Sabka Sath – Sabka Vikas – Sabka Vishwas

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Development for all framework:

• This framework aims to ensure a better life for all. For this, the benefits of development should reach the poorest.
• The strategy of “Development for All Framework’ is to build India’s productive capacity through an investment-driven suppl-side Approach
• The strategy is hinged on building 
  • Hard Assets: Like transportation, manufacturing, Power, Housing and Telecom
  • Soft Assets: like Education, Skill Building, Judicial system, Regulatory Institutions, and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The core principles of the framework are:

• Pro-Poor: Povert eradication as a moral imperative
• Pro-Market: Pro COmpetition and innovation 
• Empowerment not entitlement
• Minimum government maximum governance – Rule based, Policy driven decision making 
• Strengthen Team India – through Cooperative Federalism

Transformative Architecture

The architecture of the ambitious goal will be on the following pillars:

• Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas
• Poverty Eradication (Garibon ka uddhaar): through universal social security, Food security and housing for all 
• Sustainable Agriculture (Kisaan ki Samriddhi): through enhancing agricultural productivity,  crop insurance & financing and Minimum Support Prices (MSP)
• Massive Employment Generation (Yuvaon ko Rojgaar): through Make in India, Skill India, Start-up Stand-up India and MUDRA
• Improving Quality of Life (Ek Behtar Zindagi): Through mitigating Environemnt & Climate change, smart cities, transportation and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• National Development ( Desh Ki Pragati)
• Building infrastructure through public investments
• Robust financial system 
• Transparent and Predictable tax regime 
• Cooperative federalism
• Governance Reforms

Achievements to date:

Development for All

• Banking for All
• Jan Dhan Yojana Serving the Banking Needs of the Unbanked
• 34.03 Crore Jan Dhan Accounts Opened
• India Post Payments Bank takes the banking system to the doorstep of the poor & unbanked. Over 1.25 Lakh Access Points rolled out in 4 months
• Direct Benefit Transfer Ensuring Money in Account, Removing Middlemen
• Insurance to poor
• 14.64 crore persons insured under PM Suraksha Bima Yojana at ₹12 per year
• PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana benefitted 5.67 crore families at ₹330 per year
• Financial security of senior citizens with PM Vaya Vandana Yojana, gives 8% interest for 10 years. Investment limit doubled to ₹15 lakh and scheme extended till 2020
• Sanitation for all
• Swachh Bharat Mission Brings about a Sanitation Revolution
• Rapid construction of toilets ensuring dignity of women & eradicating open defecation
• Over 5.48 lakh Villages in 27 States & UTs declared Open Defecation Free
• Sanitation coverage increased from 38.70% in 2014 to 98.82% at present 

Sustainable Agriculture

• Increased Budgetary Allocation 
• Farm Credit Target raised to  ₹11 lakh crore for 2018-19
• ₹2,000 cr for Agri-market infrastructure fund set up
• Corpus of ₹10,000 cr to create infrastructure in fishery, aquaculture and animal husbandry sectors
• ₹1,290 cr allocated under National Bamboo Mission to help setting up small industries
• Crop Insurance
• Relief to farmers in distress given in case of 33% and more damage to the crop;  earlier it was for 50%
• For food grains damaged due to excessive rainfall, full minimum support price to be paid
• Families of the deceased persons to be given an assistance of ₹4 lakhs, up from ₹2.5 lakhs
• 82% rise in provision under SDRF during 2015-20, as compared to 2010-15.  It went up to ₹61,220 Crore from ₹33,580.93 Crore
• Fertilizer and Irrigation 
• Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana:  Over 32.47 lakh hectare covered under micro irrigation since 2015-16 and Facilitating farmers for installing solar water pumps in field irrigation
• Urea 100 % Neem Coating resulted in improvement in soil health, reduction in pest and disease attack.
•  This Led to Increased Nitrogen Use Efficiency and increased crop yield
• Significant increase in Urea Production with New Urea Policy
• Farmer Income Support
• PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-KISAN): 12 crore marginal farmers to be provided with yearly income of ₹6000
• Interest subvention of 2% during disaster to be provided
• 2% interest subvention for Animal husbandry & Fisheries activities; additional 3% in case of timely repayment

Road ahead:

The development agenda has a long way to go to achieve the intended targets. SOme of the important areas of concern are as follows:

• Affordable housing for all specially for poor and urban middle class
• Deepening and Expansion of social security schemes to reach all marginalised sections of the society
• Strengthening agriculture through market reforms and better irrigation 
• Banking reforms and enhancing resiliency of financial system from systemic risks like rising NPAs
• Simplification of the Goods and Service Tax (GST)