The four biggest castes for me are the poor, the youth, women, and farmers: Modi
1 year ago

The four biggest castes for me are the poor, the youth, women, and farmers: Modi

The Hindu  

November 30, 2023 12:23 pm | Updated 07:58 pm IST - New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that among all the castes, the poor, the youth, women, and farmers were the biggest for him, and that only the uplift of these “castes” would lead to the progress of the country. The remarks were made by Mr. Modi while interacting with the beneficiaries of government schemes under the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra via video conference. During the event, Mr. Modi also launched an initiative to increase the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras, which sell medicines at subsidised rates, from 10,000 to 25,000, as well as the ‘Drone Didi Yojana’, a scheme aiming to provide drones to 15,000 select women self-help groups for renting out to farmers for agricultural purposes. “People are now identifying the raths in the yatra as the ‘Modi ki guarantee wali gaadi”,” he said, adding, “A voice is heard across the country that Modi’s guarantee begins from where people’s expectations from others end.”

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Record government jobs provided in last one and a half years: PM Modi
19 hours, 32 minutes ago

Record government jobs provided in last one and a half years: PM Modi

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that his government has provided nearly 10 lakh permanent government jobs to youths in the last one and a half years which he asserted, is a record. Modi said making maximum use of the Indian youths' abilities and talent is a priority of his government, noting that they are at the …

Modi government launched several welfare schemes to realise Ambedkar's vision for poor: Details
5 days, 19 hours ago

Modi government launched several welfare schemes to realise Ambedkar's vision for poor: Details

India TV News  

Dr BR Ambedkar, the architect of India’s Constitution, envisioned a society that promotes social and economic equality, particularly for the marginalised and backward classes. The government of India has undertaken several impactful initiatives to empower Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities, focusing on education, economic development, social welfare, and legal protections. • The National SC/ST Hub aims to enhance the …

Tribal leaders ignored by Congress; change came after Modi became PM: Scindia
1 month, 1 week ago

Tribal leaders ignored by Congress; change came after Modi became PM: Scindia

Hindustan Times  

The contribution of tribal leaders in freedom movement and development of tribal community were ignored during the Congress regime but a major change came in 2014 when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, Union minister for communications and development of northeast region, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said while addressing the state-level Janajatiya Gaurav Divas in Tripura’s Capital Agartala on Friday. He said …

Centre's priority development of tribals, poor, youth, women: PM Modi in Jharkhand
3 months, 1 week ago

Centre's priority development of tribals, poor, youth, women: PM Modi in Jharkhand

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre's priority is the development of tribals, poor, Dalits, women and youths, and several schemes have been launched to benefit them on Sunday. “Jharkhand, which was lagging in development, will "Jharkhand was lagging in development, but now several projects would usher in progress here. Now, the Centre's priority is the development of tribals, poor, …

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows
7 months, 1 week ago

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows

Associated Press  

MALAPPURAM, India — Preventing Muslim migrants from gaining citizenship. India has gone from being a country where Muslims were largely marginalized to one where they are “actively excluded,” said Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political scientist and historian at New Delhi’s Ashoka University. so they remain enemies,” said Mehmood Bhai Khatri, a 64-year-old Muslim voter from Modi’s home state of Gujarat, …

Rahul Gandhi claims India behind Pakistan in key metric, says 'Narendra Modi finished...'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi claims India behind Pakistan in key metric, says 'Narendra Modi finished...'

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi finished small businesses with his government's big-ticket decisions like demonetisation and the implementation of the goods and services tax. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the party's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', in Dholpur on Saturday. We have more unemployed youth than Bangladesh and Bhutan because Narendra Modi has finished …

Rahul Gandhi promises caste census, slams BJP’s hate politics in Chhattisgarh rallies
10 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi promises caste census, slams BJP’s hate politics in Chhattisgarh rallies

The Hindu  

Describing caste census as a pivotal step towards delivering social justice in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he was determined to conduct it in the country. Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the caste census, Mr. Gandhi, whose Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra resumed in Chhattisgarh after a two-day break, said that Mr. Modi was not conducting …

2024 Interim Budget | After PM Modi’s call, Centre’s measure for social justice progress focuses on poor, women, youth, and farmers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 Interim Budget | After PM Modi’s call, Centre’s measure for social justice progress focuses on poor, women, youth, and farmers

The Hindu  

In Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget speech months before the country goes to the Lok Sabha election, the Narendra Modi-led government’s social justice plank is clearly spelt out with the government looking to cover the development of all castes and their administrative focus on ensuring “resources are distributed fairly regardless of social standing”. This is manifested in the way …

Interim Budget 2024: Modi Government Focuses on Developed India by 2047
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Interim Budget 2024: Modi Government Focuses on Developed India by 2047

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: With the Lok Sabha elections just around the corner and the Narendra Modi-led government confident of scoring a hat-trick, the incumbent government’s interim Budget tabled by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday had no populist measure but the government’s reiteration of its “highest priority” on “four major castes” — the poor, women, youth and farmers. The minister …

VBSY’s goal is to ensure that govt. schemes reach all eligible people: PM Modi
11 months, 2 weeks ago

VBSY’s goal is to ensure that govt. schemes reach all eligible people: PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 8 said the main goal of Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra was to ensure that government schemes reached all deserving people. The Prime Minister said the “Modi Ki Guarantee” vehicles, along with government officials and people’s representatives, were reaching every nook and cranny of the country. Mr. Modi said health checkups for over two crore …

