reports on "Obsolete Laws: Warranting Immediate Repeal", in which it recommended repealing acts. The Prime Minister's Office set up a two-member committee in 2014 to review the repeal of obsolete laws. The committee identified a total of 1,824 laws for repeal. Five bills have been passed since then to undertake this mass repealing. Out of 1824 Acts identified for repealing, a total of 1,428 Acts have already been repealed.
Use mobile and e-Banking to ensure financial inclusion
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) attracted nearly 29 crores new accounts since 2014. Prime Minister Modi also launched UPI based mobile payment app called BHIM.
Facilitate training and capacity building of Police forces
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Central Government has been providing training for Police personnel through various schemes and institutes. The government is providing funds to State Governments under the ‘Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF) Scheme’ for modernization of Police Forces. This includes assistance in training. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Bureau of Police Research & Development, North Eastern Police Academy and Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science are conducting training courses in forensic science at different levels. Training Branch of National Crime Records Bureau conducts various training programs for Indian Police officers. The Government through its Specialised Training Institutions under the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Central Police Organisations (CPOs) is imparting specialized training to their personnel as well as police personnel of State Police/UTs every year on various topics.
Modernize the police force, equipping them with the latest technology.
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The government has undertaken various initiatives to modernize the police force. In 2017, the government approved the umbrella scheme of “Modernisation of Police Forces(MPF)” for three years’ a period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with the total outlay of Rs. 25,061 crore. This funds under the scheme are being used for the acquisition of the latest weaponry, training gadgets, advanced communication, and forensic equipment etc. Apart from the MPF, the government also rolled out the Crime and Criminal Network and Systems (CCTNS) in 2018 as an online portal for investigations and citizen services. The portal also facilitates interaction and sharing of information among police stations. The Central government has been holding training sessions on cyber forensics through various departments and schemes like The Information Security Education and Awareness portal, Cert-in, The Training Division of the Bureau of Police Research & Development, Cyber Crime Prevention Against Women and Children scheme, CBI, etc. Even private institutes and Universities have sessions and classes on cybersecurity. The Ministry of Home Affairs has also approved ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)" in 2018 to deal with all types of cybercrime.
Network police stations across the country for intelligence sharing and crime control
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) was rolled out at the end of 2018 after being approved in 2009. CCTNS is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of Govt. of India. The CCTNS is a web portal that aims at integrating policing and e-Governance. It's portrayed as being a one-stop shop for citizen-centric and investigative services. The portal also facilitates interaction and sharing of information among police stations. As on November 2018, it has been deployed in 14764 police stations in the country.
Train and technologically enable the police on cyber crime
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Central government has been holding training sessions on cyber forensics through various departments and schemes like The Information Security Education and Awareness portal, cert-in, The Training Division of the Bureau of Police Research & Development, Cyber Crime Prevention Against Women and Children scheme, CBI, etc. Even private institutes and Universities have sessions and classes on cybersecurity. The Home Ministry is in the process of setting up the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) with an outlay of Rs. 415.86 crore during the period 2018-2020.
Integrated urban planning
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
On 25 June 2016, PM Modi launched the Smart City programmes to pilot integrated urban planning.
Integrated waste management in model towns
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
On 23 December 2017, the Minsitry of Drinking water and Sanitation launched "Ganga Gram", an initiative to promote integrated waste management in 4470 villages along the River Ganga. The previous year, in 2016, the Environment Minister launched a web-based application for industries to register and monitor waste management. That same year, a series of rules for different types of waste were established.
Launch the 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchayee Yojana'
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The PMKSY held its first meeting on 1 July 2015
Sewage treatment
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
PM Modi inaugurated a new network of pipes in Prayagraj to carry sewage to treatment plants in December 2018 to reduce further pollution of the River Ganga. At the same event he laid the foundation stone for a new sewage network, 7 pumping stations and 3 sewage treatment plants that would benefit the Ganga/Yamuna area. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, 10 such programmes already exist.
Set up desalination plants
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Department of Atomic Energy confirmed in February 2017 that a seawater desalination plant was under construction in Odisha's coastal district of Ganjam. Another in Kalpakkam, Chennai, was already in operation at this time. There have been no plans to set up a similar facility along the coast of Maharashtra.
Examine groundwater quality
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) monitors groundwater every year. Data surveys are conducted by state and measure levels of fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, iron, heavy metals and saline.
Establish the Sagarmala project
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Sagarmala project was establsihed in 2015.
Digitization of Government records
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The government has undertaken and continued many schemes relating to the digitization of records. The Department of Land Resources has been following the UPA's Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP). Rs.1399.83 crore has been released in the country so far. The Ministry of Culture launched National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) in 2003 for documentation, conservation/preservation and digitization of manuscripts. The Ministry of Culture has also embarked upon the digitization of the collections of the Museums. So far provided financial 18 museums are receiving financial aid from the government under this scheme. The digitalization of case records of High Courts across the country has been initiated and is at varying levels of implementation in different High courts in the country. The Digitization of the National Archives of India is a continuous process. In 2015 a searchable web portal, abhilekh-patal, was launched to proves access to all the archives. The government launched the Digitize India Platform (DIP) to digitalize physical records through crowdsourcing under the Digital India Programme.
Set up a comprehensive National e-Library, empowering Lawyers
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The National Digital Library of India project was launched by Ministry of Human Resource Developmentat in 2018. It's a collection of free learning resource that can be accessed by anyone
Periodically review and give suggestions for refining our laws
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
A project “Identification of Obsolete Laws” was undertaken by the 19th Law Commission of the previous government but no progress could be made as the term of the Commission ended. The 20th Law Commission decided to continue with the project and submitted four reports on "Obsolete Laws: Warranting Immediate Repeal", in which it recommended repealing acts. The Prime Minister's Office set up a two-member committee in 2014 to review the repeal of obsolete laws. The committee identified a total of 1,824 laws for repeal. Five bills have been passed since then to undertake this mass repealing. Out of 1824 Acts identified for repealing, a total of 1,428 Acts have already been repealed.
Forums like 'National Development Council' and 'Inter-State Council' will be revived
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Inter-State Council, which is mandated to investigate and advise on disputes between states, was reconstituted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as its chairman and six Union ministers and all chief ministers as members.
Transform our Employment Exchanges into Career Centres
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
The Labour Bureau is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project as a Mission Mode Project since 2013 for the transformation of the National Employment Service and the inter-linking of Employment Exchanges. The project also oversees the conversion of Employment Exchanges into Career Centres for providing counseling services to the jobseekers.
Rework the work culture of teacher training institutions
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a Bill that offers untrained teachers teaching in schools time till March 31, 2019, to acquire B.El. Ed (Bachelor of Elementary Education) or D. El. Ed. (Diploma in Elementary Education) qualifications to hold their jobs as teachers. Introduction of four year B.Ed. integrated programme with multiple pathways in 2019-20. More autonomy given to IIMs in choosing their chairmen. "Institutes of Eminence" launched - though controversial.
Establish a national E-Library to empower school teachers and students
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
The National Digital Library of India project was launched by Ministry of Human Resource Developmentat in 2018. It's a collection of free learning resource that can be accessed by anyone.
Set up for a performance audit of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
In 2017 the Union HRD Minister launched the web portal ‘ShaGun’ for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. It has two main objectives. 'Online Monitoring' captures the progress of the scheme as states, schools, and teachers enter information in real-time. The 'Repository' is documentation of best practices, reports on the scheme. Only some reports are avaialbe to the public
Increase public investment in Yoga and AYUSH
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
According to budget expenditure reports, public spending estimates on Ayush in 2014 was 892 cr and it went upo to 1626 cr in 2018
Reform the Agriculture Produce and Marketing Committee APMC act
Category: Agriculture Status: Fulfilled
In 2017 the Government enforced “The Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act" with the aim to connect farmers directly to consumers. The new model act is built on top of the APMC act with significant advancements.
Pursue population stabilization as a mission mode program
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
ఎంహెచ్ఆర్డి, క్రీడా మంత్రిత్వ శాఖ సహాయంతో ఆరోగ్యం, స్పోర్ట్స్కు సంబంధించిన అంశాలను పాఠ్యాంశాల్లో చేర్చేందుకు ప్రభుత్వం ప్రయత్నించింది.2018-19లో అన్ని స్కూళ్లలో ఒక తరగతిని వాటికి కేటాయించాలని సీబీఎస్ఈ సిఫార్సు చేసింది. అందులో పాల్గొంటేనే బోర్డు పరీక్షలురాసే అర్హత లభిస్తుంది.
Set up Massive Open Online Courses
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
The Ministry of Human Resource Development launched the ''Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds'' (SWAYAM) scheme in 2016. It provides an integrated platform and portal for Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs). The Ministry also plans to align the courses on the SWAYAM portal with the curriculum of Universities. Till date, a total of 1,082 courses have been listed on SWAYAM with 25,57,118 enrolments.
Revisit the Apprenticeship Act
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
In November 2014, The Apprentices (Amendment) Bill, was passed in parliament. It aims at making apprenticeship more responsive to youth and industry. Some members of parliament have raised concerns over the act giving too much power to employers. It also takes the punishment for violating the provisions lightly.
Identify 100 most backward districts of the country
Category: Minorities Status: Fulfilled
The government started work on the project in December 2017 and roped in 12 ministries to “rapidly develop” them. The districts will compete among themselves from April 2018 to March 2019 to achieve improvement of socio economic indices across 48 parameters.
Initiate a 'Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojna' at the national level to be overseen by a 'Tribal DevelopmentAuthority'.
Category: Minorities Status: Fulfilled
In 2014, the Govmernermt launched the Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) for the welfare of Tribals
Enhancing the funds for tribal welfare and development
Category: Minorities Status: Fulfilled
In 2015, Rs. 4792.19 crores were allocated to the welfare of tribal people in the country under various schemes/ programmes of the Ministry that number rose to Rs. 5300.14 crores in 2017. For 2018 the Governement has earmarked Rs. 37802.94 crore under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP).
Strengthen the natural resource base of the people to tide over natural calamities
Category: Minorities Status: Fulfilled
The Prime Minister inagurated the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2016
Encourage the domestic industry to have a larger share in design and production of military hardware and platforms
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
In 2018, Government has released a draft Defence Production Policy to promote domestic production by the public sector, the private sector, and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Form 2015- 17, 99 contracts with Indian vendors and 61 contracts with foreign vendors have been signed for capital procurement of defense equipment. Since the BJP took office many amendments were made to the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) to ensure the increase of native manufacturing capacity. Other policy measures have been taken to realize one of the key objects of "The Make In India" initiative: Indigenous Manufacturing of Defence Equipments. The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy was revised to modified Government route caps.
Establish institutes of Technology for Rural Development
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
Centre for Rural Technology at IIT Guwahati was established in 2016 MHRD launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in 2014 and revamped it in 2018 with an aim to connect institutions of higher education, including IITs, NITs, and IISERs, etc. with local communities to address the development challenges through appropriate technologies.
Address the issue of reforms with regards to defence equipment, support services, organizational reforms and other related matters.
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
With regards to defence reforms, the Government has made some policy changes such as liberalization of the FDI policy and industrial licensing policy, simplification of export, etc The Defence Procurement Procedures was amended in 2016 to focus on simplifying procedures to boost ‘Make in India’ Initiative of Government through indigenous design, development, and manufacturing of defense equipment, platforms, and systems.
Implement one rank, one pension
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
The Modi government announced the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme in July 2018, with effect from 1 July 2014.
Build a war memorial
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
On 25th February 2019, the Prime Minster inaugurated the National War Memorial at India Gate.
Promote science popularization schemes
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
The Government has been continuing programs like FIST, PURSE, CURIE, and SAIF to promote scientific research. The National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) has been focused on outreach activities for the Department of Science and Technology since 2004. Since then the governments have added new components and schemes under it to promote science and tech. The Government of India has launched two science communication initiatives; DD Science and India Science channels on 15 January 2019 at New Delhi to popularize science & technology in India.
Launch a national programme for digital empowerment of the people
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) in 2017 aiming to reach 40% of rural households and empower them with digital literacy.
Launch a 'National Multi-skill Mission'
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
National Skill Development Mission was launched in 2015. It is still far away from its goal to train over 500 million people in new skills by 2022.
Tax relaxation for senior citizens
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
Exemption of interest income on deposits with banks and post offices to be increased from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 50,000. TDS not required to be deducted under section 194A. Benefit also available for interest from all fixed deposit schemes and recurring deposit schemes.
Invest in setting up and improving old-age homes.
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
In the year 2016-17, a total of 396 old age homes were given grants by Modi government.
Enact the 'Rights of the Persons with Disabilities bill' (RPWD)
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
The Lok Sabha passed "The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill - 2016" replacing the existing PwD Act, 1995, which was enacted 21 years ago.
Initiate nation-wide 'district level incubation and accelerator programme' for encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
In 2015 the Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Agro-Industry (Aspire) was set up to create incubation centers to accelerate entrepreneurship.
E-learning for specially-abled students
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
Government of India launched "Swayam" program to provide best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged.
Universal IDs for people with disabilities
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
Initiated by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, the UDID project aims at building a holistic end-to-end integrated system for Issuance of Universal ID & Disability Certificates for Person with Disabilities with their identification and disability details.
Tax relief for family of disabled
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
Section 80DD of the Income Tax Act, 1961, provideds for a tax deduction to relatives who have disabled dependents of amounts up to 100,000 rupees depending on level of severity. Finance Bill, 2015, proposed an amendment to raise the limit of deduction to 125,000 rupees in the most severe cases.
Device special scheme for sportspersons to ensure social security
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
In March 2017, the Government of India announced to provide pension to former Indian international medal winning sportspersons. In February 2018, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced to double the pension of meriterious sportspersons under the scheme 'Sports Fund for Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons'
Launch a 'National Sports Talent Search System'
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
The vice president of India Venkaiah Naidu launched the National Sports Talent Search Portal in 2018.
More funds allocation to sports
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
In 2018 budget, Finance Minister Jaitley allocated a total of Rs 2196.36 crore for the sports ministry, compared to 1938.16 crore in 2017.
Set up the Young Leaders Programme
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
National Young Leaders Programme(NYLP)” was introduced in December,2014 in pursuance of Budget announcement of Finance Minister in 2014-15 Budget Speech. Allocation of funds were also announced for each state.
