25 key achievements of Narendra Modi govt in past one year

Here's a list of 25 key achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in the past one year, as listed by stakeholders and analysts:

 

1. Jan Dhan Yojana: More than 15 crore bank accounts opened, over 10 crore RuPay debit cards issued, with life cover, pension
2. Corporate sector adopts prime minister's 'Swachch Bharat' mission with promise of total sanitation by 2019
3. Cooking gas now under direct-cash-benefit transfer scheme, with potential saving of $5 billion annually in subsidies, plus Diesel prices de-regulated
4. Foreign equity in rail infrastructure allowed, without limit
5. Foreign equity cap in defence raised to 49 per cent; 74 per cent in case of technology transfer
6. Fast-tracking of defence purchases: 36 Rafale fighters being bought, orders for several long-pending purchases placed
7. Foreign equity cap in insurance and pension sectors increased to 49 per cent
8. Nod for IPOs/FPOs by banks to raise funds, as long as government equity remains 52 per cent or over
9. Nod for real estate and infrastructure investment trusts, with tax benefits
10. Cabinet nod for Prime Minister's 100 Smart Cities Project
11. $130 billion proposed spending on railways over five years on schemes including high-speed trains
12. Definitive steps forward in introducing pan-India goods and services regime
13. Successful conclusion of two rounds of coal block auctions, more lined up
14. Impasse in mining sector ended with passage of new bill for regulation and development
15. Successful conclusion of auctions for telecom spectrum for mobile telephony and broadband
16. Launch of 'Make-in-India', 'Digital India' and 'Skill India' initiatives with focus on defence and electronics, primarily to create jobs
17. Mudra bank launched with Rs 20,000 crore corpus to extend loans of between Rs 50,000 and Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs
18. Commencement of divestment programme in public sector companies
19. Disbanding of various ministerial groups for faster decision-making
20. Adoption of 14th Finance Commission recommendation on far-reaching changes in sharing of revenues between the Center and the States
21. Single-window scheme for various clearances to steel, coal and power projects
22. Price stabilisation fund set up for agri-commodities to check inflation
23. Warehouse Infrastructure Fund with Rs 5,000 crore corpus to increase shelf-life of farm produce (replace if possible)
24. Clarity in tax treatment on income of foreign fund whose fund managers are located in India , as also on transfer pricing for resident and non-resident tax payers
25. Panel set up under law commission chairman on issue of minimum alternate tax