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.