Increase the number of female police
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
Between 2015 and 2016, the number of women in the Indian police service increased from 123,000 to more than 140,000. However, women still comprise only 8% of the total police force and are predominantly among the lower (non-officer) ranks
Establish government fund for acid attack victims
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
A compensation scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault and other crimes was launched in 2018. It covers a number of offences, including rape, acid attack, harassment, domestic violence, etc.
Activate the government fund for rape victims support
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
A compensation scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault and other crimes was launched in 2018. It covers a number of offences, including rape, acid attack, harassment, domestic violence, etc.
Expand female healthcare
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
Government of India announed cash incentives to pregnent women and lactating mothers. This came in effect from July 1, 2017.
Special skills training and business incubator park for women
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY),in its two phases,has achieved an incredible milestone of 17.72 Lakh women trainings, including 8.63 lakh trainings under PMKVY-1 (July 2015 – June 2016).
Using information technology for women's safety
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
Government of India launched Umang app which includes scholarships, women safety, health care, e-District, Passport Seva and others. Altogether it provides more than 100 services of the centre and state government on a single platform. Users will be able to access the app in 12 different languages.
Establish a scheme to focus on the girl child
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Campaign (BBBP) scheme was launched in 2015 to address the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of women empowerment and to change mindsets and creating value around the girl child. Funds released for the scheme in 2014-15 was 1337.49 Lakhs. It went up to 3298.84 Lakhs in 2017-18 (provisional).
Low interest rates for Women Self Help Groups
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
The Reserve Bank of India announced an itnerest subvention scheme for all-women SHGs in August 2016, which would effectively lower interest annual interest rates to 7% per annum in 250 districts. The scheme is limited to women in rural areas only and falls under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission
Encourage the production of cereals, pulses and oils
Category: Minorities Status: Fulfilled
The Government has been continuing the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) and National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil palm (NMOOP) to improve the production of pulses, grains, and essentials edible oils. The Government has increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all notified Kharif & Rabi Crops including pulses and other commercial crops for the season 2018-19.
Pay community healthcare workers better
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
In September 2018, the Ministry of Finance announced an increase to the remuneration of Anganwadi and Asha workers by nearly 50% effective October of that year.
Special business facilitation centre for women
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
On 8 March 2018 the government launched Udyam Sakhi, an online portal to encourage female entrepreneurs
Launch Beti Bachao - Beti Padhao
Category: Women Status: Fulfilled
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao was launched in 2015. The scheme aims to address the issues of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and enabling Girl Child education.
Ensure economic independence of the disabled
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
Nine months after the enactment of Right of Persons with Disabilities Act in April 2017, the Centre announced the rules for employing differently, increased the reservation from 3% to 4% and reserved government jobs for persons with autism, Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities.
Vocational qualifications of academic equivalence
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: Fulfilled
2.5 crore people have been trained under Skill India in the last three years under Ministry of skill-development and Entrepreneurship programs.
Phase out unmanned rail crossings
Category: Business and Industries Status: Fulfilled
By September 2018, the government had drastically reduced the number of unmanned rail crossings to roughly 1,300. Six months previously, the number stood at more than 3,400. Although a number were converted from unmanned to manned crossings, other crossings were simply eliminated through the installation of subways or were closed. The last unmanned level crossings were finally eliminated in January 2019.
Promote Cleaner Fuels
Category: Environment and Energy Status: Fulfilled
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways notified emission standards for flexi fuel ethanol and ethanol vehicles vide GSR 412(E) in 2015. The Department of Heavy Industry has been implementing FAME-India Scheme- Phase-I [Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India] from 2015 to promote manufacturing of electric and hybrid vehicle technology. In 2015 Rs 5,234.8 crore was allocated to the National Clean Energy and Environment Fund. that increased to Rs 7,342.8 crore (RE) in 2017. In 2017 the Government signed an MoU with Portugal for co-operation in clean energy. The Government is continuing the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) of 2010, to promote harnessing/ utilization of solar energy.
Bring out guidelines for Green buildings and energy efficient workplaces
Category: Environment and Energy Status: Fulfilled
TERI developed GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), which was adopted as the national rating system for green buildings by the Government in 2007. The latest version of GRIHA was introduced in January 2015. In 2018 GRIHA for CITIES rating was launched a framework for sustainable development of a city. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) published guidelines for the design and construction of energy efficient buildings in 2017. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs released Model Building Bye-Laws in 2016, which advocates various norms for green buildings.
Implement auction of precious resources through efficient mechanisms including eauction.
Category: Environment and Energy Status: Fulfilled
The Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation Act, 1957 was amended in 2015. The Ministry of Mines notified the Mineral Auction Rules, in 2015 to prescribe the procedure of the auction process. The Auction Rules have been amended in 2017. For renewable energy, projects are awarded through a transparent bidding process i.e. through e- reverse auction.
Accord high priority to opening new courts, and setting up a mechanism for speedy clearance of the backlog of cases
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
Since 2015 Arrears Committees have been set up in 24 High Courts to clear cases pending for more than five years. The Government launched the Nyaya Mitra Scheme in 2017 under which retired judicial officers are designated as ‘Nyaya Mitra’ to facilitate the disposal of cases pending over 10 years. As on 13th February 2019, Rs.6,670.12 crores have been released since the inception of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary in 1993-94. The number of court halls has increased from 15,818 in 2014 to 18,796 as on February 2019. 2,925 court halls are under construction. The Central Government has approved the continuation of the Scheme from 2017- 2020 with an estimated additional outlay of Rs.3,320 crore.
Make technology enabled products affordable for students.
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Government has made learning resource easily accessible to the public at almost no cost through the National Digital Library of 2018 and schemes like the 'Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds' (SWAYAM) scheme in 2016. the Center has also been implementing scholarships for students at the Pre and Post Matric level. Other technology-enabled products available to the public which includes students are the e-governance portals which are free. All these schemes are broad in nature and aren't specifically for students.
Pursue a mission mode project under the 'National Rural Internet and Technology Mission' for use of telemedicine and mobile healthcare for rural healthcare delivery;
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) approved the Digital Village (DigiGaon) project in 2018. It aims at providing telemedicine, tele-education, LED lightings, Wi-Fi hotspots and skill-development in selected Gram Panchayats (GPs). The project is to be implemented in 1050 GPs spread across 30 States/UTs. The approved outlay for implementation of the project for financial year 2017-18 is Rs. 12.95 crore under telemedicine.
The 'E-Gram, Vishwa Gram' scheme in Gujarat to be implemented nationwide
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The E-Gram Vishwagram Project was initiated in 2003 to provide broadband connectivity to Gram Panchayats of Gujarat. In 2017 the Government launched the second phase of the BharatNet Project (initially called the National Optical Fibre Network of 2011) to connect all Gram Panchayats (approx. 2,50,000) by broadband in the country.
Promote 'open source' and 'open standard' software
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
In 2015, The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) notified the “Policy on Adoption of Open Source Software for Government of India."
Encourage research and application to meet the challenges of climate change and for forecasting prevention and mitigation of natural hazards.
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
Isro has been proving technical support for Natural Disaster Mangement. The Government is continuing the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) form 2008. A new Center for Environmental and Occupational Health (CEOH) was created in February 2015 to explore and try to mitigate/prevent health issues related to climate change. Geological Survey of India (GSI) has been doing studies on landslides. Since 2014-15, GSI is carrying out a national programme on National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping. Many R& D Porjetcs have been sanctioned under the Natural Resources Data Management System especially form the geo-spacial sector.
Set up fast track courts for cases involving commercial laws.
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill was passed in 2015 and amemded in 2018. It provides for the setting up of commercial courts at the district level, commercial divisions in high courts, etc. As on December 2017, the State Governments have notified setting up of 247 Commercial Courts in various Districts in the country.
Consider the option of setting up a dedicated Workers Bank.
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
According to The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), the Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoL&E) has constituted a Sub-Committee to study in depth the constitution of a Workers’ Bank in 2015. There has been no update since then.
Set up Gas Grids to make gas available to households and industry.
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The existing natural gas pipeline infrastructure is approximately 16788 Km. The Government has decided to develop an additional 13105 Km gas pipelines as part of National Gas Grid and to increase the availability of natural gas across the country. In 2018 five Central Public Sector Enterprises signed an MoU for the formation of a Joint Venture Company to develop a Gas Grid in the North-Eastern Region. In 2016 the Government launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to provide LPG connections to BPL households in the country.
National Highway construction projects will be expedited, especially Border and Coastal highways
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and other Government agencies have taken various steps for expediting the construction of National Highways. These include streamlining of land acquisition & environment clearances, exit for equity investors, revamping of the dispute resolution mechanism, frequent reviews at various levels etc.
Set up a National Optical-Fibre Network up to the village level; and Wi-Fi zones in public areas.
Category: Governance Status: Fulfilled
In 2017 the Government has launched the second phase of the BharatNet Project (initially called the National Optical Fibre Network of 2011) to connect all Gram Panchayats (approx. 2,50,000) by broadband in the country. The scheme also has provisions for setting up wifi-hotspots in Gram Panchayats. As on 3rd March 2019, of the 1Lakh Gram Panchayats for listed for Wi-Fi 41,139 have Wi-Fi installed.
Introduce Sanitation Ratings measuring and ranking our cities and towns on 'sanitation'
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
The “Swachh Survekshan” was launched in January 2016 to measure the progress of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The survey evaluates cities along various parameters, including construction of individual household toilets and community toilet seats, door-to-door collection of garbage, and solid waste management and treatment, etc and ranks them.
Mission mode project to eradicate malnutrition
Category: Health and Education Status: Fulfilled
In 2017 The Poshan Abhiyaan was launched with the aim to alleviate malnutrition.
Set an institute of Big data and Analytics for studying the impact of big data across sectors for predictive science.
Category: Science and Defence Status: Fulfilled
In 2018, the Government through the National Informatics Centre (NIC) is in inaugurated the Data Analytics Centre of Excellence in New Delhi with the aim to fast-tracking the adoption of advanced analytics in government. The Government has also taken up Big data and Analytics programs in pilot mode.
Piped water to all households
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The government stated in its report on the progress towards fulfilling the SDGs in 2018 that 56% of the population has access to piped water. This was achieved through the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRWDP)
Launch Diamond Quadrilateral project - of High Speed Train network (bullet train).
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
At present, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Rail corridor is the only sanctioned High-Speed Rail Project in the country. Six corridors on Diamond Quadrilateral connecting metropolitan cities and growth centers of the country (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Kolkata) have been identified for a feasibility study for high-speed rail connectivity
Draft a Uniform Civil Code, drawing upon the best traditions and harmonizing them with the modern times, which protects the rights of all women.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In July 2016, the Government had asked a Law Commission panel to examine the possibility of a Uniform Civil Code. The Law Commission report in 2018 said the UCC was not necessary. The BJP Government got rid of triple talaq after bringing in an ordinance.
Provide international linkages for exports in MSME sector
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The BJP Government has continued previous schemes that help the MSME sector become internationally competitive and enabled few acts that financially help the sector in export. The Government has continued the International Cooperation Scheme in the 12th Year Plan with an outlay of Rs. 24 crores. The National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP), written in 2005, is a programme to develop global competitiveness among Indian MSMEs. Many schemes are nested inside this programme that focus on upgrading technology in the sector to meet international standards, marketing assistance, provide travel assistance for Micro & Small manufacturing enterprises to attend international trade fairs and conferences. The Government launched the Interest Equalization Scheme in 2015 aimed at providing affordable credit to MSME exporters to enable them to be more competitive in the global market.
Provide policy support for enhancing the mandate to purchase from SME for large scale projects
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
In December 2017, the government launched the public procurement portal ‘MSME Sambandh’ to monitor the implementation of the Public Procurement from MSEs by Central Public Sector Enterprises. The Procurement Policy launched in 2012 mandated every central Ministry/Department/PSU to set an annual goal for procurement from the MSE sector at the beginning of the year. In 2016, the Government reviewed the Public Procurement Policy by all the Central Government Departments and Central Public Sector and found that the share of MSME procurement is less than 10% against a mandatory 20%. From 9th November 2018, there is a provision of 3 percent annual procurement target for MSEs owned by women
Prioritize Safety and invest in long required overhaul of stressed infrastructure, strict norms and warning systems
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
In 2018, the Ministry of Railways launched four safety drives with a view to preventing accidents and strengthening safety on Indian Railways. Indian Railways have decided to completely switch over to manufacture of LHB design mainline coaches from 2018-19 onwards. Train accidents decreased from 104 to 73 during 2017-18 in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year. To address Railways’ requirement for critical safety works, the The government introduced the ‘Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) fund since 2017. It has a corpus of ₹1 lakh crore to be utilized over a period of five years Indian railways has been taking extra funds from the Extra Budgetary Resource. From 2015-16 to 2018-19(BE) Indian Railways has been able to mobilize ₹68107 crore from EBR (IF).
Enabled e-Governance - minimizing the discretion in the citizen-government interface.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Government had approved the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) in 2006 to make all public services accessible to the public through technology. The current Government is continuing 31 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) under the scheme.
Support in R&D and innovation in MSMEs
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
One of the main objectives of The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has been to promote innovation in MSMEs. The Ministry has been running the National Awards for Research & Development Efforts in MSMEs since 2010 to encourage R&D work in the field. In 2014, 451 award applications were received. In 2016, 939 award applications were received.
Ensure adoption of IT in MSMEs
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The Ministry of MSME is implementing the Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) Scheme to overlook the improvement of technology, skills, etc. The government is also continuing the Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) to facilitate technology in MSEs by providing an upfront capital subsidy of 15 percent for induction of well-established and improved technology. The Ministry has also launched the “Technology Centre Systems Programme (TCSP)” by establishing new and upgrading Technology Centres (TCs) to provide technical support to MSMEs. The BJP government has also revised the guidelines for the “Promotion of ICT in MSME sector” that promotes Cloud Computing in the sector. The Ministry is also implementing Technology and Quality Upgradation Programme (TEQUP), Design Clinic Scheme and Incubation Scheme under the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP) for upgrading technology use in MSEs.
Make the procedures to appoint senior positions transparent to enhance the credibility of Indian Universities
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has placed a draft of The Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education Regulations, 2018 in the public domain. As per these regulations, A Ph.D. Degree shall be a mandatory qualification for direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor in Universities. It also sets outlines for rising different leves of staff at universities.
