{"id":5608,"date":"2017-06-30T12:39:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T08:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2017-06-30T16:16:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T12:16:58","slug":"5608-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/5608-2\/","title":{"rendered":"You cannot quarrel with success!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from New Delhi —<\/u><\/p>\n

You cannot quarre<\/strong>l with success!<\/strong>\"\"<\/u><\/h3>\n

\u2018Facts are sacred, comment is free.\u2019<\/p>\n

This saying is ignored by critics of Narendra Modi government while assessing three years of its performance ending on 26 May 2017.<\/p>\n

Without comment, here are the salient facts:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Managed to evacuate<\/strong>
    \n125,000 NRIs from troubled places in different parts of the world. Of these, the government paid for the evacuation of over 80,000 NRIs.<\/li>\n
  • Foreign Direct Investment<\/strong>
    \n2014: $24.2 USD
    \n2017: $56.3 USD
    \nGDP Growth
    \n<\/strong>2014: 6.6%
    \n2017: 7.1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      \n
    • Inflation<\/strong>
      \n2014: 11%
      \n2017: 4%<\/li>\n
    • Fiscal Deficit<\/strong>
      \n2013-14: 4.6%
      \n2017: 3.2%<\/li>\n
    • Ease of doing business<\/strong> in India –\u00a0 Ranking by World Bank
      \n2014-15: 142
      \n2016: 130<\/li>\n
    • New Bank accounts<\/strong> for low income people \u2013 240 million<\/li>\n
    • Number of Unelectrified Villages<\/strong>
      \n2014: 18,452
      \n2017: 3,937<\/li>\n
    • Number of new LPG connections<\/strong>
      \n2004-2014:\u00a053 million
      \n2014-2017:\u00a069.5 million<\/li>\n
    • Electronic manufacturing<\/strong> in India
      \n2014: \u00a0Rs 111,980,000
      \n2017: \u00a0 Rs 1,430 billion<\/li>\n
    • Mobile Banking<\/strong> in India
      \n2013-14: 94.7 million
      \n2017: 722.2 million<\/li>\n
    • Sanitation Coverage<\/strong>
      \n2014: 42%,
      \n2017: 64%<\/li>\n
    • WEFs Travel and Tourism Ranking<\/strong>
      \n2014: 65th
      \n2017: 40th<\/sup><\/li>\n
    • Optical Fibre Network<\/strong> (Including Rural)
      \n2013-14: 358 Kms,
      \n2017: 2,05,404 Kms<\/li>\n
    • Rural Road Construction<\/strong>
      \n2011-2014: 81,095 Kms,
      \n2014-2017: 1,20,233 Kms<\/li>\n
    • Coal Production<\/strong>
      \n2013-14: 462 Million Tones
      \n2016-17:\u00a0554 million Tones<\/li>\n
    • Solar Power Generation<\/strong>
      \n2014: 2,621 MW,
      \n2017: 2,277 MW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Surplus in both – Coal and Renewable energy<\/p>\n

        \n
      • New toilets Construction<\/strong>
        \n2013-14: 4.976 million
        \n2016-17: 20.9 million<\/li>\n
      • Got states on board to introduce the goods and services tax (GST), the biggest tax reform since independence.<\/li>\n
      • Crackdown on black money leads to a surge in 2016-17 tax receipts, number of return filers<\/li>\n
      • Zero scam administration is a bumper bonus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        And yet, the critics keep on asking, \u201cWhere are the acche din<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n

        The poll promises of good days or \u2018acche din\u2019<\/em> by Modi is used without respite in public comments on the economy by critics without taking into account any or only some of the above facts released by the government.<\/p>\n

        There are plenty of other undisputable facts of progress in the last three years and the list would be too long to be included here.<\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        In addition to economic progress, there are tangible achievements in the political field. The ruling party BJP now forms the government in 70 per cent of the 30-odd states. The most spectacular victory was in Uttar Pradesh where it swept to power after a gap of fifteen years with a thumping majority. And it also extended its footprint in the North East and now eyeing more states in south India. In all opinion polls on the third anniversary of this government, Modi was voted the most popular political leader with over 60 per cent approval ratings.<\/p>\n

        Successful implementation of United Nations International Yoga Day on 21 June: \u00a0within a record time of 75 days it was accepted by the United Nations with 177 countries coming forward as co-sponsors of the proposal and none against it.<\/p>\n

        As the saying goes, \u2018You cannot quarrel with success!\u2019<\/p>\n

        Kul Bushan <\/strong><\/p>\n

        Kul Bhushan worked as a newspaper Editor in Nairobi for over three decades and now lives in New Delhi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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