"Our government has chosen path of Santushti of people instead of Tushtikaran": PM Modi

New Delhi [India], February 26 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India has broken out of the scarcity mindset in the last 10 years by putting an end to corruption and ensuring that the benefits of development are distributed equally.
"We believe in governance of saturation instead of politics of scarcity," said PM Modi while adding that his government has chosen the path of santushti (contentment) of the people instead of tushtikaran (appeasement).
"This is Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas," the Prime Minister said, elaborating that the government has transformed vote bank politics into politics of performance.
Highlighting the Modi Ki Guarantee Vehicle, the Prime Minister said that the government of today is going door-to-door and providing facilities to the beneficiaries.
"When saturation becomes a mission, there is no scope for any kind of discrimination," PM Modi exclaimed.
PM Modi continued by furnishing the details of the nation's progress. He gave figures like 2 new colleges daily, a new university every week, 55 patents and 600 trademarks every day, 1.5 lakh Mudra loans daily, 37 startups daily, daily UPI transaction of 16 thousand crore rupees, 3 new Jan Aushadhi Kendras per day, construction of 14 KM road everyday, 50 thousand LPG connections everyday, one tap connection every second and 75 thousand people came out of poverty everyday.
Highlighting the achievements of the last 10 years compared to the ten years before 2014, the Prime Minister mentioned the "record increase in FDI from 300 billion US dollars to 640 billion US dollars, India's digital revolution, trust in India's Covid vaccine and the growing number of taxpayers in the country which symbolizes the increasing trust of the people in the government".
Speaking about mutual fund investments in the country, the Prime Minister informed that people had invested Rs 9 lakh crore in 2014 while 2024 has seen a meteoric rise to Rs 52 lakh crores. "This proves to the citizens that the nation is moving forward with strength", PM Modi said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India of 21st century does not think small adding that world is amazed at seeing the progress of the nation and sees the benefit of moving with us.
The Prime Minister said that the level of trust toward self and the government is equal and the government's work culture and governance are the cause of this turn-around.
"Government offices are no longer a problem but are becoming allies of the countrymen," he said.The Prime Minister said that the government has developed infrastructure keeping rural needs in mind resulting in better connectivity, new employment opportunities and income for women."This strengthened rural India, he said adding that "For the first time in India, food expenditure has become less than 50 per cent of the total expenditure. That is, the family which earlier used to spend all its energy in procuring food, today its members are able to spend money on other things."
PM Modi mentioned the decisions taken by the government to resolve old challenges."
Our government is moving forward keeping the principle of Nation First paramount," the Prime Minister remarked.He touched upon the abrogation of Article 370, construction of the Ram Mandir, ending of triple talaq, Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, One Rank One Pension, and creation of the post of Chief of Defense Staff.
He underlined that the "government completed all such incomplete tasks with the thinking of Nation First".The Prime Minister stressed the need to prepare the India of the 21st century.
"From space to semiconductor, digital to drones, AI to clean energy, 5G to Fintech, India has today reached the forefront of the world," he said.
Referring to a recent report on the consumption pattern of the country, the Prime Minister highlighted the fact that poverty has reached its lowest level till date into single digit.
"In the last 10 years, consumption in villages has increased at a much faster rate than that in cities. This means that the economic power of the village people is increasing, they are having more money to spend," he said.
Launching attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that there was a time in the country when Indians were labelled as "lazy" and "those running away from the hardwork" from the Red Fort.Notably Prime Minister in the recently concluded Budget session had said that former Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru considered Indians 'lazy' and 'less intelligent'.
"Those who ruled the country earlier never kept faith in the country's potential. They underestimated the Indians. From the Red Fort, Indians were called sadists and those easily accept the sense of defeat. From the Red Fort, Indians were called lazy. It was said that Indians run away from doing hardwork."
"When the leadership of the country is filled with so much pessimism, then how will the optimisim spread in the country," he added.
Earlier, in an attack on the Congress party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address had said that former Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru considered Indians 'lazy' and 'less intelligent'.
Targeting the opposition, particularly the Congress party, the Prime Minister said that the country has suffered through the 'mindset' of the grand old party, which has never trusted the capabilities of the countrymen.
"The country has suffered through the mindset of the Congress party, which has never trusted the capability of the countrymen. It considered itself rulers and the public as lesser and inferior," PM Modi said.
Reading out a statement in Lok Sabha by former Prime Minister Nehru, PM Narendra Modi said, "Nehruji thought that Indians were lazy and less intelligent."
Also, Prime Minister Modi said that it is the work of the BJP-led Centre in the past 10 years that has made world think that India is ready to take the next big leap.
"There is a powerful launchpad of 10 years which has made the world think that our country is ready to take the next big leap. This happened because a change in the mindset that has happened," he said.