Ensure availability of credit through a dedicated SME bank
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
No dedicated SME bank has been set up. The Government and RBI have taken several steps to provide easy access of credit to MSMEs. Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) are adviced to achieve a 20% year-on-year growth in credit to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), allocate 60% of the MSEs advances to the microenterprise accounts, a 10% annual growth in number of micro enterprise accounts. Banks are also advised to operate at least one specialised MSME Branch in every district. The Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) was set up to solve the problem of delayed payment of MSMEs, etc. The Government has revamped the Credit Guarantee Scheme to facilitate further access of MSMEs to credit.
Ensure that the retailers and SMEs don't have to spend time and money for seeking multiple licenses to start the business. There will a system in place to avoid harassment of small traders.
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
According to the Word Bank, In 2019, India's score for starting a business was 80.96, a 7% hike from 2018. Loans under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) Scheme have been extended to small/micro business enterprises since 2015. Rs, 4857.68 Crores were sanctioned in 2015. that number went up to Rs, 9459.97 Crore in 2017. With the introduction fo the GST, small traders were highly impacted. But the Government has been routinely bringing changes to the act to increase the ease of doing business in the country.
Revisit the policy framework for investments both foreign and domestic to make them more conducive
Category: Economy Status: In Progress
By upgrading amending existing policies the government has tried to keep investments up to date. To promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the Government approved amendments to FDI policy in 2018 making it more investor-friendly. Foreign Investment received through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2013- 2014 was 36,046 Million USD. It went up to 61,963 Million USD ( provisional) in 2017-2018 In 2014, The Government launched the Make In India initiative to facilitate investment, enhance skill developments, foster innovation etc.
Explore ways to reduce the daily burden of carrying books to school for children using technology
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
(HRD) sent out a directive in NOV 2018 to all states and Union Territories (UTs) to regulate the weight of school bags
Start a national modernization program for madrasas
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Scheme for Providing Quality Education to Madarsas (SPQEM) is being implemented all over the country through the State/UT Governments. SPQEM provides financial assistance to encourage traditional institutions like Madarsas and Maktabs to introduce modern education through subjects as Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Hindi and English, This scheme was not started by the current government though. A sum of 100 crore rupees was set aside for modernisation program in 2014. In the last few years, teachers under the modernisation program have complained of not being paid salaries on time.
Help girls to continue and complete school education
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao was laucnhed in 2015. The scheme aims to address the issues of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and enabling Girl Child education. This is an on going process. In a responde in Rajya Sabha in 2018, government said enrollment of girls at elementary levels had increased when compared to the status in 2009-10.
Increase public spending on R&D and incentivize R&D investments to increase the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
India’s spends 0.70% of its GDP on Research and Development as compared to China (2.05%), Korea (4.29%), Japan (3.58%), USA (2.73%), To promote socially relevant research, the Government initiated the Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) scheme in 2014 and Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) in 2015. IMPRINT focuses on research in higher educational institutions, with an allocation Rs.487.00 crore for a period of three years beginning 2016-17. UAY promotes industry-sponsored, outcome-oriented research projects with an outlay of Rs.475.00 crore for a period of two years beginning 2016-17. BJP government announced the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP) in 2014. The Government has implemented various schemes like Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme, Promotion of ICT in Manufacturing to increase the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector
Review the process of school education
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Union HRD Minister announced in December 2018 that their new draft on National Education Policy (NEP) is ready and will be sent to central government "anytime soon"
Focus on child health and prevention
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Mission Indradhanush for immunization of children is regarded as one of the key schemes of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. It has impacted more than 25.3 million children and 6.8 million pregnant women by providing life-saving vaccines in four phases since 2014.
Start integrated courses for Indian System of Medicine (ISM) and modern science and Ayurgenomics and set up institutions of Indian system of medicine
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha on January 7, 2019, by the Minister of State for AYUSH. The draft bill is aimed at bringing reforms in the education of the Indian medicine sector . According to Annual reports from The Ministry of AYUSH, the number of courses prescribed at Under-graduate and Post-graduate Level by the Central Council of Indian Medicine has remained 11 since 2016. The number of universities affiliated with the Indian Systems of Medicine has been on a steady rise form 47 in 2016 to 52 in 2017.
Harness the NRIs, PIOs and professionals settled abroad for strengthening Brand India.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The current FCI policy allows special dispensation for NRI investments in select sectors without the conditionalities attached to FDI in such projects. It also allows a special dispensation for NRI investments up to 100% under the automatic route in certain sectors. India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI) was set up by the Government of India in 2008 as a not-for-profit Trust to facilitate Overseas Indian philanthropy. The Pravasi Bharatiya Bima Yojana (PBBY) of 2017 is a mandatory insurance scheme aimed at safeguarding the interests of Indian emigrant workers engaged in overseas employment.
Launch National Mosquito Control mission.
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
No such mission was established. The government did introduce the National Framework for Malaria Elimination in India 2016-2030 in 2016 as a road map to eradicate malaria.
Initiate the ‘National Health Assurance Mission’
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Ministry of Health announced to increase the number of Amrit pharmacy stores by 4 times in 2018. According to the ministry, over Rs 267 crore has been saved by over 52 lakh patients.
Accord high priority to the growth of manufacturing, to create jobs in the country
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
As per the Index of Industrial Production, the performance of the manufacturing sector has registered a growth of 5.6 per cent(provisional) during April- October 2018-19 as compared to 2.1 per cent growth in the corresponding period of the previous year. Several steps to boost domestic manufacturing are being taken up as schemes like ‘Startup India’, ‘Ease of Doing Business’, Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme, Business Reform Action Plan, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy etc. Further, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy and procedures have been simplified and liberalized progressively. According to the Labour Bureau’s Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) of October 2017, the manufacturing sector showed an increase of 89,000 jobs during the July 2017 to October 2017 quarter. The fall has been attributed to seasonal laboour by the Ministry on many occasions.
Develop special pedagogy for differently-abled students
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Samagra Shiksha Scheme of 2018-19, has a dedicated component “Inclusive Education” for the education of children with special needs from Class I to XII. In the new scheme, support under the student-oriented component has been enhanced from Rs. 3000/- per child per annum to Rs. 3500/- per child per annum which includes specific student-oriented interventions like aids and appliances, assistive devices, teaching-learning materials, Braille & large print books. Further, the scheme provides financial assistance to the States/UTs for appointing special educators and in-service training of special educators and general teachers. The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) was set up in 1992 to regulate the training programmes in the field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
Universalize secondary school education and skill development with a focus on rural, tribal and difficult areas
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Government is implementing the Samagra Shiksha scheme for school education form 2018 onwards. This scheme merges previously existing educational schemes like the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriyav Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) To improve access and quality of education in the country including rural areas. The Government is also continuing a scheme through which financial assistance is given to states implementation of vocational education in secondary and higher secondary schools. According to the Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) the Gross Enrolment Ratio for secondary education in 2009 was 62.90%. This increased to 80.01% in 2015. In the 2017-18 Budget, an Innovation Fund for Secondary education has been created to encourage local innovation for ensuring universal access, gender parity and quality improvement with a special focus on educationally backward districts of the country.
Raise the standard of education and research
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Government has launched many programs such as IMPRINT India, Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) and Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) Scheme for Transformational & Advanced Research in Fundamental Sciences (STARS), Scheme for Promotion of Academic & Research Collaboration (SPARC), Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) to promote research in India. The MHRD has also launched grant schemes to promote research fellowships. The Government has approved setting up of 9 Research Parks. Despite all these initiatives, three Indian Universities made it to top 200 of 2018, according to the QS World University Ranking. Only two Indian universities made that list in 2016.
The concept of pro-active 'Carbon Credit' will be promoted.
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
Under the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has been established under which entities from developed countries can develop emission-reducing projects in developing countries, and generate tradable credits in the form of Certified Emission Reduction (CER). The Government of India has set up the National Clean Development Mechanism Authority (NCDMA) for according approval to eligible CDM projects in the country. Till February 2017, the Authority has accorded Host Country Approval (HCA) to 3,011 projects. The Government regularly undertakes capacity building initiatives and supports CDM projects through workshops, seminars and other activities In 2015,NCDMA launched a new website to make the monitoring of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects more open.
Health and hygiene will be made a part of the school curriculum
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The CBSE in consultation with MHRD and Ministry of Sports, Govt. of India has attempted to integrate and mainstream Health and Physical Education across the secondary and senior secondary levels. CBSE has adviced all schools to reserve one period for “Health and Physical Education (HPE)” for the 2018-19 session. Participation in HPE is mandatory for enabling students to sit for the Board exams. Some of the projects under the new plan include hygiene
Set up the entire education network for tribals
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Since 1977, the Government provides grants to State Governments/UT administrations to help the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population in various fields including health-and-education under the scheme of “Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme”. The Government provides scholarships including living expenses to ST students studying in classes IX and above. This includes ST students studying in Institutes like Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Management, reputed Medical Colleges, etc. During the year 2017-18, nearly Rs.1,787.45 crores were released under these scholarship/fellowship schemes. The “Strengthening Education among ST Girls in low literacy districts” is also being continued by the Government. In 2018 a Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment noted that despite many educational schemes for tribals in the country, the literacy rate of tribals was below the national rate. The Committee also observed that the infrastructure in the sector is lacking. This includes the Eklavya Model Residential Schools.
Set up a National Commission on Education to recommend New Education Policy (NEP)
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Union HRD Minister announced in December 2018 that their new draft on National Education Policy (NEP) is ready and will be sent to central government "anytime soon"
Allowing FDI in sectors wherever needed for job and asset creation, infrastructure and acquisition of niche technology.
Category: Economy Status: In Progress
The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the FDI policy in 2018 that allowed foreign investment up to 100% in most sectors/ activities
Encourage and strengthen NCC training at the college and University level
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
The NCC training directives are updated from time to time. The latest was in 2017. In 2018 during a rally, the Prime Minister gave certain directions to the DG that is being implemented in the latest training directives. The PM propagated Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) camps to promote national integration. Other recommendations of the PM include increased intractign with the cadets through video streaming, Improvement of training and administrative. One of the recommendations of the Shekatkar Committee to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure in 2016 was to Improve the efficiency of the NCC.
Restructure UGC into a Higher Education Commission
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Government has put forward a draft of the Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act) Bill 2018 It seeks to repeal the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and establish the Higher Education Commission of India.
Raise the standard of education to enhance global status by enhancing research in Indian Universities
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Government has launched many programs such as IMPRINT India, Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) and Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) Scheme for Transformational & Advanced Research in Fundamental Sciences (STARS), Scheme for Promotion of Academic & Research Collaboration (SPARC), Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) to promote research in India. The MHRD has also launched grant schemes to promote research fellowships. The Government has approved setting up of 9 Research Parks. The QS has highlighted in its report that the "positive performance recorded by India's most prominent institutions is symptomatic of a successful year for the country's higher education system". The highlights point out that of the 24 universities that featured from India, 7 have improved their rank, 9 remain stable, 5 are newly-ranked and three have recorded a drop in their their position.
Provide autonomy with steps to ensure accountability for institutions of higher learning
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
On 20 March, 2018, Modi government granted autonomy to 62 universities and eight colleges in India.
Institute a mechanism for interaction between industry (including SME), academia & community
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Launched in 2015, the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was introduced to cater to entrepreneurs who were either in their early stage or require lesser funds in order to get their business running.
Increase the number of medical and para-medical colleges
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is continuing a centrally sponsored scheme for the establishment of new medical colleges. The Phase-II of this Scheme for the establishment of 24 new medical colleges has been approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in 2018. Out of 24 medical colleges, 13 have been approved till date. According to the Medical Council of India, as of 2018, there are 492 colleges teaching MBBS offering 61580 seats. There has been an increase in the number of colleges and the number of seats provided. There is no regulatory body for paramedical education and as such no data is available centrally.
Set up an AIIMS like institute in every state
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
21 AIIMS have been announced to be set under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). There are a total of 8 functional AIIMS in the country as of 2018 in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra. AIIMS Nagpur is functional since 2018 and AIIMS Guntur is functioning on a temproary location. The government has announced setting up of 15 new AIIMS during the last five years. Out of which, Union Cabinet has approved setting up of 13 new AIIMS in the country
Move towards a single-window system of through a Hub-Spoke Model
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
Many departments are in the process of transitioning towards a single-window system. The Central Board of Excise & Customs launched a Single window interface for facilitating Trade (SWIFT) in April 2016 to enable exporters to file a common electronic declaration. Delhi Police has reported that a single-window system, operating at Police Headquarters under the supervision of I.T. Center, PHQ has been established to facilitate the public to check the current status of their complaints. The Housing and Urban Affairs has operationalized single-window system for granting online building plan approvals in Delhi and Mumbai. The Land Policy of 2018 shall be operationalized through a single-window system which is under development in DDA
Empower Waqf Boards in consultation with religious leaders; taking steps to remove encroachments from Waqf properties
Category: Minorities Status: In Progress
In 2017 the Computerization of Records and Strengthening of State Waqf Boards scheme from 2009 was renamed the Quami Waqf Board Taraqqiati Scheme (QWBTS). The scheme is for computerization of records as well as for the strengthening of State WaqfBoards. Under the scheme, there exists a Waqf Management System of India (WAMSI) Portal for maintaining data of Waqf Properties. The Waqf Properties Lease Rules (WPLRs), 2014 were modified in 2015. In 2018 a committee was set up to examine the functioning of the new rules. In its report submitted in January 2019, the committee made several recommendations. A One-man “Board of Adjudication” been established to deal with complaints and disputes regarding waqf properties. Three-member tribunals are being established in the states. About 23 states have established these tribunals so far.
Revise the existing PDS
Category: Minorities Status: In Progress
A scheme has been approved to be implemented during 2018-19 and 2019-20 for establishing Public Distribution System Network (PDSN) to implement a monitoring system of PDS operations. The Government has been continuing the scheme on “End-to-End Computerization of Public Distribution System (PDS) Operations” under which digitization of ration cards has been completed in all States/UTs.
Setup mode projects for housing, education, health and skills development.
Category: Minorities Status: In Progress
Health and Education were added as mission mode projects under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) in 2011. In 2015 ‘Skill India’ was launched as a mission mode project. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Housing for All (Urban) was launched in 2015 on a mission mode bases.
