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“If we bring back the money of these thieves and robbers from foreign banks, then each and every poor person of our country will get ₹15–20 lakh for free.” Said at a campaign rally in Kanker, Chhattisgarh.
India's first bullet train, the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor, would be completed and running by 15 August 2022, the 75th anniversary of independence.
- PIB — Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail: Advancing India's Rail Modernisation (PIB release)
- The Metro Rail Guy — Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: Opening, Map & Status (status tracker / news archive)
“I wish to double the income of farmers by 2022, when India will celebrate 75 years of independence,” Modi said at a Kisan Rally in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
- India.com — Narendra Modi in Bareilly: PM promises to double farmers' income by 2022 (news archive)
- NABARD — All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS) 2021–22 results (primary / survey data)
- IMPRI — “Doubling of Incomes? Niti Aayog view 'hides' the plight of 86% small, marginal farmers” (news analysis)
“Housing for All by 2022”: every Indian family would have a pucca house with water, electricity, and a toilet, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, launched to mark 75 years of independence.
- NewsClick — Housing For All by 2022? Here's The Status (news analysis)
- PIB — Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) status (PIB release)
On Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, rural India was declared 100% Open Defecation Free (ODF), meaning every family had access to a toilet, under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
“We have to make India a $5 trillion economy... it is not tough, we have to achieve this in the next five years,” Modi said in his Independence Day address at the Red Fort.
Overnight, ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes would stop being legal tender, a move announced to strike at black money, fake currency, and corruption.
“I am delighted that every single village of India now has access to electricity,” Modi tweeted, marking Leisang, Manipur as the last village connected to the grid.
One Rank, One Pension: equal pension for military personnel who retired in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of when they retired. Promised during the 2014 campaign.
100 cities across India would be transformed into “Smart Cities” under a dedicated mission, with a completion timeline originally set between 2019 and 2023.
Skill India would train 40.2 crore (402 million) people by 2022, under the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
The Namami Gange mission would clean and rejuvenate the Ganga, launched with a ₹20,000 crore outlay and an original five-year window running to March 2021.
“Har Ghar Jal”: a functional tap water connection for every rural household in the country. Promised under the Jal Jeevan Mission, launched on Independence Day.
- PIB — Jal Jeevan Mission progress (PIB release)
- Vajiram & Ravi — Jal Jeevan Mission: Coverage Versus Functionality in Water Supply (news analysis)
Make in India would raise manufacturing's share of GDP from about 16% to 25% by 2022, creating 10 crore new manufacturing jobs along the way.
- Down To Earth — 10 Years of 'Make in India': Did It Achieve Its Goals? (news analysis)
- Statista — India: manufacturing as a share of GDP (data / statistics)
GST was introduced as “One Nation, One Tax, One Market”: a single, unified tax meant to replace India's patchwork of state and central levies.
Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY) would give roughly 50 crore Indians, about 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families, health insurance coverage of ₹5 lakh per family per year.
India would reach 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022: 100 GW solar, 60 GW wind, 10 GW biomass, and 5 GW small hydro. Announced at the UN Sustainable Development Summit.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana would give free LPG cooking-gas connections to 5 crore (later raised to 8 crore) below-poverty-line women, launched in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.
National highway construction reached a record 37 km per day in 2020–21 (13,327 km built that year), reported to the Lok Sabha as proof the pace had roughly tripled since 2014.
22 AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) campuses would be established across the country under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, extending premier medical care and medical education beyond the original Delhi campus.
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao would arrest India's declining child sex ratio and improve girls' education, launched by Modi in Panipat, Haryana.
- PIB — Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme (PIB release)
- Tribune India — Gender ratio goes down (news archive)
“Even someone in hawai chappals should be able to fly in a hawai jahaz”: the vision behind UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik), promising affordable air connectivity to underserved towns and cities across India.
PM-KISAN would give ₹6,000 a year in direct cash support to farmer families, expanded in June 2019 to cover all landholding farmers nationwide, an eligible base of roughly 12-14 crore households.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana would give farmers crop insurance with claims settled quickly and transparently, designed to pay out within about two months of harvest rather than leaving farmers waiting out a full crop cycle for compensation.