A confident government, which is not on the defensive but plans to implement its big agenda in the coming days — this is what a flurry of major decisions in the first 100 days of ‘Modi 3.0’ show.
Going ahead, the ‘One Nation One Poll’ will be implemented in the tenure of this government, sources have told News18. The report of the Ram Nath Kovind Committee is already with the Centre. The Centre could also begin the census exercise soon and has an “open mind” to include caste in the same though no decision has been taken about it, with a discussion being on about the same. The Centre will also take steps to restore statehood to Jammu & Kashmir in the minimum possible time post elections. The reports of 4-5 states on studying contours of a ‘Uniform Civil Code’ are expected in the next couple of months, after Uttarakhand has implemented it.
This follows several decisions taken in the first 100 days of the government which complete on September 17, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had put bureaucrats on the job before the Lok Sabha elections to draw up plans for the first 100 days. The BJP is clear that the 240-seat verdict for it is also historic as it had left many seats for its allies in a pre-poll alliance and did not contest all 543 seats itself. The NDA allies have won many of those seats, while the Congress itself could not cross 99 seats.
The Big Steps
Infrastructure projects worth Rs 3 Lakh crore have been approved in the first 100 days of Modi 3.0, with the inauguration date fixed for each one of them. This includes the Wadhavan Port in Maharashtra at Rs 76,200 Cr, the next phase of PM Gram Sadak Yojana to connect 25,000 unconnected villages at cost of Rs 49,000 Cr, roads and high-speed road corridors worth Rs 50,600 Cr, new railway lines, development of three new airports, and three metro projects in Bengaluru, Pune, and Thane.
Sources said such high spend on infrastructure will propel job creation, besides the Rs 2 lakh crore PM package to benefit 4.1 crore youth. There are also now one crore ‘Lakhpati Didis’ in the country who are earning Rs 1 lakh a year; 11 lakh of them were distributed certificates in the last 100 days. Other big steps are three crore more houses sanctioned under the PM Awas Yojana, the Unified Pension Scheme, income tax benefits to the middle-class in the budget and 2.5 lakh houses installing solar power.
