Delivering

Fulfilling the promises of a transparent economy, the Narendra Modi government has brought transformation at the doorstep of every Indian

Every government comes to power with the promise of serving the people and making their country a better place to live in. When this promise is broken, by inefficiencies and corruption, people’s trust in their leadership is shaken; they then demand answers. In elections then, the people give their own answer to the government, and expectations are transferred to the next government. It is in such an atmosphere of anger and rising expectations that the Narendra Modi government came to power. Before the 2014 election, India saw the fight against corruption evolve into a people’s movement. This momentum towards honest governance found its conclusion in India electing Narendra Modi as their Prime Minister. People placed their trust in him, seeing that his words were backed by action and conviction. The task was thus set for our Government: clean up the past, deliver on promises, and reignite people’s trust in institutions.

In May 2014, people rejected a scenario where decisions took place behind a smokescreen and were allowed in the public eye only through a ‘Right to Information’ procedure. The RTI didn’t allow citizens to monitor the government’s work. Instead of being a right, it became a privilege, outside the reach of many citizens who are not well versed with the nittygritties of the process. What was needed wasn’t a post-facto privilege, but a roundthe-clock right to transparency. Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministries of Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, and Mines have been digitising our decisions, progress, and goals in the form of apps, and delivering upon the PM’S promise of the ‘Right to a Transformed India’.

Amongst other means, we’ve brought transparency through user-friendly apps that broadcast all our major operations to people’s mobiles. Want to know the villages yet to be electrified in your district? Just log onto GARV. Want to know the price being paid by your power utility for electricity? Try MERIT. Worried about the next power cut? Don’t worry, URJA Mitra will send a notification intimating you in advance.

TAMRA and TARANG track the status of projects and clearances, enabling people to hold the government accountable for bottlenecks. It’s a fact that while there was a near shutdown of mining auctions before 2014, 29; mining blocks generating revenue of more than Rs.1.22 lakh crore over the lease period of the mines for mineral bearing States have been auctioned in the past three years; TAMRA will help to further enhance this. By ensuring timely execution, TARANG app played a role in the rapid expansion of our transmission network. The value of projects commissioned between 2014-17 is 83 per cent more than those commissioned between 2011-14, and there has been 40