New Approach, New thoughts to Governance : PM Modi

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his reply in Rajya Sabha to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, on February 6, 2020, said that in the last five years his Government has brought new thoughts and new approach to the governance. Referring to Digital India as one of the examples of this new thinking and new approach governance, he said that only 59 Gram Panchayats had Broadband connectivity before 2014 but in the last 5 years over 1.25 lakh panchayats have been provided with Broadband connectivity.

The PM said there were 80,000 Common Service Centers (CSCs) in the country in 2014, but today their number has increased to more than 3.65 lakh. More than 12 lakh rural youth are ensuring online delivery of all the services of the government at these centres.

He said BHIM App is being recognised globally as a secure digital transaction platform.  He said a record transaction of over Rs 2.16 lakh crore took place on BHIM App in the month of January 2020. He said RuPay Card is also gaining acceptance in many countries.
Jal Jeevan Mission : The Prime Minister said another example of this government’s approach is the Jal Jeevan Mission.  He said this mission, which aims at connecting every household with piped water supply, is also an excellent example of the model of local governance. He said that even though the Central Government has started this mission, but its management will be at the village level. The village committees will implement it, manage the funds, and take decisions related to the setting up of pipeline, building of tanks etc.

Best example of Cooperative Federalism: Aspirational districts Program: The Prime Minister said that Central Government, State Government, and District Administration are working with synergy for the development of more than 100 aspirational districts of the country.  He said that Aspirational District programme with district as its implementing agency has emerged as one of the best example of cooperative federalism. He said the Government is making all the efforts for the development of poor, tribals in these Aspirational Districts.

Working sensitively for every section of the society: The Prime Minister said that in the last 5 years work has been done to honour all the tribal fighters of the country. Museums are being built all over the country, research institutes are being set up and tribal art and literature is being digitised. Eklavya Model Residential Schools are set up to ensure quality education of talented children of tribal areas.
“Apart from this, 3,000 forest wealth centers are being established in tribal areas to generate more income from forest produce. It will involve 30,000 self-help groups. Of these, 900 centres have also been set up and more than 2.5 lakh tribal companions have been associated with them,” PM Modi said, according to a PIB release.

Government committed to women empowerment : The Prime Minister stated that this government has taken several steps for women empowerment. “For the first time in the history of the country, the admission of daughters in military schools has been approved. The work of appointment of women in the Military Police is also going on,” he said and added more than 600 one-stop centres have been built for the safety of women in the country.  Self defence training is being imparted to girls from class VI to XII in every school of the country. A national database has been created to identify and track sex offender.  In addition, there are plans to set up anti-human trafficking units in every district of the country.