For me, there are 4 Jatis'- poor, youth, women and farmers: PM Modi
11 months, 3 weeks ago

For me, there are 4 Jatis'- poor, youth, women and farmers: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal, New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that for him, there are four ‘jatis’ —the poor, youth, women and farmers —and that he had made it his priority to ensure dignity and respect for the deprived. Modi said that getting the blessings of labourers on the occasion of the Good Governance Day, being observed on the birth …

PM Modi Says Women One Caste, Warns Against Attempts to Create Rift
1 year ago

PM Modi Says Women One Caste, Warns Against Attempts to Create Rift

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a virtual interaction with women beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, emphasised on unity among women, cautioning them against "divisive politics" that aimed to create rifts among them. Addressing the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra's objective, Modi discussed the government's efforts to ensure timely and widespread implementation of flagship schemes. He underscored the impact …

Uplifting Poor Helps India's Growth: Modi
1 year ago

Uplifting Poor Helps India's Growth: Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Asserting that the four biggest "castes" for him are the poor, youth, women and farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the upliftment of these sections will make India a developed nation. At a virtual interaction with the beneficiaries of various Central schemes as part of the government's Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, Mr Modi faulted the …

Government choices and policies have taken India's economy to new height: PM Modi
1 year ago

Government choices and policies have taken India's economy to new height: PM Modi

Firstpost  

Modi said that their biggest priority should be people’s ease of living, and took a swipe at past governments saying they ignored the equality envisaged by B R Ambedkar, the key figure behind the Constitution, among all citizens Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government’s policies and decisions have taken the economy to a new height, creating immense …

Chhattisgarh showdown: If poverty the only caste, why does Modi call himself OBC, asks Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh showdown: If poverty the only caste, why does Modi call himself OBC, asks Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s take on caste politics, and asked why Mr. Modi asserted his own Other Backward Classes identity repeatedly if by his own admission “poverty was the biggest caste’. Addressing two public meetings in Jagdalpur and Kharasia in Chhattisgarh, Mr. Gandhi accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of treating tribals as animals, as …

PM Modi says 13.5 crore Indians rose above poverty line in last 5 years
1 year, 4 months ago

PM Modi says 13.5 crore Indians rose above poverty line in last 5 years

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A staggering 13.50 crore Indians have risen above the poverty line in the past five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday quoting a recent NITI Aayog report. Speaking at the Madhya Pradesh Rozgar Mela, the prime minister said, “When decisions are made with positive thinking, right intention, and full integrity, the whole environment gets filled with …

Narendra Modi is weaving religion, nationalism and welfarism to create winning formula for BJP in 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

Narendra Modi is weaving religion, nationalism and welfarism to create winning formula for BJP in 2024

Firstpost  

Should India sustain a year-on-year economic growth rate of near 7 per cent GDP, it will be a harbinger of a near-certain third term for Narendra Modi as of now On 23 October, as dusk dawned on the holy city of Ayodhya, it was a solemn moment. Add to the above, should India sustain a year-on-year economic growth rate of …

Opposition pounces on Hosabale’s comments on wealth inequality to attack government
2 years, 2 months ago

Opposition pounces on Hosabale’s comments on wealth inequality to attack government

The Hindu  

Latching onto RSS national general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s statement on the state of Indian economy, the Opposition parties attacked the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, blaming it for the increasing wealth gap in the country. Mr. Hosabale while speaking at a webinar organised by the RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Sunday had said, “Even when India has managed …

Beneath his hardline image, a ‘soft’ Narendra Modi is at work
2 years, 3 months ago

Beneath his hardline image, a ‘soft’ Narendra Modi is at work

Firstpost  

His opponents’ biggest grouse is that Modi is the worst thing that has happened to minorities in India. A month before that, the Modi government announced scholarships to five crore students over five years, 50 per cent of the endowments meant for girls. In the 2022-2023 Budget, Rs 8,451.92 crore has been allocated for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, which …

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before
2 years, 4 months ago

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before

LA Times  

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, center in blue mask, and other lawmakers participate in a protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. “And now, 75 years on, to witness it being dismantled systematically and in shockingly violent ways is traumatic.” Modi’s ministers say India’s democratic principles are robust, even thriving. Then he promised: “To the nations and peoples …

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before
2 years, 4 months ago

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The Aug. 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food prices and unemployment began like any other recent protest — an electorally weak opposition taking to the New Delhi streets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massively popular government. “And now, 75 years on, to witness it being dismantled systematically and in shockingly violent ways …

A new pole in Indian politics
2 years, 9 months ago

A new pole in Indian politics

Hindustan Times  

For decades, Indian politics was analysed by caste and faith with 2014 — which witnessed the first full majority government in a generation — marking an inflection point where mobilisation based on religion trumped caste-based aggregation. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that in the last eight years, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been able to create a new pole, …

PM Modi hits out at previous UP govts, says their sole agenda was to loot state
2 years, 10 months ago

PM Modi hits out at previous UP govts, says their sole agenda was to loot state

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the previous Uttar Pradesh governments, saying those in power earlier were not concerned with faith or people's needs and their only agenda was to loot the state. Addressing voters in Mathura, Agra and Bulandshahr days before the first phase of the state assembly polls, Modi said the people of Uttar Pradesh …

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