Modi Govt 8 years: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance completed eight years in power on 26 May. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that his tenure so far has been devoted to balanced development, social justice and social security of the country. Addressing BJP national office bearers last week, Modi said: "This month, the NDA government will complete eight years. These eight years have been of resolutions and achievements.
These eight years are dedicated to service, good governance and the welfare of the poor. In the last eight years, the Narendra Modi government has successfully provided many schemes to directly benefit different sections of the society in terms of financial, health care and social security.
The government has taken many important decisions to fulfil its promises, which have won the praise of the people along with the criticism of the opposition. Whether it is the Swachh Bharat Mission when Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself jumped into the fray with a broom or starting the bullet train project, linking the railway budget with the general budget and the Ujjwala and Jan Dhan Yojana, their massive impact has left people with- Along with it attracted the attention of world leaders. Today we are telling you about 8 big decisions of the Modi government in 8 years.
The Modi government may have come in 2014, but its biggest decision came two years later on 8 November 2016 when the Government of India announced the demonetization of all 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. This decision of the government was called demonetization. The government had announced the issuance of new notes of ₹500 and ₹2,000 instead of the demonetised banknotes.
For several months after demonetisation, people in the country were seen standing in queues in the banks in an atmosphere of chaos to exchange their old notes. People had to stand in long lines in banks to deposit old notes and get new notes.
The objective of the demonetization decision- The main objective of this decision was to increase the digital objective in the country as well as curb black money.
On 29 September 2016, India announced that it had conducted a surgical strike targeting terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and "wiped out a large number of terrorists". Pakistan rejected India's claim.
India carried out a surgical strike to avenge the Uri attack. 18 jawans were martyred in the Uri terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. Within 10 days of this attack, India had conducted a surgical strike on Pakistan. The terrorists and their 'protectors' suffered a large number of casualties in this surgical strike. The surgical strike changed the way India responded.
Purpose of the decision of the surgical strike - PM Modi had told that while talking to the army, he realized that they (Army) want justice for the soldiers killed in the Uri attack and the government has allowed them to plan and execute the surgical strike. Gave "freehand" to give. The purpose of the surgical strike was to take revenge for the Uri attack and teach a lesson to the terrorists that now India will enter the house and kill it.
It was very challenging for the Modi government to pass the GST law. Although this is one of the biggest decisions of this government. GST is known as Goods and Services Tax. It is an indirect tax which has replaced many indirect taxes like excise duty, VAT, service tax etc. in India. The Goods and Services Tax Act was passed in Parliament on 29 March 2017 and came into force on 1 July 2017.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is levied on the supply of goods and services. The Goods and Services Tax law in India is a comprehensive, multi-level, destination-based tax that is levied on every value addition. GST is a single domestic indirect tax law for the entire country.
The GST law came into existence keeping in mind the objective of implementing GST- 'One Nation-One Law'. The main objective of this tax system is to prevent the cascading effect of other indirect taxes and to implement one tax system all over India.
One of the most important political achievements of the Modi government in its second term has been the passage of the Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament. This is a law that made instant triple talaq a criminal offence. The Triple Talaq Act, formally called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. It was passed on August 1, 2019, after intense debate in Parliament. The decision of the Modi government to bring a law on triple talaq was also in a lot of controversies. But a large section supported it.
Triple talaq is also called talaq-e-bidder or triple talaq. This was a practice prevalent in Islam, under which a Muslim man could divorce his wife by saying talaq three times. In this, the man was not required to give any reason for the divorce and the wife was not required to be present at the time of declaration of divorce.
The fact is that the BJP was successful in getting the bill passed even in the Rajya Sabha where it did not have a majority. In a political masterstroke, the ruling BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took an aggressive stance to ban instant triple talaq, calling it a major step for the empowerment of Muslim women. The opposition questioned the government's selective concern for the community and accused it of playing politics on a sensitive issue.
Purpose of Triple Talaq Act- The purpose of the triple talaq law was to empower Muslim women as well as to stop this practice.
Taking a big step, the Modi government on 5 August 2019 abrogated the provisions of Article 370 and Article 35-A specially made for Jammu and Kashmir. This is one of the biggest decisions of the Modi government. Jammu and Kashmir had special rights under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. As per the provisions of Article 370, Parliament has to protect, in respect of Jammu and Kashmir, There is a right to make laws in the matter of foreign affairs and communication, but for implementing the law related to any other subject, the approval of the state government was required by the centre.
To remove this article from Kashmir, BJP had announced it in its manifesto before coming to the government.
After the formation of the government, the Modi government in its second term removed the article from Jammu and Kashmir and gave it the status of a union territory. Apart from this, Ladakh has declared a separate union territory. Nirmala Sitharaman had told Parliament that after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, 890 central laws have come into force there.
The purpose of removing Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir - Article 370, 35A were applicable in Jammu and Kashmir. Under this, no resident of any state other than Jammu and Kashmir could buy land there. However, after the removal of the law, this is now possible. Now anyone can buy land in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Apart from this, many other laws have also been implemented in the state.
There was a very long dispute about bringing the CAA law in the decision taken by the Modi government. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act was passed by the Central Government in Parliament in the year 2019. The purpose of this bill is to give Indian citizenship to refugees from 6 communities (Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Parsi) who came from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
The CAA Act has come into force on January 10, 2020, after getting the assent of the President. There was a long protest in Shaheen Bagh regarding this law. Actually, under the law, there is a provision to give citizenship in India to only 6 refugee communities and in this, the Muslim community is excluded.
The logic behind this has been given that the Muslim population is the majority in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Although opponents of the Nationwide Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) claim that those who will be unable to provide documents, Their citizenship will be revoked. The government has been denying this.
Purpose of CAA Act- The purpose of the CAA is to give citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan or Afghanistan. It was notified on December 12, 2019, and came into force on January 10, 2020.