Shillong, May 29: Union textiles minister, Smriti Zubin Irani visited Meghalaya on Tuesday to highlight the NDA government’s achievement under Prime Minister, Narendra Modi as the government completed four years in office since May 26, 2014.
Highlighting initiatives taken by the NDA government, Irani told reporters that the NDA had undertaken lots of initiatives such as the formation of NITI Aayog forum, implementation of schemes like Mudra yojana, and Jandhan Yojana, which were not done earlier during the UPA government.
Irani also said that the NITI Aayog has taken a number of initiatives at the Central level for each state including in the Northeast.
She mentioned measures such as venture funds for Northeast entrepreneurship and building of roads between states for which the NDA has funded projects through the DoNER ministry.
Comparing the NDA and UPA government, Irani said, “This is 48 years of apathy of one family versus 48 months of good governance under Narendra Modi,†Irani said.
She also said that the Congress-led UPA government had left financial challenges which were addressed by the NDA government
On black money which the NDA government has not been able to bring back from banks outside India, Irani claimed that clamping down on black money by the NDA government has been “visible.â€
On Northeast, Irani said that the sun of development for new India will start rising from the North east.