Ensure improvement in logistics infrastructure & supply chain management
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The World bank tracks performance on trade logistics across countries through the Logistics Performance Index (LPI). India's global ranking was 44 in 2018 falling from 35 in 2016. Between 2016 and 20018 India's scrores rose in all 6 categories mesearued by the world Bank. But Bewteen 2016to 2018 thoes scroes dropped in all categories
Establishing the National Centre for Tribal Research and Culture to preserve the tribal culture andlanguages.
Category: Minorities Status: In Progress
Ministry of Tribal Affairs plans to establish Tribal Research Institutions (TRIs) where TRI does not exist. Presently, TRIs are functional in 21 States During the year 2017-18 Rs. 79 crores have been released to the State of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim for new TRIs. A national level Tribal Research Institute is proposed to be set up at Delhi by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The proposal was sent to the Niti Ayog at the end of 2018
Overhaul the tax dispute resolution mechanisms
Category: Economy Status: In Progress
The Government has taken a few steps to reduce the number of pending tax disputes. The monetary limits for filing appeals was increased in 2015 for a limited period. In 2015 an amendment was made to the Income Tax Act by the Finance Act to increase the limit of the Single Member Bench up to an assessed income of Rs.15 lakh. The Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme came into force in 2016 and gave seven months for settling retrospective tax disputes.
Ensure cutting the red tape, simplify the procedures & remove the bottlenecks
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
Acroding to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2019 report, India has simplified procedures in all 11 categories tracked by the world bank.
Rationalization and simplify the tax regime to remove uncertainty and create investor confidence
Category: Economy Status: In Progress
Central Government has constituted a new Taskforce (after an earlier one failed) to draft new direct tax legislation to make it more modern and simple. The GST replaced many indirect taxes with a single indirect tax. The Government also made it easier to pay taxes through online portals etc.
Strengthen the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
In 2014-15 the budget allocation for DRDO was Rs13.25 thousand crores. In 2018-19 it was Rs 17.86 thousand crores (BE). In 2018, a parliamentary panel called out the government for inadequate allocation of funds to the DRDO that forces the organization to constantly re-prioritized ongoing projects and activities. Over the past five decades, DRDO has developed and upgraded a number of technologies that have been inducted into the services or are in the process of induction. The value of these projects stands at Rs 2.60 lakh crores out of this 1.1 lakh crores corresponds to projects from 2015 onwards. But as of 31st March 2017, there were 13 major Mission Mode (MM) projects of DRDO lagging behind schedule. The Standing committee in 2018 found that the DRDO has taken some measures for expediting completion of defense projects i.e. de-centralization of authority, putting stringent review mechanisms in place, etc. To facilitate uniformity of procedures across the organization, DRDO issued official guidelines in 2016.
Revamp the intelligence gathering system by modernizing the intelligence department.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
The Government is in the process of implementing the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) project since 2009. It is proposed to be a framework which will leverage Information Technology to connect approved intelligence agencies. In 2015, The National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) was approved by the government to coordinate intelligence gathering between agencies and handle issues related to national security. Phase-I of NCCC has been made operational since 2017.
Provide the State governments with all assistance to modernize their respective police forces
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
In 2017 the Cabinet approved the umbrella scheme of "Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF)" for years 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay Rs.25,060 crore. The scheme provides assistance to States to upgrade police infrastructure, forensic science laboratories, institutions, and the equipment . The Government assists States and UT administrations in combating cyber-crimes by providing financial grants under various schemes. The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) was rolled out at the end of 2018 as a web portal that aims at integrating policing and e-Governance. It's portrayed as being a one-stop shop for citizen-centric and investigative services.
Ensure that a conducive, enabling environment is created making ‘doing business’ in India easy
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
India has jumped 23 places to rank 77 in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2019 report
Create autonomous technology transfer organizations universities and national laboratories to transfer the know-how generated by them to the industry.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and NRDC, which are a part of DSIR, regularly sign MoUs with other countries/ within country regarding technology transfer. No new organizations have been set up by the government yet. The Department of Biotechnology through the Ministry of Science & Technology put out an expression of interest at the end of 2018 for Academic Institutions/ Universities/Research Institutions/Scientific Organizations/ Section 8 Companies to set up new / to upgrade the existing Technology Transfer Offices. The last date for submission of EOI was 7th January 2019.
Devise schemes and programs to encourage the youth to take scientific research and innovation as a career
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
The Government has been running many schemes /programmes to encourage young scientists to undertake research work. Some of those are, Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE), National Postdoctoral Fellowship (N-PDF), Early Career Research Award (ECRA), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Fellowship Schemes etc. In 2016 the Government launched the Student Start-up NIDHI award to provide financial support to student startups and prototypes. In 2017, 12 student teams have been selected for the Award.
Use science and technology for the purpose of alleviation of poverty, enhancing livelihood security, removal of hunger and malnutrition and generation of employment.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
The Government is continuing schemes like the Technological Intervention for Addressing Societal Needs (TIASN) Scheme and Scheme for Young Scientists and Technologists (SYST) that aim at finding technology solutions to the challenges faced by the weaker sections of the society. MHRD launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in 2014 with an aim to connect institutions of higher education, including IITs, NITs, and IISERs, etc. with local communities to address the development challenges through appropriate technologies. In 2017 The POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched with the aim to alleviate malnutrition. It functions by providing Anganwadi Workers and Lady Supervisors with smartphones for real-time data input and assessment. According to NASSCOM the implementation of new technologies through Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, and Robotics, is resulting in new kinds of jobs like that of Chief Digital Officer and Chief Disruption Officer, Data Scientists, etc.
Strengthen and expand the Civil Defence and Home Guards mechanism
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
In 2016 the Government released the National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) in which it lays down coordination and training responsibilities for deferent departments with regards to civil defence volunteers and home guards. In 2014 the Government launched the scheme of Mainstreaming Civil Defence in Disaster Risk Reduction to provide Rs. 290 crore during 12th Five Year Plan for civil defence. Under the plan, the number of rural districts covered increased from 100 to 240 districts.
Revising the MSP and linking MNREGA to agriculture
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
The government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated agricultural crops. In 2018-19 the government increased MSPs for the mandated crops by 50% or more. Currently, there have been talks between select Chief Ministers and the government about linking Agriculture to MGNREGA but no tangible action has been taken towards that goal.
Chalk a national plan to address the challenges posed by the Maoist's insurgency.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
There is no national plan to deal with the Left Wing Extremist(LWE) insurgency. The Govemrnermernt has taken initiatives to tackle the situations. The Government approved the installation of mobile towers in LWE affected States in 2014 to improve mobile connectivity in the LWE areas. The Road Connectivity Project for LWE affected areas was approved in 2016. Civic Action Programme was approved in 2017 to bridge the gaps between Security Forces and local people through. Many subschemes have been added to Umbrella Scheme Modernization of Police Forces with regard to the LWE.
Take urgent steps for the safety of the migrant workers and communities from the Northeast and other states.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
The government is continuing the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008 to provide for the welfare of unorganized workers including migrant workers. The Central Government also provides life and disability coverage to the unorganized workers including migrant workers. None of these schemes explicitly mention "safety". The Ministry of Home Affairs had constituted a Committee in February 2014 to look into concerns of the persons hailing from the North-Eastern states who are living in different parts of the country. The recommendations are at various stages of implementation. Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) has impaneled Legal Services Counsel including lady advocates to deal with cases relating to people of the North Eastern Region. Bangaluru and Delhi police are dealing with issues faced by people from the North Eastern Region in a constructive and proactive manner.
Disseminate Real-time data, especially to farmers – on production, prices, imports, stocks, and overall availability of crops, seeds etc.
Category: Economy Status: In Progress
The Government has launched various mobile apps and web portals targeted towards farmers to provide information about, insurance, weather, technology, prices, seeds, etc. Majority of these apps have broken links or aren't available in regional languages.
Ensure fiscal autonomy of States while urging financial discipline
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj noted in 2016 that the Constitution allows for the establishment of a State Finance Commission every five years to review the financial position of the Panchayats. The Federal Finance Commission has recommended that this action be taken by the states.
Embark on the path of IPRs and patents in a big way
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
Many initiatives have been taken up by the governmet to better the IP sector in india. Including hiring and training staff. Patent filings have increased by nearly 7% in the first 8 months of 2018-19 vis-à-vis the corresponding period of 2017-18
Promote research and application of nuclear science in medicines, industry, and agriculture
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
Through the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, etc The Department of Atomic Energy has been conducting research and development activities in the field of food and agriculture. Seed cultures, advanced compost, crop variety etc are some areas of research. Radiation is also being researched in the field of medicine. The Revised Budget Estimates for The Department of Atomic Energy in 2014-2015 was Rs.7700 Crores. That number went up to Rs. 16965.25 Crores in 2018-2019.
Modernise the armed forces
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
Since the BJP took office many amendments were made to the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) to ensure the increase of Indigenous manufacturing capacity. The Modernization of the armed forces is an ongoing process with defence procurements and tactical training of personnel. In 2013-14 the budget estimates of funds on the modernization of armed forces was 73,444 crore. The actual expenditure that year was 66,850 crore. In 2015-16 the estimate was 77,406 crore and the expenditure was 62,235 crore
Review and improve border management. Punitive measures will be introduced to check illegal immigration.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
In 2019 the Government formed a task force for identifying areas for use of space technology in improving border management. The Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) was formulated in 2016 with the aim to ensure electronic surveillance of India’s international borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 2018 Rajnath Singh inaugurated two pilot projects of smart fencing along the Indo-Pak International Border under the CIBMS. The Government has issued the setting up of Special Task Forces in each to detect, identify and intercept illegal Bangladeshi migrants. In 2016 The Standing Committee on Home Affairs, in its report on Border Security, noted various issues with border infrastructure, such as outposts, fencing and floodlighting.
Research for the eradication of tropical diseases
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
Indian Council of Medical Research has been conducting research on different tropical diseases. In 2013, the Council received Rs. 480.20 crores. In 2017 that number went up to Rs.1395.60 Crores, a 109 % increase.
Facilitate setting up of software and hardware manufacturing units
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The Government has taken steps to promote electronics manufacturing in the country. Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) Scheme provides financial assistance for creating a world-class infrastructure for electronics manufacturing units.
Ensure greater participation of Armed Forces in the decision-making process of the Ministry of Defence
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
Ministry of Defence has enhanced the financial decision-making powers of the Vice Chiefs of the three defence services in order to expedite the decision-making process involved in the revenue procurements of the forces. In 2018 at the combined commanders' conference at Dehradun's Indian Military Academy, PM Modi and Defence Minister talked about the possibility of a tri-service chief to ensure synergy in training, logistics, planning, and procurements among the forces. No action has been taken on this.
Implement measures to improve the efficiency of Armed Forces Tribunals
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
There are eleven benches of Armed Forces Tribunal(AFT) and seventeen courts working under those Benches. In 2018 the Army launched the newest bench of the AFT in Jammu. In 2019, 195 out of 593 posts are vacant in AFT. Nine members have been appointing after the Government notified the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities (Qualifications, Experience and other Conditions of Service of Members) Rules in 2017. The Armed Forces Tribunal Act of 2007 lays down the procedure for appealing an order of the AFT to the Supreme Court. In 2015 the SChas held that an appeal against an AFT order could be filed with the apex court and not the high courts. As of 2018, a total number of 11,705 cases are pending with Armed Forces Tribunals since its inception in 2009.
Ensure that servicemen can register and vote from their place of posting.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
Servicemen receding at the place of their posting for a minimum of three years have been eligible to register as a general voter of that place sine 2008. In 2016 the Government amended the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 to enable service voters to cast their vote in elections through an e-postal ballot. But the Standing Committee on Defence noted that approximately 90% of defence personnel are unable to exercise their right to vote because of inadequacies in the postal ballot system.
Create a comprehensive national system of innovation
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
In 2018 the is MHRD’s Innovation cell was launched to foster the culture of Innovation in all Higher Education Institutions. The National Innovation Foundation of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has been fostering invocation since 2000. Department of Science & Technology, in 2016-17, launched ‘National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations’ (NIDHI) for nurturing knowledge-based and technology-driven ideas and innovations into successful startups.
Introduce internships and apprenticeship programs for youths
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
On March 28, 2018, Skill India mission felicitated first batch of interns from India for Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) in Japan.
Set up seed culture labs in each district.
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
As of 2018, there are 130 seed-testing labs in different states. There are two central institutes for seed testing in the country one in Varanasi and one in Faridabad. In October 018, The Economic Times reported the agriculture ministry is planning a massive increase in the number of seed-testing laboratories in the country. The ministry is consulting with state governments to set up 583 seed-testing labs in major towns and 6,600 labs at the block level in rural areas, the report said. Since the report, no progress has been made on this regard.
Create institutional mechanisms to refresh and upgrade abilities through continuing education
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
In August 2018, Government of India launched the second phase of ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ which aims to link higher educational institutions in the country with at least five villages. The scheme covers 750 such institutions.
Bring together industry, universities and government
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
Ministry of Skill Development and Entreprenuership with its functional arms including National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), National Skill Development Fund (NSDF), intends to work with the existing network of skill development centres, universities and other alliances in the field.
Set up Centers of Excellence in partnership with the industry
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
Government of India has started centers of excellence in petrochemical sectors.
Promote renewable energy sources
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
PM Modi inaugurated the Assembly of the International Solar Alliance as well as the second IORA Renewable Energy Ministerial Meeting on 2 October 2018. He noted that the International Solar Alliance, focused on renewable fuel sources, could replace OPEC as a key global energy supplier in the future. He also announced his intention to launch a cross-sector National Energy Storage Mission. Earlier in 2018, the prime minister also launched a new National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy to promote use of renewable power sources at competitive prices and consistent quality.
Review, amend and strengthen the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act,2012 and Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
The Cabinet approved amendments to the Child and Adolescent Labour Act, 2012, in May 2015. The proposed changes included a prohibition of all children below 14 years of age with two notable exceptions, namely in entertainment and agriculture.
Connect ports with roads and rail to the hinterland
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
As of March 22, 2018, 222 port connectivity projects worth Rs.2.65 lakh crore have been identified under the Sagarmala Programme. Out of these, 14 projects arecompleted and 69 projects are under implementation. These Projects are being implemented by various departments like Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, National Highway Authority of India, State Public Works Departments, Ports, Indian Port Rail Corporation Ltd., and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas etc.
