Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha
By Tehelka Web Desk
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said the Government of India has planned a month-long programme to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, with events scheduled across the country.
Speaking at a programme with sick children at Government Medical College, Bemina, Sinha highlighted what he described as the Modi government’s achievements in economic growth, infrastructure and welfare.
“Across the country, the Prime Minister’s birthday is being celebrated from today. The government has issued a detailed month-long programme,” Sinha said.
He said India had moved from being described as a “fragile five economy” to a “top five economy” over the past 12 years, adding that the country’s current economic growth rate was 7.8%.
On Jammu and Kashmir, Sinha said the Union Territory had witnessed major changes in infrastructure and social security schemes.
“If I talk about Jammu and Kashmir, whether it is infrastructure here or social security schemes, or ending the discriminatory system, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed quite revolutionary changes in six years,” he said.
Sinha said more than ₹1.5 lakh crore worth of work was underway on roads and tunnels in J&K and referred to the completion of the railway connection to Kashmir as the fulfilment of a long-standing dream.
He also cited welfare measures, saying 25 crore people had moved out of poverty and 80 crore people were being provided free rations.
Sinha appealed to people in J&K to participate in the month-long programmes marking the Prime Minister’s birthday.
