MONDAY 09 JUNE 2025 www.thestatesman.com Pages 12 |` 5.00 SINCE 1818 X.com/thestatesmanltd. Fb/thestatesman1875 KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR Viksit Bharat ka Amrit Kaal B Seva, Sushasan, Garib Kalyan ke SAAL S Welfare of Poor W Opportunities for Youth f 4+ crore f families got pucca houses Free month ration for 81 crore people hly Free trea atment for 55 crore people und Ayushman Bharat der 490 new universities and 8 8100+ new colleges 1.6+ crore youth imparte new age skills ed 1.6+ lakh startups across India a Direct Support for Farmer rs Stren ngth to Aspirations Entrepreneurship and Empowerment d Manufacturing Hub Def fence Aatmanirbharta Income upto tax free, more savings for middle cla ; new IITs, 8 new IIMs and ass 16 new AIIMS established 52.5+ crore MUDRA loans empowering small e businesses; 10+ crore ru women are ural self-reliant through 9 lakh SHGs 90+ World's second-largest mobile pho one inves sted across 14 sectors under PLI schem me Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant built indigenously in defence exports given to farmers under P PM-KISAN Historic rise in MSP to 150% of co ost relief under PM Fasal Bim Yojana ma Life of Dignity 12 1 crore household toilets 10+ crore Ujjwala connections; 15.6+ crore e household now have tap water connections ds Dreams get Wings Roads Driving Growth Mode Railway for New India ern From F ; From 248 km to 1000+ km m CBC 44101/13/0006/2526 Metro Network Expanded Airports more than double - From ed 1.51+ crore people availed affordable air travel a under UDA AN National Highways rose from 91,000 km 0 to 1.46 lakh km; increase in road transport and highway budget Chenab Bridge - World’s highest rail arch bridge in J& &K, world-c class Vande Bharat train services are operational, Redevelopment of Railway Statio ons under Am Bharat Railway Station scheme mrit Rising Bharat R Pioneering in Space n Virasat Bhi, Vikas Bhi India- h India 4th largest economy in 2025 India-Faste growing major economy est Per capita GDP rose from to First country to land on M Moon s Moon’s South Pole Space sector opened for pr rivate stakeholders, Over 200 space startups s Co onstruction of glorious Ram Mandir in Ayodhya 12+ km long Hemkund Sahib Ropeway project in + p Ut ttarakhand; 642 stolen artefacts broug back ght since 2014, only
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