Focus on Zero defect products
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) has notified a scheme called “Financial Support to MSMEs in ZED Certification Scheme” to encourage MSMEs to adopt Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) practices in their manufacturing processes. More than 20,000 MSMEs have registered under the scheme for certification. As of now the principle is only being mandated in the MSME sector.
Implement 'National Energy Policy'
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
The second draft is awaiting inter-ministerial comments, following which the National Energy Policy is expected to be finalised.
Put emphasis on imparting soft skills including a national program on foreign languages.
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana has a provision for its training centers to impart Soft Skills. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) offers foreign languages as a non-compulsory subject in classes IX to XII. There is no national program on foreign languages yet.
Run short-term courses, in the evenings, focusing on employable skills
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
The National Skill Development Mission was launched in 2015 to provide a strong institutional framework for the implementation of skill training across the country. The Skill India Campaign was also launched in 2015 with the aim to train people in different skills. The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana( 2016 -2020) has a provision for short term training for school/college dropouts. 49973 people were provided short term training undertrained in 2016. That number rose to 674534 in 2018.
Build world-class, regional centers of excellence of scientific research in the field of nanotechnology, material sciences, thorium technology, and brain research
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
The Union Government has developed 20 Centres of Excellence in Nanotechnology in various States of the country. Various universities and research institutes have set up excellence centers of their own.
Take all necessary steps to protect and technologically advance the interest of retailers, small traders and small vendors
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
Apart from providing GST exemptions and Loans, the government hasn't moved towards technologically enabling small traders an vendors.
Address the issue of anaemia
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
In 2018, the Cabinet approved the National Nutrition Mission with a budget of Rs 9,046.17 crore till 2020, and the government aims make the benefit of this mission reach 10 crore people
Devise schemes and programs to engage the senior citizens as volunteers / part-time workers in various development programmes of the government
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
In 2014 the Government set up MyGov, a web portal that connects the people to the government and provides a platform for them to participate in democracy. This portal is acceptable by all of irrespective of age.
Procedure to avail Student's loans will be simplified and loans made affordable
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
Government of India launched a website called "Vidyalakshmi" acting as a "single window for students to access information and make application for educational loans provided by banks and government scholarships."
Bring down the Current account deficit by focusing on exports.
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The Government has taken many steps to boost the country's exports in an attempt to reduce the trade deficit. Some of them include exploring new markets and new products as well as increasing India's share in the traditional markets and products. The revised Foreign Trade Policy focuses on continued support for multilateral rule-based global trade. Uniform tax rates and practices across States under GST have led to huge logistics and transaction cost saving for exporters. Other steps include enhancing participation of Indian industry in global value chains, promoting exports by MSMEs and labour intensive sectors, etc.
Promote Indian languages, and put measures for the development of all Indian languages
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In 2012 Promotion of Indigenous Languages committee was set up in the UGC. the committee proposed the establishment of Centre for Endangered Languages at universities to promote and research dying indian languages. It was only in 2015 that the govt started releasing grants for the same. In 2017 9 Universities were fianlly approved for the centres.
Disabled friendly infrastructures in public areas and transport
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
The Supreme Court has come out with a series of directions to ensure that public infrastructure is accessible to differently-abled persons and ordered that the June 2019 deadline set by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Provide appropriate resources for the maintenance and restoration of all national heritage sites
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Culture has decided to digitize the collections of all the Museums under it. Adopt A Heritage Scheme launched on 27th September 2017- the Project envisages involvement of Private/Public Companies / Organizations and Individuals to adopt Monuments, Natural Heritage Sites and other Tourist Sites in the country, primarily under CSR. The PRASAD scheme provides Central Financial Assistance for infrastructure development and beautification of tourist spots. Till date total of 24 projects in 15 states have been approved with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 727.16 crore and a total amount of Rs. 341.68 crore has been released for these project during the years 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016- 17, 2017-18 and the current financial year.
Decision-making on environment clearances will be made transparent as well as time-bound
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
In 2018, The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change introduced as single window clearance portal-PARIVESH (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive, Virtuous and Environmental Single window Hub) as an online system of processing of environmental clearances. The system also allows cases to be tracked.
Establish sports academies across the country
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
It is proposed to open 13 National Sports Academies, however, 5 National Sports Academies were made operational till 2015-2016.
Launch a massive 'Clean Rivers Programme'
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
Namami Gange Programme was approved in 2014 with outlay of Rs 20,000 crore. In December, the Comptroller and Auditor General has indicted the National Mission for Clean Ganga for delay in executing the Ganga cleaning projects, non-utilisation of fund meant for river cleaning and lapses in monitoring.
Take into consideration the cultural and strategic importance of the Ram Setu for the 'SethuSamudram Channel' project
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The government is yet to clear an alternative route that avoids dredging through the Ram Setu. The shipping ministry has proposed a new alignment, which will not damage the Ram Setu structure.
Launch the 'Youth for Development' programme
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
Was introduced under the provision of National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP) in December 2014.
Set-up Youth parliament across India
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
Was introduced under the provision of National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP) in December 2014.
Set up the National Youth Advisory Council
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
Was introduced under the provision of National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP) in December 2014.
Work towards strengthening Regional forums like SAARC and ASEAN
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
India has been participating in all the summits and meeting of the two regional forums. India has been working towards raising the level of ASEAN-India trade and a mutually beneficial Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement.
Reform the National Security Council to make it the hub of all sector-related assessments. It will be accountable for real-time intelligence dissemination. Digital and Cyber security will be a thrust area
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
In 2015, The National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) was approved by the government to coordinate intelligence gathering between agencies and handle issues related to national security. The Department of Science and Technology has been implementing Science and technology agreements between India and other countries. Some of those international projects include digital security. The Central government has been holding training sessions on cyber forensics through various departments and schemes like The Information Security Education and Awareness portal, cert-in, The Training Division of the Bureau of Police Research & Development, Cyber Crime Prevention Against Women and Children scheme, CBI, etc.
Revive the anti-terror mechanism, strengthen the role of NIA and put a system in place for swift and fair trial of terror related cases.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
Out of the 38, 9 special NIA courts have been notified since 2014. India has taken steps for setting up of Joint Working Groups (JWGs) on counter-terrorism/security matters with other countries. Bilateral treaties on Mutual Legal Assistance (MLATs) have also been signed with other countries. In 2017, Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalization Division and the Cyber and Information Security Division were created in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
We will actively involve people in policy formulation and evaluation through various platforms
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In 2014 the Government set up MyGov, a web portal that connects the people to the government. Citizens have been able to contribute their ideas to core policy issues, make suggestions, give feedback, and participate in the governance process at large through discussions, tasks, polls, talks. Citizens’ inputs which were crowdsourced through MyGov have been included in financial budgets, Rail Budgets, National Education Policy, etc
Ensure easy availability of institutional credit.
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
To ensure hassle-free and smooth flow of credit to the farmers, Government fixes agriculture credit disbursement targets for the banking sector every year and banks have consistently surpassed these targets.
Mandate digitization of all government work
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The government is undergoing digitization through various schemes and programs. In 2015 a letter from the Secretary of The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology was sent out to all the Chief Secretaries of States informing and advising them of the Digitial India platform
Address the increasing shortage of commissioned and non-commissioned staff in the defense forces on a priority basis, in a time-bound manner.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
It is a continuous process. The Government has taken a number of measures to reduce the shortages. These include sustained image projection, participation in career fairs and exhibitions and publicity campaign to create awareness among the youth. Various steps are also being taken to make armed forces’ jobs attractive. professional and mental counseling is now being taken seriously.
Assess the talent and capacity of our youth from an early age; so they can be groomed accordingly
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
The Government has been conducting the National Achievement Survey (NAS) to asses the learning levels of students in school. In 2017 the Government revamped the Khelo India Programme. One of its primary features in the Talent Identification and Development vertical. The National Youth Policy was approved at the beginning of 2014 and the current Govmernti is continuing it.
Review obsolete and multiple laws to reduce and simplify them.
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
A project “Identification of Obsolete Laws” was undertaken by the 19th Law Commission of the previous government but no progress could be made as the term of the Commission ended. The 20th Law Commission decided to continue with the project and submitted four reports on "Obsolete Laws: Warranting Immediate Repeal", in which it recommended repealing acts. The Prime Minister's Office set up a two-member committee in 2014 to review the repeal of obsolete laws. The committee identified a total of 1,824 laws for repeal. Five bills have been passed since then to undertake this mass repealing. Out of 1824 Acts identified for repealing, a total of 1,428 Acts have already been repealed.
Air Cargo facilities will be enhanced throughout the country
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The air cargo handled in India has gone up by more than 20 times from 0.08 million metric tonnes in 1972-73 to 2.5 million metric tonnes in 2014-15, as per data from the Airports Authority of India
Support and aid voluntary organizations working for the care of the disabled
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
The Government has been providing financial assistance to NGOs working for the welfare of SCs, OBCs, senior citizens, drug addicts and persons with disabilities. Under the Scheme of Assistance to Disabled for Purchase/ Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) funds are released to various implementing Agencies including NGOs for distribution of aids and assistive devices to disabled persons. The Guidelines for the Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme were revised in 2018. Under this scheme, grant-in-aid is provided to NGOs for their projects relating to the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
Fast-track cases against politicians
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In the end of 2017, the Supreme Court greenlit the Center's scheme to set up 12 fast track courts to try criminal cases against MPs/MLAs. The SC has set a time frame of one year to hear 1,581 criminal cases pending against Members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies. As of July 2018, a total number of 1349 cases have been transferred to these Special Courts for a speedy trial.
Set up special programs aimed at girls below the poverty line, tribals, and indigent women
Category: Women Status: In Progress
The Government has launched and is continuing schemes aimed at the girl child. The Government is continuing the scheme of Strengthening Education among Scheduled Tribe (ST) Girls in Low Literacy Districts., Scheme of Girls & Boys Hostels for ST, Scheme of Ashram Schools in Tribal Areas that benefit tribal women The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme of 2015 is intended to benefit all girl children including girls below the poverty line, tribals. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been continuing the Ujjawala scheme for the prevention of trafficking and rescue of victims.
Complete infrastructure in every rural home
Category: Women Status: In Progress
The Swacch Bharat initiative launched in October 2014 is a driving force behind the construction of toilets, electrification of rural areas and the assurance of clean drinking water. The government has announced progress on all fronts, but is not likely to reach its goal of providing every household with essential amenities by October 2019. As of December 2018, 71.8% of rural populations had access to safe water; 82.7% of rural households had individual toilets and only 32% of villages are considered open defecation-free. Some 80.3% of rural households have access to clean drinking water, but only 56% have clean water piped into their homes. In April 2018, India announced that all census villages had achieved access to electricity. Universal electrification at the household level is projected for 31 March 2019.
Give special emphasis to the development of Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms – like Lok Adalats, Arbitration and Conciliation centres
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Parliament passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill in 2018. The amendment to the 1996 act is focused on making the arbitration process more party friendly, cost-effective and ensure timely disposal of arbitration cases. 4,09,35,185 pre-litigative and pending cases have been disposed off by National Lok Adalats since 2015.
Explore setting up of regional Kisan TV channels
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
In 2015 the BJP government set up DDKisan, a television targeted towards farmers. The totals funds released for the channel from 2014-15 to 2016-17 is Rs. 122.25 crores. 80 crores were allocated for 2017-18. Content for the channel comes from various agricultural institutes such as Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Indian Council of Agriculture Research, (ICAR), India Meteorological Department (IMD), and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). No other such channels have been launched at regional levels.
Remove gender disparities in property rights, marital rights and cohabitation rights
Category: Women Status: In Progress
Group of Ministers have submitted a draft to the cabinet for making National Policy for Women. Draft policy envisages efforts to be taken up to address the special needs of single women such as widows, separated, divorced, never-married and deserted women including women-headed households and single women living within households.
Special courts for IPR cases
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
A project “Identification of Obsolete Laws” was undertaken by the 19th Law Commission of the previous government but no progress could be made as the term of the Commission ended. The 20th Law Commission decided to continue with the project and submitted four reports on "Obsolete Laws: Warranting Immediate Repeal", in which it recommended repealing acts. The Prime Minister's Office set up a two-member committee in 2014 to review the repeal of obsolete laws. The committee identified a total of 1,824 laws for repeal. Five bills have been passed since then to undertake this mass repealing. Out of 1824 Acts identified for repealing, a total of 1,428 Acts have already been repealed.
Expand/improve women's hostels
Category: Women Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing the Working Women Hostels scheme to improve safety in women's hostels and provide further amenities, e.g. child care, washing facilities, etc. For the 2017-2018 financial year, 190 additioanl hostels were proposed to be opened.
Encourage business houses to patronize sports and sportspersons
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
In 2015 the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports called upon corporate houses to spend a portion of their CSR funds towards the promotion of sports. In 2014 Rs. 53.36 Crores were spent on ‘encouraging sports’ under CSR. That increased to Rs. 134.76 crores in 2015. The contribution made by companies for the development and promotion of sports in 2016 was Rs. 51.73 Crores
Ensure effective implementation of the Right to Education, Right to Food Security Act
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: In Progress
The Government reviews and monitors the implementation of the Right to Education Act, 2009 periodically. Annual data on educational outcomes are collected through UDISE every year. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is reviewed twice every year by a Joint Review Mission (JRM). The National Achievement Surveys (NAS) is conducted by NCERT to review trends in learning levels. The Food Security Act provides for State Food Commission (SFC) in every State/UT, for the purpose of monitoring and review of the implementation of the Act.
Promote horticulture, floriculture, pisciculture, bee-keeping
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
The Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), was implemented in 2014-15 for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector in the country. In 2018 Rs 2391.5 crores rupees were allocated to the scheme, 192.9 crores more than what was allocated in 2017. In the 2015-2016 a PG Institute of Horticulture Research and Education was proposed to be set up at the Punjab Agricultural University. The government also provides financial assistance for Floriculture and Beekeeping through the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), National Horticulture Board (NHB), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) etc. The export activities of floriculture crops get promoted through Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).
Modernize agriculture and allied industries through stronger credit and market linkages
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
The Government set up the National Agriculture Market ( eNAM ) in 2016 as an online trading portal for farmers that networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. As of 2018, 585 wholesale regulated markets of 16 States and 2 UTs have been integrated with e-NAM platform. In order to provide better marketing facilities to the farmers, the Government has released a new model “The Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017” in 2017 with the aim to connect farmers directly to consumers.
