“How and when will this culture of false promises end?” a Congress spokesperson not too long ago requested.
New Delhi:
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi right this moment whereas addressing the nation from the Purple Fort laid out a imaginative and prescient for India to grow to be a developed nation by 2047, his previous guarantees for India in 2022 resurfaced on social media. Objectives set by him for the India of 2022 relating to housing, farmers’ revenue and different points have been mentioned, with some saying the goalpost has been shifted to 2047 with none accounting of guarantees that have been made for 2022.
Whereas interacting with beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G) in June 2018, the PM had mentioned the federal government was working to make sure a house for each Indian by 2022.
“The Awas Yojana is not merely about brick and mortar. This scheme is about a better quality of life and dreams coming true. We are working towards ensuring that every Indian has a home by 2022, when India marks 75 years since Independence,” he had mentioned whereas speaking to the Awas Yojana beneficiaries through the NaMo app.
In one other promise from the identical 12 months, the PM whereas interacting with farmers had promised to double their incomes by 2022.
“Because of the government’s efforts, farmers were now “chinta mukt” or worry-free, protected from nature’s fury by insurance schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana,” he had mentioned, reiterating the promise of doubling incomes and pointing to the elevated budgetry allocation to agriculture throughout his time period.
The revenue of farmers has grown within the vary of 1.3-1.7 occasions in 2022 from the 2018 ranges on common, a current SBI Analysis report has claimed.
Opposition events have usually attacked the PM, accusing him of failing to meet his bold guarantees.
Congress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh had not too long ago reminded the Modi authorities about its guarantees for 2022 – together with that each Indian may have a home by 2022, farmers’ revenue will double by 2022, bullet trains might be operational by 2022, and the economic system might be price USD 5 trillion.
“How and when will this culture of false promises end? Is the PM going to give new deadlines of promises made for the year 2022 using smoke and mirrors culture?” Mr Vallabh had requested.
In his final Independence Day speech earlier than the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the PM had mentioned that by 2022, India will ship a “son or daughter” to the house with the nationwide flag in hand.
In 2018, then Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had claimed the dream of India’s first high-speed bullet practice which might run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai was near turning into a actuality and operations for this bold challenge will begin as quickly as 2022.
Nonetheless, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in June mentioned they’re assured of attaining the goal of working the nation’s first bullet practice between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat in 2026.
The federal government has attributed the delay to troubles in land acquisition and onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
