ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE 2014: LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND

ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE 2014: LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND
GOVERNMENT ENSURED ALL CITIZENS A BETTER QUALITY LIVING WITH DIGNITY SINCE 2014 – SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN

While presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament today, the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman said that since 2014 the government has ensured all citizens a better quality of life with dignity and the per capita income has more than doubled to Rs. 1.97 lakh. She further said that our economy has increased from being 10^th to 5^th largest in the world in these 9 years and improved as a well-governed and innovative country with a conducive environment for business in global indices. We have made significant progress in many Sustainable Development Goals, she added. 

The Finance Minister said that the economy has become a lot more formalised as reflected in the EPFO membership more than doubling to 27 crore, and ₹7,400 crore digital payments of ₹126 lakh crore through UPI in 2022. She further said that the efficient implementation of many schemes, with universalisation of targeted benefits, has resulted in inclusive development, such as:

• 11.7 crore household toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission,

• 9.6 crore LPG connections under Ujjawala,

• 220 crore Covid vaccination of 102 crore persons,

• 47.8 crore PM Jan Dhan bank accounts,

• Insurance cover for 44.6 crore persons under PM Suraksha Bima and PM Jeevan Jyoti Yojana, and

• Cash transfer of ₹2.2 lakh crore to over 11.4 crore farmers under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi

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