Create Cluster based storage systems
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a Central Sector Scheme of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) with an allocation of Rs. 6,000 crore for period 2016-2020. One of the objectives of the shcems is to set up Agro-processing Clusters intended to create modern storage systems for goods like vegetables and fruits. As of July 2018, 100 agro-processing clusters have been allocated among the states. The ministry has also issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) for inviting online proposals from potential investors/entrepreneurs willing to set up agro-processing clusters in the country.
Connect ports to the hinterland through a strategic rail network.
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
As of March 22, 2018, 222 port connectivity projects worth Rs.2.65 lakh crore have been identified under the Sagarmala Programme. Out of these, 14 projects arecompleted and 69 projects are under implementation. These Projects are being implemented by various departments like Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, National Highway Authority of India, State Public Works Departments, Ports, Indian Port Rail Corporation Ltd., and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas etc.
Introduce the concept of consumer-friendly farmers' market to reduce wastages and increase incomes and risk coverage
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
The Government had set up various schemes and projects to help farmers get connected to consumers, increase incomes and cover risks. In 2016 the National Agriculture Market ( eNAM ) was set up as an online trading portal for farmers. In 2017 the Government enforced “The Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act" with the aim to connect farmers directly to consumers. The Government has decided to develop and upgrade existing rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) to help farmers make direct sales to consumers and bulk purchasers. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) was launched from Kharif 2016 season as a crop insurance scheme. The Government increased in the Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for select crops for the 2018-19 season as a major boost for the farmers' income In the Union Budget 2019, the Government announced the “Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAmman Nidhi (PM-KiSaN)” under which the financial benefit of Rs. 6000/- per year will be provided to all small and marginal Farmer families, irrespective of age.
Senior Citizens health care would be a special focus area
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has been continuing the “National Programme for the Health Care of the Elderly” (NPHCE) since 2010 to address various health-related problems of elderly people. The Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) was 2017 with an objective to provide aids and assisted living devices viz. walking sticks, elbow crutches, walkers/crutches, tripods/quadpods, hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial dentures and spectacles free of cost to senior citizens belonging to BPL. This government has also set up the Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund.
Address the issue of Flood control in Assam and river water management.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017 announced a package of ₹2,350 crore for all North-East states for mitigating the impact of floods on short- and long-term basis.
Maximize the potential of oil, gas, hydel power, ocean, wind, coal, and nuclear sources.
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
The Government has put forward many schemes and policies relating to Energy. The Niti Aayog put out a draft of a National Energy Policy in 2017. The National Offshore Wind Energy Policy was notified in 2015. In 2017 the Government put out a new policy for standardization of renewable energy products. Funds released for wind energy during 2015 were Rs. 314 crore, this increased to Rs. 784.59 crore in 2018. The Government amended the Atomic Energy Act in 2015 to facilitate the establishment of Joint Venture Companies (JVC) by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited to set up nuclear power plants. As on 1st January 2019, there are 37 Under Construction Hydro Power Projects in the country.
Set in place national policies on critical natural resources like coal, minerals, spectrum, etc.
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
In 2015 the Government passed the Coal Mines( Special Provisions) Bill to provide for the allocation of coal mines. Total Revenue earned in the allocation of Mines under Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015(till January 2019) is Rs. 6438.94 Crore. In 2017 the Coal Blocks Allocation Rules were added to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. The new amendments also lay down penalties for illegal mining. in 2015 the Government launched the Mining Surveillance System (MSS) to use space technology for curbing illegal mining activities in the country. The Ministry of Mines has amended the Mineral Auction Rules 2015 in November 2017.
Fencing work at India-Bangladesh border
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
Out of the 3326 km of sanctioned length of fence along Indo-Bangladesh Border, 2746.44 km has been completed.
Pollution control mechanisms will be set up on priority basis
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
The Government is implementing a number of schemes and providing financial assistance to States to help keep the environment pollution free which include the National Ambient Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP) 2011, installation of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS),National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), etc. The Government has also taken several steps to address air pollution through the introduction of cleaner / alternate fuels like gaseous fuel (CNG, LPG etc.), banning of burning of biomass, etc. The “Guidelines on water quality monitoring” were issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2017. National Air Quality Index (AQI) was launched in 2015.To counter environmental pollution arising out of crop residue burning, the Union Government introduced a scheme on ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for in-situ management of crop residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi’ for the period from 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Harness advanced satellite technology and expertise for development.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
ISRO has been helping with Development and Governance since it's inception. Satellite data is used for agricultural assessment and disaster risk reduction. The Forest Survey of India is making use of satellite technology to monitor the forest resources of the country. In order to promote space technology for governance and public administration, the Department of Space had formed expert working groups in ISRO and prepared a joint action plan on “Effective use of Space Technology in Governance & Development” in 2015. Out of the 158 projects initiated, 94 projects are completed, while 35 projects are at different stages of execution.
Address the problems of refugees from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
A Rs 2,000-crore development package for displaced people of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) living in the country was approved by the government in 2016.
Set up fool proof mechanisms for protection and preservation of wild life
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
The Government has continued the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-IDWH) beyond the 12th Plan period from 2017-18 to 2019-20. The total outlay is Rs. 1731.72 crore as central share (Rs. 1143 crore for Project Tiger, Rs. 496.50 crores for Development of Wildlife Habitats and Rs.92.22 crore for Project Elephant) from 2017-18 to 2019-20. The third National Wildlife Action Plan (2017-2031) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, was unveiled with the aim having a concerted approach for protection, conservation, and management of wildlife throughout the country.
Encourage citizen's participation in reforestation, agro-forestry and social forestry, through targeted programmes
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change framed a new draft National Forest Policy in 2018 which proposes climate change mitigation through sustainable forest management. It stresses on participatory forest management. National Mission for a Green India (GIM) was to be launched in 2012 but GIM activities were started in 2015-16. The mission aims to increase the forest cover of the country along with improving its quality. There is a component under GIM to support forestry on farmlands for taking up Agro-forestry and Social forestry.
Pension and Health insurance for all kinds of labourers
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Labour Ministry has proposed free insurance cover, monthly pension of Rs 1,000 after 60 years of age, scholarships for children, and reimbursement of medical expenses under a draft model scheme for the welfare of building and other construction (BOC) workers.
Resource mapping, exploration and management will be undertaken through the use of technology
Category: Environment and Energy Status: In Progress
The Government under the National Natural Resource Management System(NNRMS) Scheme, provides grants to the research institutions for assessment and monitoring of country’s natural resources using technology. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is continuing the ‘Development of Water Resources Information System (DWRIS)’ to develop a robust information system on water resources. Satellite data is used for agricultural assessment and disaster risk reduction. The Forest Survey of India is making use of satellite technology to monitor the forest resources of the country. During 2016-17, Geological Survey of India (GSI) took up194 mineral exploration programmes in different parts of the country. Resourcesat-2A, a powerful imaging system for resource survey, was successfully launched into space by ISRO in 2016.
Provide appropriate resources for the maintenance and restoration of all national heritage sites
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Culture has decided to digitize the collections of all the Museums under it. Adopt A Heritage Scheme launched on 27th September 2017- he Project envisages involvement of Private/Public Companies / Organizations and Individuals to adopt Monuments, Natural Heritage Sites and other Tourist Sites in the country, primarily under CSR. The PRASAD scheme provides Central Financial Assistance for infrastructure development and beautification of tourist spots. Till date total of 24 projects in 15 states have been approved with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 727.16 crore and a total amount of Rs. 341.68 crore has been released for these project during the years 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016- 17, 2017-18 and the current financial year.
Move toward resolution of Ram Mandir dispute in Ayodhya
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The legal case over the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has been pending with the Supreme Court for more than eight years, since an appeal against the Allahabad High Court's ruling that the land in question be divided equally amongst the three relevant parties. The hearing scheduled for 29 January 2019 was deferred.
Provide a non adversarial and conducive tax environment
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The GST replaced many indirect taxes with a single indirect tax. The Government also made it easier to pay taxes through online portals etc. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into 4 more Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) during August 2017. The APA scheme provides a level of certainty to taxpayers by setting the prices of international transactions in advance.
Double the number of lower courts and judges
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Department of Justice had asked all High Courts to share thier action plan for 2018-19 to fill up vacancies in subordinate judiciary. The Sanctioned strength of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts has increased from 19,518 as on December 2013 to 22,545 as on March 2018. The working strength of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts has increased from 15,115 as on December 2013 to 17,109 as on March 2018. As of November 2017, there were 17,836 court halls/courtrooms available for District and Subordinate Courts in the country and 2,824 court halls/courtrooms were under construction.
Accord high priority to filling the Judges vacancies
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice presented its report on ‘Inordinate Delay in Filling up the Vacancies in the Supreme Court and High Courts’ in 2016. In it brought to light the present lack of consensus between the Executive and Judiciary, in relation to finalization of the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP). It still hasn't been finalized. The Constitution(Ninety-Ninth Amendment) Act, 2014 and the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014 came into effect 2015 but was struck down by the Supreme Court. The Collegium system was restored after that.
Mandate a performance review, social and environmental audit for all Government schemes and programmes.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In 2015 the Government launched the PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) scheme aimed at addressing common man’s grievances and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government. The Department of Rural Development has constituted an Expert Advisory Group (EAG) for recommending measures on improvement and strengthening of internal audit system in 2017. The District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) was constituted in 2016 to ensure effective development coordination of almost all the programmes of Central Government.
Generate IT based jobs in rural and semi-urban areas.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Department of Rural Development has been implementing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) which provide employment and self-employment opportunities to people residing in rural areas. The Revised Operational Guidelines, 2018 of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana lists Information and Communication technology as trades within the scheme. In 2014, 621 lakh persons were provided employment Under MGNREGS. That number increased to 651 lakh in 2017.
Special mission to create 50 tourist circuits
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The Swadesh Darshan scheme was launched by this administration to promote tourist circuits across the country. Routes proposed by this group and by the spiritually-focused PRASAD mission include tourist circuits as well as pilgrimmages and span all geographic areas. According to the scheme's website on 15 February 2019, a total of 74 projects had been sanctioned.
Promote fish farming and aquaculture
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
In 2017, the agriculture ministry notified the new National Policy on Marine Fisheries, that aims at boosting private investment and technology in the sector, fisheries development, socio-economic upliftment of fishers. The Fisheries division of Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has been implementing different schemes under the “Blue Revolution Scheme” for the development of fisheries sector, including enhancement of production and productivity, improving the livelihood of the fishers and welfare of fishermen. The department has also set up a dedicated Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) worth Rs.7,522 crore in 2018.
Modernize our Prison system with technology and infrastructure
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The modernization of prisons is a multipronged and ongoing process. The Ministry of Home Affairs is supporting the States/UTs in implementing the E-Prisons project that aims to introduce efficiency in prison management through digitization. The National Legal Services Authority has also launched a web app in 2017 to provide under trial prisoners with information on free legal services. The "Modernization of Prisons” scheme was launched in 2002-03. the first phase ended in 2009. The second phase of the scheme was considered by the Government but no funds have been allocated for it and hence the second phase has not been launched.
Bring SC/ST, OBCs and other weaker sections of the society within the ambit of IT-enabled the development
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has developed an online-web portal (e-utthaan.gov.in) monitoring the Central Sector/Centrally Sponsored schemes under the Allocation for Welfare of Scheduled Castes (AWSC) from 2017 onwards. The Government has been continuing the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and the Tribal Sub Plan: Technological Interventions for Tribal Empowerment (TITE) to promote research, development, and adaptation of technology for improving the quality of life of the economically weaker sections of scheduled castes in urban/rural areas. In 2015 the Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes was launched to promote entrepreneurship amongst the Scheduled Castes who are oriented growth technologies. The venture capital was fund allocated Rs 140 crore in 2018-19. The Government also provides loans scholarships and grants to SC/ST students to persure skill-development and education.
Integrated public transport
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has a series of programmes to improve logistics throughout the country. There is not yet a unified project to encompass multiple forms of transport, but in May 2017 the ministry organised the India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit to promote multi-modal transport planning. In 2018 an MoU was signed between India and the UK to integrated public transporti n India.
Set-up high speed highways
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In 2015 Digital India was launched to ensure improved online infrastructure and Internet connectivity in the country. In 2017 the Government has launched the second phase of the BharatNet Project (initially called the National Optical Fibre Network of 2011) to connect all Gram Panchayats by broadband in the country. The scheme also has provisions for setting up wifi-hotspots in Gram Panchayats.
Use technology to reduce transmission and istribution losses
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
One of the main objectives of the DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) of 2015 is the improvement of Sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability of the supply. Ministry of Power through Central Power Research Institute (CPRI)Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) are separately involved in R&D for technology to the reduction in energy loss in transmission of power. In 2009 the Transmission and Distribution in the country stood at 25.47% that reduced to 21.81% in 2015
Launch State Regional Councils
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
NITI Aayog was tasked with the establishment of special councils to serve the needs of states or regions. The Himalayan State Regional Council was launched in 2018.
Introduce soil assessment based crop planning and setting up mobile soil testing labs
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
In 2015 the Government launched the ‘Soil Health Card’ (SHC) scheme to provide Soil health cards to all the farmers in the country every 2 years. The scheme aims at empowering farmers with knowledge about thier soil so that they can make informed decisions on crop planning. Against the target of 12.04 crore soil health cards, 8.13 crore cards issued to farmers till 6th February 2019. Funds released for the scheme in 2014 was 2389.58. Lakhs. 19119.89 lakhs were released in 2018- 19. On March 2018, there were 284 functioning Mobile Soil Testing Laboratories in the country. There were 1460 Static Soil Testing Laboratories and 8752 Minis STLS.
Review and reduce the number of cases in which the Government is a litigant.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The National Litigation Policy was drafted in 2010 with the aim the make the Government a responsible litigant. The Draft is still under Government consideration. In 2017 the Department of Justice uploaded a document titled, "Action Plan to reduce Government litigation" on its website in which possible solutions to the problem are laid out. The Government has taken steps to reduce pendency of all cases: Arrears Committees have been set up, The Nyaya Mitra Scheme was launched in 2017. Ministry of Defence had constituted an expert committee in 2015 to monitor and propose changes to reduce litigation in service matters.
