New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the people of Uttarakhand on the state’s formation day and underlined that the present government is leaving no stone unturned for the development of Uttarakhand.
Through a video message on X, he expressed his commitment to achieving a ‘Viksit Uttarakhand’ for a ‘Viksit Bharat’ in the coming quarter-century and urged the people to work for the bright future of the upcoming 25 years of the state.
Underlining that Uttarakhand is creating new records of development and achieving new milestones, the Prime Minister informed that the state bagged the 1st place in terms of Sustainable Development Goals Index.
Modi further added that Uttarakhand has been placed as ‘achievers’ in ‘Ease of Doing Business’ category and as ‘leaders’ in the startup category.
He informed that the state growth rate has seen a rise of 1.25 times and GST collection has grown by 14 percent, per capita income growing from Rs 1.25 lakh in 2014 to Rs 2.60 lakh annually and gross domestic product rising from Rs 1 lakh 50 thousand crore in 2014 to approximately Rs 3 lakh 50 thousand crore today.
The PM informed that tap water coverage increased from 5 percent of households in 2014 to more than 96 percent today and the construction of rural roads rose from 6,000 km to 20,000 km.
He also touched upon construction of lakhs of toilets, electricity supply, gas connections, free treatment under Ayushman Yojna and said that the government is standing with all sections of society.
Citing a report, Modi noted that 6 crore tourists and pilgrims had visited Uttarakhand in this year. He added that 54 lakh pilgrims visited Chardham last year, as against 24 lakh before 2014, which had benefited the hotels, homestays, transport agents, cab drivers, among others.
The Prime Minister also noted that more than 5000 homestays were registered in the last few years.
Underlining that the decisions and policies of Uttarakhand are setting an example for the nation, he mentioned the implementation of Uniform Civil Code which is being discussed by the entire country and an anti-counterfeit law to protect the youth.
Modi further added that recruitments in the state are taking place with transparency.
