A Decade of Progress: India's Transformation

 A Decade of Progress: India's Transformation

2014 vs 2025: A New Era (This is not in support of NDA rule or against UPA rule, but just business)

In 2014, I visited the US and was surprised by the limited mobile data plans. India was doing much better then, thanks to UPA government policies and Telecom Minister A Raja ensuring mobility is taken to masses. Then Reliance Jio came with low cost mobiles and data! Fast forward to 2025, India has surpassed the US in mobile data usage, with an average consumption of 11 GB/month.

Infrastructure Development

- Airports: From underdeveloped to world-class, with Mumbai and Delhi emerging as among the best globally.
- Highways: From horrible to world-class, with seamless connectivity across the country.
- Metro Rail: Expanding rapidly, with viable connections in major cities expected within 5 years.

Technology and Innovation

- Digital Payments: India has leapfrogged the US in digital payment adoption.
- Aadhaar Ecosystem: Simplifying governance, healthcare, and finance.
- Renewable Energy: India is jumping directly to renewable energy, with the world's largest solar plant now online.

Social Progress

- Toilet Coverage: Rural India achieved 100% toilet coverage.
- Electricity: All Indian villages are now electrified.
- LPG Adoption: India became the second-largest domestic LPG consumer.
- Peace and Security: India is among the most peaceful countries, with a significant decline in terrorism and violence.

Challenges Ahead

Despite significant progress, India still faces enormous challenges in education, employment, water, gender equality, and clean air. We should remove PDS system of providing free grains to 93.8 crores people out of 142 crores population as of Jan 1st, 2025. Simple mechanism would be to remove it completely and provide UBI at Rs 6kpm and make the people use it to buy from big corporates shops, like Ambani or Adani owned enterprises, where free market economy can rule.

Compulsory army enrollment is essential for youngsters when they turn 18 and serve the nation for minimum 4 years, while government can provide the education of their choice for free!

Tax System

Horrible way the GST regime is going on now with multi slab system. Who in the world would have thought about taxing interest? Service Tax on insurance payments should stop. Food items should not have more than 5% GST. Remove the Input Credit on food items. 

Infrastructure

Increase the cost of Railway fares by 10% for lower class and provide more coaches. Build better roads, making it toll free.

Smaller States

India should have smaller states with a population of 4 crores max, for better management. A new capital city means, development of it along with roadways and other infrastructure development.

A Call to Action

Will you be part of India's transformation, solving real problems and leaving a lasting legacy? The question is, do you have the courage to face these challenges head-on?