Enhance the number of women in the Bar as well as Bench, reducing the gender gap injudiciary
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
As of 8th February 2019, there are 28 Judges in the Supreme Court, three of them are women. The High Courts share a similar breakdown. Appointment of Judges of the High Court is made under Article 217 and 224 of the Constitution of India. These Articles do not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons including women. The Minister of Law & Justice has addressed letters to the concerned Chief Justices to consider women when sending proposals for appointment of Judges. Some States have provided reservation quota for the appointment of women in the subordinate judiciary.
Run legal awareness programmes and introduce it in school curriculum
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) with other Legal Services Institutions undertake various awareness activities to inform the public of the rights. In 2012- 2013 64,625 Legal Literacy Camps were held. that number jumped to 1,10,400 in 2015- 2016. Various legal literacy programmes are organized at school and college levels. In 2013 The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) introduced legal studies as an elective for classes XI and XII. Individual State Legal Services Authorities are implementing Legal Literacy Clubs in schools and colleges as per directions of the NALSA.
Make legal information open and freely accessible
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The E-Courts Project was launched in 2013 to provide efficient & time-bound citizen-centric service delivery and to provide transparency of Information access to its stakeholders. The current Government is continuing Phase Two of this project.
Expand and empower our pool of diplomats
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In 2017, The Government has issued a revised policy for the allocation of cadres to the members of All India Services. In a Lok Sabha reply, Minister of State for External Affairs stated that there is no plan to modify the recruitment procedures of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS). The total sanctioned strength of IFS cadre is 941. The number of vacancies as on 2nd August 2018 is 30. The Government of India has been providing additional security for its Missions and Posts over and above that sanctioned by international law. The Government has also been providing support and aid to students sitting for competitive examinations for recruitment to Group ‘A’ , ‘B’ and ‘C’ services and other equivalent posts under the Central and State governments.
Roll out a massive Low-cost Housing programme to ensure that every family will have a pucca house of its own.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY(U)] since 2015 to assist States in providing the urban poor with affordable housing As on 4th February 2019, total Rs. 1,11,825 crores have been approved under the PM(U) for construction of 72,80,851 houses.
Nurture more job generating opportunities like tourism and IT industry in the northeast
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi) has set up the North East Venture Fund (NEVF) for the North East Region with a corpus of Rs.100 crore. The Fund is used to invest in enterprises focused on Food Processing, Healthcare, Tourism, etc.
Address the issue of infiltration and illegal immigrants in the Northeast region on a priority basis.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
As per available information, approximately 330 Pakistani and approximately 1770 Bangladeshi nationals have been deported during the last three years form 2017. The Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) was formulated in 2016 with the aim to ensure electronic surveillance of India’s international borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. Detention centers have also been set up for detaining suspected illegal immigrants pending their deportation. 100 Foreigners Tribunals have been set up in Assam for detection/deportation of illegal foreigners.
Set up Hostels for North-Eastern students at various educational centers
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The North Eastern Council (NEC), Ministry of Development of North Eastern is funding the construction of a hostel for North Eastern students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The foundation stone was also laid in Bengaluru University in June 2016, for the construction of a hostel exclusively for girl students from Northeast. Land in Rohini, Delhi is being aquired to set up a hostel for Northeast students studying in Delhi University.
Issue identity cards to the unorganised sector labourers, provide them good quality health-and-education services and upgrade their skills through training programs
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In accordance with the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act (UWSSA) 2008 the Government approved the issuance of a Unique ID, the. Unorganised Workers Identification Number (UWIN) with an estimated cost of Rs. 402.7 Crore to be implemented in 2017-18 and 2018-19. A National Platform for the same is in the works In 2015 the Skill India mission was launched for skill-development in the country this includes the unorganised sector. The Government launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) in 2018 to provide health coverage to vulnerable families.
Develop national logistics network
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
In May 2017, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways held the India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit to promote multi-modal transport planning. No concrete network was developed, but the conversation was opened at this meeting. Cites for the establishment of "logistics parks" to create hub-and-spoke style transport flow have been identified.
Agri Rail network will be established with train Wagons designed to cater to the specific needs of perishable Agricultural products
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
In 2018, Guwahati and Maharastra were connected via Parcel Cargo Express Train (PCET) that transfers agriculture produce from the northeast to retail markets in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Nagpur, Pune etc. In 2017, the National Centre for Cold-chain Development came out with a report on the transportation of perishable agri-produce in which they noted 1.9 percent of the perishable fruits and vegetables are transported through rail, while 97.4 percent of the produce is transported through roads. The Indian Railways had introduced the refrigerated van service to facilitate the transportation of perishable commodities. Due to lack of demand, they aren't being used. In 2017 Amul transported 17 MT of butter in a refrigerator van from Palanpur to Delhi.
Modernize existing and operational airports. Connect smaller towns and all tourism circuits.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Airport Authority of India has embarked upon a Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) plan of Rs. 25,000 crores in the next 4-5 years for development/modernisation/ upgradation of terminal buildings of AAI airports in the country. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has formulated the National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) in 2016 to attract investments into the aviation sector. NCAP, 2016 envisages the development of airports under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
Every village will be connected through all-weather roads
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), was launched in 2000. The target for completion of PMGSY Phase I aimed at providing all-weather connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations has been advanced to March 2019. Since inception till 6th February 2019, 1.45 Lakh habitations have been provided connectivity through all-weather roads
Strengthen and expand rural credit facilities
Category: Agriculture Status: In Progress
The government has been concentrating on rural credit facilities by continuing existing schemes and increasing the budget. The Government has been implementing the Interest Subvention Scheme since 2006-07 under which farmers can get short term crop loans payable within one year. The Government has also been continuing the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme. The BJP government has converted the credit cards into Rupay Cards to enable more digital transactions. To bring small, marginal, farmers into the fold of institutional credit, Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) have been promoted by banks. As on March 2017, 24.53 lakh Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) have been granted Rs.26,848.13 crore worth of loans by banks. The agriculture credit targets fixed by the Government went up from 850000 crores in 2015-2016 to 11,0000 crore in 2018-2019.
Connect remote states like those in the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India through world class highways and rail lines
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In 2016 the Barak Valley was connected to the rest of the country with the opening of the long-awaited Broad Gauge Lumding-Silchar section in Assam.
Work on the Freight Corridors
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
Both Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs) are targeted to be completed in phases by the year 2020 as they are still under construction.
Evolve a national network of specialized universities having expertise in complementary domains.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
In 2010 the then Government approved the National Knowledge Network (NKN) to digitally connect all national universities, colleges, and research establishments to encourage sharing of resources. As on 30th November 2014, 1354 links to Institutions had been commissioned. As on 3rd March 2019, 1693 institutions have been connected through NKN.
Facilitate the modernisation of railways
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
The modernisation of the railway system in India is an ongoing process. Indian Railways in the process of replacing conventional coaches with Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches since the early 2000s. As of November 2018, 308 pairs of trains are being operated with modern LHB. There is a massive expansion program for the provision of lifts and escliators at stations. The September 2017 India signed an agreement between Japan under 'Make in India" for the bullet train project. So far 6762 numbers of Railway stations have already been provided with 100% LED lighting. In 2017 a Technology Mission for Indian Railways (TMIR) was sanctioned to drive modern technologies of monitoring, control, communications, design, electronics, and materials for Railway use.
Nurture ground water recharge harnessing rain water
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Government has drafted a Model Bill to enact suitable groundwater legislation which includes provisions of rainwater harvesting. In 2018 the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) notified revised guidelines to regulate groundwater extraction. These were turned down by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2019. Groundwater is monitored twice a year as per the “Guidelines on water quality monitoring 2017”. The Model Building Bye Laws, 2016 also include the provision of Rainwater Harvesting
Promote decentralized, demand-driven, community-managed water resource management, water supply, and environmental sanitation.
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
The Government has continued and restructured the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) to provide coverage of rural population with pipe water supply and household connection ultimately by 2030. The Government is continuing The National Water Policy of 2012 through which it advocates conservation, promotion, water-use efficiency and protection of water. The Swachh Bharat Mission have been implemented since the end of 2014 with the aim to ensure hygiene, waste management and sanitation in the country. The On Farm Water Management (OFWM), which is a part of the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), promotes water management amongst farmers.
Arrange sports facilities and training needs and make sports as a compulsory part of the school curriculum
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
There has been no mandate to add sports to the main curriculum of schools. It is considered an extracurricular and it's assessed based on the discretion of the individual schools and boards. In a speech 2018, the Vice President Sports said sports should be made a compulsory subject in schools and colleges. Since then there has been no progress on the same. The Khelo India Scheme of 2017 is being implemented for the promotion of sports in schools and colleges. The Government has also recognized certain organisations and associations for the promotion and development of sports in schools and colleges. The Sports Authority of India (SAI), is implementing a number of sports promotional schemes across the country, to identify talented sportspersons in the age group of 8-25 years and nurture for national and international competitions.
Revitalize Mid-day meal scheme (MDMS)
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
In 2015, 11.5 Lakh schools and 10 Crore children were covered under the scheme in 2017 that number dropped to 11.3 Lakh schools and 9.5 Crore children. In 2015, Rs. 9912.21 Crore were utilized for the scheme that dropped to Rs. 9075.76 Crore in 2017. In 2016 a total of 57 complaints on irregularities including the serving of substandard meal under MDMS were filed. In 2018 there were 20 complaints registered under the scheme, 16 of which still await replies. The cooking cost of the meals is reviewed periodically In 2018 it stands at Rs.4.35 and Rs.6.51 per child per day for primary and upper primary stages respectively. In 2015 the funding pattern between Centre and States/UTs the scheme was revised.
High priority will be given to addressing the shortfall of healthcare professionals
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
In 2016, Waste Management Rules were revised to include waste segregation into wet, dry and hazardous waste. It also included e-waste management. Activities like compost pits, vermicomposting, biogas plants, low-cost drainage, soakage channels/ pits, reuse of wastewater and system for collection, segregation and disposal of household garbage and menstrual hygiene management etc. are laid down in exciting and revamped guidelines. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) interacts with the Urban Local Bodies through Workshops and conferences for the dissemination of various technology & its implementation.
Review the role of various professional regulatory bodies in healthcare and consider setting up an overarching lean body for healthcare
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
There any many different regulatory bodies and acts that oversee healthcare in India. The Government has been continuing the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 and notified Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules, 2012. These oversee registration and regulation of clinical establishments. The National Quality Assurance Program (NQAP) was set up in 2013 under which quality standards have been laid down for public health facilities. The Medical Council of India (MCI) grants recognition of medical qualifications, gives accreditation to medical colleges, grants registration to medical practitioners, and monitors medical practice in India. The Medical Devices Rules were notified in 2017 to regulate the import, sale, and manufacturing of notified medical devices.
Modernize Government hospitals, upgrading infrastructure and latest technologies
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Under National Health Mission (NHM) of 2005, the States/UTs are supported through Programme Implementation Plans to strengthen their healthcare system including for new infrastructure, innovations, human resources, medical equipment, drugs, and diagnostics. According to the Rural Health Statistics Bulletin 2017-18, the shortfall of public health infrastructure in India is 18% for Sub centres, 22% for Primary Health Centres and 30% for Community Health Centres.
Promote international science and technology cooperation towards achieving the goals of national development and security.
Category: Science and Defence Status: In Progress
The Department of Science and Technology has been implementing Science and technology agreements between India and other countries. India and Israel have implemented cutting edge research projects in Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology; Human Genomics; Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology, etc. In 2016 the two decide to work together on Big Data and cyber security.
Set up the ‘National eHealth Authority’ to leverage telemedicine and mobile healthcare
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The National e-Health Authority (NeHA) is at a concept stage, and a Draft Act has been approved for putting it in public domain for inviting comments. Under the National Health Mission (NHM), financial support is being provided to States/UTs to strengthen and implement their Telemedicine Projects. Various mobile applications and widgets have been developed to access the features and facilities of the National Health Plan through mobile phones.
Create an open defecation free India
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [SBM(G)] was launched within 2014 with the aim to attain Open Defecation Free (ODF) India by providing access to toilet facilities to all rural households in the country. 569 districts in the country have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) as on December 2018. Funds release for SBM(G) in 2015 were Rs. 6,363 crore that increased to Rs. 16,611 8 crores in 2017.
Set up modern, scientific sewage and waste management systems.
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
In 2016, Waste Management Rules were revised to include waste segregation into wet, dry and hazardous waste. It also included e-waste management. Activities like compost pits, vermicomposting, biogas plants, low-cost drainage, soakage channels/ pits, reuse of wastewater and system for collection, segregation and disposal of household garbage and menstrual hygiene management etc. are laid down in exciting and revamped guidelines. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) interacts with the Urban Local Bodies through Workshops and conferences for the dissemination of various technology & its implementation.
Interlinking rivers
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
A National Perspective Plan for Water Resources Development was launched in December 2015 to conduct a feasibility study on interlinking rivers. By March 2018, 30 links had been identified as feasible and four of them were given priority status.
Make potable drinking water available to all
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Government has continued and restructured the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) to provide coverage of rural population with pipe water supply and household connection ultimately by 2030. As on 5th February 2019, 12.4% of the rural population do not have access to safe drinking water a drop from 14% in 2016. In 2017 the Comptroller and Auditor General reviewed the NRDWP and found that it failed to achieve its intended targets and objectives.
Initiate R&D for indigenous railways, coach design and signals
Category: Business and Industries Status: In Progress
In 2014, 216.11 crores were allocated to the Research, Designs and Standards Organization (RDSO) is the R&D. That rose to 313.10 crores in 2016. The Technology Mission for Indian Railways ( 2017) promotes indigenous technologic developments in the railway sector. In the Budget Speech 2016-17, Minister for Railways announced setting up a ‘Special Railway Establishment for Strategic Technology & Holistic Advancement- SRESTHA’ to drive long term Research and Development in guided transport in India. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) is under preparation. India Mostly used a German design for its coaches. As of 2017, India has been making LHB GS coachs compltely in-house, except forged wheels. The Coach is in oscillation trial stage. The RDSO is also piloting a Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)``
Implement a programme for women healthcare with emphasis on rural, SC, ST and OBC in a mission mode.
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
In 2017 The Poshan Abhiyaan was launched with the aim to improve the nutrition of children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers and reduce anemia among children and women. That same year the Government rebranded an existing scheme as Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) that provides cash incentives for improved health and nutrition to pregnant and nursing mothers.
Invest in research and development of solutions for chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, cancer, CVD
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Indian Council of Medical Research has been carrying out comprehensive surveys and research on the health of the country this includes chronic diseases. The Government issues financial assistance to states to set up their own research institutes. The Government approved the National Health Policy 2017. The policy also seeks to "reduce premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases by 25% by 2025." In 2015 India was the first country to adopt the NCD Global Monitoring Framework and Action Plan to its National Context. The framework elements include halting the rise in obesity and diabetes prevalence. the Government has also been implementing National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) since 2008.
Universalization of emergency medical services-108
Category: Health and Education Status: In Progress
The Government has introduced a Pan-India integrated emergency helpline number ‘112’ for implementation of the ‘Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)' across the country to address emergencies relating to Police, Fire and Health services. The service comes with a ‘112 India’ mobile app integrated with Panic Button of smartphones and ERSS State website for citizens. To ensure the safety of women, a SHOUT feature has been introduced in ‘112 India’ mobile app to seek immediate assistance from registered volunteers in the vicinity apart from the immediate assistance from Emergency Response Centre. In 2018, Himachal Pradesh became the first state to launch pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS.
Water access in remote areas
Category: Governance Status: In Progress
According to a survey done by World Water Council (WWC) in 2017, the drinking water standard have improved in the last 5 years.
Introduce self-defense as a part of the school curriculum
Category: Health and Education Status: No progress
Since 2009, the Government has been promoting self-defense training for girls under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). In 2018, the Government launched an umbrella scheme for education, Samagra Shiksha, which merges current schemes of school education. Under Samagra Shiksha scheme there is provision for self-defense training for girls students in classes VI to XII. There is no mandate to make self-defense part of part of the school curriculum, it is treated as an extracurricular activity.
Facilitate the setting up of a permanent Inter-faith Consultative mechanism
Category: Minorities Status: No progress
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its 2016 annual report has stated that ‘India is on a negative trajectory in terms of religious freedom. In 2018 the Government decided to establish an interfaith study center in the Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar on the 550th Birth Anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in 2019 for the comparative study of religions, interfaith dialogue, conflict resolution, languages, archives, theology, religious music etc. No Mechanism has been put into place for religious harmony.
Create a fund for modernisation of courts to improve the operational efficiency of courts.
Category: Governance Status: No progress
The Government has been administering a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary since the year 1993-94. As on August 2018, Rs. 6355.79 crores has been sanctioned since the inception of the scheme. During 2017-18, Rs. 621.21 crores was allocated, which was fully utilized, and Rs. 622.00 crores has been allocated under the scheme during 2018-19. No separate fund has been created for modernisation of courts. The Government is also implementing the eCourts Mission Mode Project for information and communication technology (ICT) enablement of district and subordinate courts. Under Phase II of eCourts Project (2015-19) till August 2018 Rs. 1073.18 crores have been released against the financial outlay of Rs.1670 crores.
The Wastelands of the country will be used for social forestry
Category: Environment and Energy Status: No progress
There have been no plans and programs for Wasteland development. Department of Land Resources has sanctioned 8214 watershed development projects during the period 2009-10 to 2014-15 under the Watershed Development Component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY) principally for development of rainfed portions of the cultivated area and wastelands. The projects are still at various stages of implementation.
Initiate a Government - Industry Dialogue, a channel for regular interface with the industry
Category: Business and Industries Status: No progress
The Govmernetm has undertaken certain E-governance schemes and created portals that connect the government and its departments directly with the public. None of the Mission Mode Project under the National E-Governance Plan exclusively pertain to the connecting of the govemrnrt with the industry.
Amend the multi-state cooperative act to removelacunae and anomalies.
Category: Business and Industries Status: No progress
An amendment to The Multi-State Cooperative Societies ACT 2002 was introduced in the parliament in 2010. No progress has been made on it since then.
Special adult literacy initiative for women
Category: Women Status: No progress
Although the government did continue literacy programmes initiated by the previous administration, no specific adult literacy programme has been established
Expand female training opportunities
Category: Women Status: No progress
There were 1431 Women ITIs and women wings in general ITI/ITCs with 82,390 training seats as on December 2013. In a reply to the Rajya Sabha, The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship noted that there were 1408 Women ITIs/Women Wings in ITIs across the country in which 135459 women were trained during 2016-17. ITIs have a 30 percent reservation of seats for female students
Set up a dedicated W-SME (Women Small and medium enterprises) cluster in every district.
Category: Women Status: No progress
The Government has been continuing the scheme for Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) to support MSME development by grouping them into similar segments. There is no dedicated Women MSME cluster (most of the clusters are based on the type of production and technology used). The scheme does set GOI grant rules for women-owned enterprises. The Ministry has launched and is continuing many schemes and policies to promote women entrepreneurship.
Seek the participation of voluntary organizations in running community kitchens
Category: Minorities Status: No progress
In 2018 the Government inaugurated the ‘Seva Bhoj Yojna’ with a total outlay of Rs. 325.00 Crores for Financial Years 2018-20. It's a scheme for providing reimbursement of CGST and Central Government’s share of IGST paid by charitable/religious institutions on the purchase of specific raw food items for serving Food/Prasad/Langar (Community Kitchen)/Bhandara to public/devotees. The scheme doesn't mention volunteers. States and NGOs take it on themselves to look for volunteers.
Pass the women reservation bill
Category: Women Status: No progress
The women reservation bill which seeks 33% reservation to women in parliamentary and state assemblies, isn't passed yet.
Reorganize Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in order to converge various departments dealing in healthcare, food, and nutrition and pharmaceuticals
Category: Health and Education Status: No progress
While the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is in charge of the health policy, nutrition comes under the Ministry of Health. The Drugs and Food Quality Control (Food) section of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare deals with Food Safety. There is a separate Department of Pharmaceuticals. The departments haven't been merged.
Set up an All Women Mobile Bank
Category: Women Status: No progress
The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), launched in 2014, was merged with the SBI on 1 April 2017. At the time of their merger, the joint bank had a total of 133 women-only branches across the country. None of these are mobile.
Sports facilities in all new housing colonies
Category: Skill and Social Development Status: No progress
There has been no official sanction to include sports facilities in housing colonies. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana will support the construction of houses but it leaves it up to the States to determine the size of the house and other facilities without any enhanced financial assistance from the Centre.
Initiate the process of digitization of defence land in cantonment and in other places.
Category: Science and Defence Status: No progress
The computerisation of defence land records in Cantonments was undertaken by the Directorate General of Defence Estates in association with National Informatics Centre in 2007 and a database was made public in 2011. This is an ongoing process. Since then no new initiatives have been made in this regard.,
Appoint a Veterans Commission to address the grievances of veterans
Category: Science and Defence Status: No progress
The National Commission for Ex-Servicemen Bill, 2015 has been drafted. No action has taken place since then.
Set up four dedicated defence universities to meet the shortage of manpower.
Category: Science and Defence Status: No progress
In 2010 the Government approved the setting up of Indian National Defence University (INDU) at Binola, Gurgaon, Haryana. It is still under construction. No such projects have been sanctioned under the current Government .
Set up the National Maritime Authority
Category: Science and Defence Status: No progress
The National Maritime Authority has not been established.
Initiate a multi-country student exchange program for school going children
Category: Health and Education Status: No progress
There have not been any progress on multi-country student exchange programs for school going children yet.
Re-orientation of herbal plants board to encourage farming of herbal plants
Category: Health and Education Status: No progress
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) was set up in 2000 under the Ministry of AYUSH. The Government has been running schemes like the “Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants” since 2007-08 and the "Centrally sponsored scheme of National Mission on Medicinal Plants (NMMP)" and "Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM)" since 2013-14 that have components of herbal and medicinal plants. No new schemes or boards have been created.
Establish a Central University dedicated to Himalayan Technology
Category: Health and Education Status: No progress
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani stated in 2015 that there's no proposal at present to set up a Central University dedicated to the himalayan technology. Since then there has been no progress in setting it up.
Set up a National Judicial Commission
Category: Governance Status: No progress
The NJAC Act was passed by Parliament in the first year of the Modi government creating the commission and notified as law on December 31, 2014. A constitution bench of the Supreme Court struck it down as “unconstitutional and void”
Promote e-Bhasha - National Mission for the promotion of IT in Indian Languages
Category: Governance Status: No progress
In 2015 the Pesident proposed E-bhasha as a mission mode project under the Digital india Program. No progress has been made on the initiative since then. No mention of it in the parliament or on any offical website.
Implement the National Litigation Policy
Category: Governance Status: No progress
The National Litigation Policy, 2010 has been reviewed by the government and the National Litigation Policy, 2015 has been under consideration for three years. The policy hasn't been implemented.
Holding Assembly and Lok Sabha elections simultaneously
Category: Governance Status: No progress
Narendra Modi and BJP has pushed the idea of 'one nation, one poll', synchronising assembly and Lok Sabha elections. However, this requires a constitutional amendment, for which there is no consensus among the political parties at present. The Law Commission of India released a draft report on Simultaneous Elections in 2018. The Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice that also submitted a report on the"Feasibility of Holding Simultaneous Elections to House of People (Lok Sabha) and State Legislative Assemblies" in 2015.
Reward additional developmental grants to Panchayats for good performance
Category: Governance Status: No progress
In 2017, an Expert Committee submitted a report on ‘Performance-Based Payments for Better Outcomes in Rural Development Programmes’. For the years 2017-18 to 2019-20, the Government put down a scheme for the distribution of Performance Grants to the Gram Panchayats. In 2016 to 2017 the total disbursement of Performance Grant (PG) to All sates for Gram Panchayats was 3499.45 crores It fell to 1106.90 crores in 2017- 2018.
Evolve the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model into a People Public Private Partnership (PPPP) mode
Category: Governance Status: No progress
Public Private Partnership (PPP) are tie-ups between the government and the private sector to benefit the public. Many government departments are embracing the PPP model. The Government is continuing and has established many schemes to help PPPs ion the infrastructure sector. Under sectors, such as the medical sector, the transport sector even the education sector through some IITs are following the PPP model. The Public Private People Partnerships (PPPP) model is when public engagments is an added layer to the PPPs. While the Government has initiated many portals and schemes to bridge the gap between its citizens and the authorities, no concrete mandate has been set into place regarding the people's participation in PPPs.
Necessary legal framework will be created to protect and promote cow. A National Cattle Development board will be set up to implement a Programme for the improvement of indigenous livestock breeds.
Category: Governance Status: No progress
No such legal framework has been put into place. Rashtriya Gokul Mission has been launched December 2014 for the development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds. In 2018 the Government withdrew a ban on the sale of animals for slaughter in livestock markets,
Create a 'Himalayan Sustainability Fund'.
Category: Environment and Energy Status: No progress
In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha about the fund in 2015, The Ministry of Earth Sciences stated that no such fund had been created. There has been no update on the matter since then.
Set up mechanism that will ensure that the central & state governments work in close coordination and synergy while giving clearances to mega projects
Category: Business and Industries Status: No progress
No mechanism has been put into place involving The states and centers with regard to project clearance. Individual departments and ministries have taken it upon themselves to reduce the number of pending clearances.
Put in place strict measures and special courts to stop hoarding and black marketing
Category: Economy Status: No progress
The Government issues advisories to States/UTs for the enforcement of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (EC Act) & Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act,1980 (PBMMSEC Act). No special courts have been set up with regard to hoarding and black marketeering.
Unbundle Food Corporation of India operations
Category: Economy Status: No progress
The Government set up a committee in 2014 to suggest the restructuring of the Food Corporation of India. The committee came back with a report in 2015 in which it did not recommend the unbundling of FCI operations.
Not allow FDI in the multi-brand retail sector
Category: Economy Status: No progress
According to the FDI Policy of 2017, the FDI cap on the multi-brand retail sector was 51%. It hasn't been revised since then.
Establish an Export Promotion Mission
Category: Business and Industries Status: No progress
The Export Promotion Mission was announced in the budget of 2014-15. Since then there has been no progress in starting the mission. But the government has taken steps to promote exports through various other schemes and councils.
Set up a task force to review and revive the MSME sector
Category: Business and Industries Status: No progress
There has been no task force set up under the BJP government. The last task force was constituted in 2009 under the previous government.
Frame the environmental laws in a manner that provides no scope for confusion
Category: Business and Industries Status: No progress
A High Level Committee was set up in 2014 to review environmental laws like the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, Wildlife (Protection) Act, etc. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change examined the report submitted by the Committee which included enacting of a new umbrella Environmental law; Setting up of national level institute on Environment, streamlining of process of environment clearance, etc. No progress has been made on the issue since then. The Government drafted a proposed amendment to Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 in 2015 but no progress has been made on that either.
Take steps for Interest rate rationalization for credit to the industry
Category: Business and Industries Status: No progress
No action has been taken towards Interest rate rationalization. In 2016 the government reviewed certain National Small Savings Schemes and set a recalibration standard for the interest rates on them. According to the Minister of State for Finance in the Government of India, in a written reply to a Lok Sabha Question " Overall, interest rates of Public Sector Banks(PSBs) for home loans and vehicle loans have declined from 2008 to 2018"
Set up the ‘Organic Farming and Fertilizer Corporation of India’, to promote organic farming
Category: Agriculture Status: No progress
No such cooperation has been set up. Instead, the Government has launched schemes and research projects to study and promote organic farming. In 2015, the Government launched the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) to promote chemical-free organic farming in the country. During the period 2015-16 Rs.582.47 crore has been released to the States. The funds released for the same in 2018-19 is 204.32 crore. A dedicated scheme for promotion of organic farming in the north east region was also launched in 2015 titled, " The Mission Organic value chain Development in North East region (MOVCDNER)". Under the scheme, during the period 2015-16 to 2017-18 45,918 hectares of land was covered and 50,000 farmers were benefited. Rs 235.74 crores were released to the states during this time. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research through its Plan Scheme “Network Project on Organic Farming” (NPOF) is undertaking research to develop location specific organic farming package of practices (PoP) for crops and cropping systems. Presently, the project is being implemented in 20 centres covering 16 states.
Introduce rotation farming for herbal products
Category: Agriculture Status: No progress
No new scheme has been launched by the government to introduce rotational farming.