<p>As Modi government completes 2 years, a survey by Centre for Media Studies (CMS) released on Saturday showed 49% respondents saying there was “no change” in their living standards.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At the same time, the survey found 62% respondents appreciating the performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, particularly the focus on development and national perspective.<br /><br />“On a five-point rating scale, 30% respondents gave Modi 5 out of 5, while another 32% rated his performance as PM, four out of five,” said the survey titled ‘Union Government’s Performance Appraisal’ released by CMS here.<br /><br />The sample size for the survey was around 4,000 covering rural and urban areas of 15 states. <br /><br />The respondents include those engaged in income generating activity, home makers and students.<br /><br />Despite the Modi government’s thrust on zero-tolerance to corruption, the survey found that 56% felt that the level of corruption has either increased or remained the same during the last 2 years.<br /><br />Less than one-third respondents said that the promises made by Modi have been fulfilled, while 48% felt the promises have been fulfilled partially.<br /><br />“A significant percentage (43%) feels that poor people are not benefiting from the programmes and the schemes under the Modi government,” said the study.<br /><br />Failure to tackle inflation/price rise (32%), inability to provide employment (29%) and the inability to bring back black money (26%) were listed as major failures of the government.<br /><br />Among major achievements cited in the survey included Jan Dhan Yojna (36%), Swachh Bharat Mission (32%) and efforts to bring foreign direct investment (23%).<br /><br />External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj topped the ranking of Union ministers’ performance assessed on four parameters – media presence, extent of activity on social media, utilisation of MPLAD funds and peoples’ opinion.<br /><br />Swaraj was followed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.<br /><br />The low-ranked ministers were Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Health Minister J P Nadda and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.<br /></p>
<p>As Modi government completes 2 years, a survey by Centre for Media Studies (CMS) released on Saturday showed 49% respondents saying there was “no change” in their living standards.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At the same time, the survey found 62% respondents appreciating the performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, particularly the focus on development and national perspective.<br /><br />“On a five-point rating scale, 30% respondents gave Modi 5 out of 5, while another 32% rated his performance as PM, four out of five,” said the survey titled ‘Union Government’s Performance Appraisal’ released by CMS here.<br /><br />The sample size for the survey was around 4,000 covering rural and urban areas of 15 states. <br /><br />The respondents include those engaged in income generating activity, home makers and students.<br /><br />Despite the Modi government’s thrust on zero-tolerance to corruption, the survey found that 56% felt that the level of corruption has either increased or remained the same during the last 2 years.<br /><br />Less than one-third respondents said that the promises made by Modi have been fulfilled, while 48% felt the promises have been fulfilled partially.<br /><br />“A significant percentage (43%) feels that poor people are not benefiting from the programmes and the schemes under the Modi government,” said the study.<br /><br />Failure to tackle inflation/price rise (32%), inability to provide employment (29%) and the inability to bring back black money (26%) were listed as major failures of the government.<br /><br />Among major achievements cited in the survey included Jan Dhan Yojna (36%), Swachh Bharat Mission (32%) and efforts to bring foreign direct investment (23%).<br /><br />External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj topped the ranking of Union ministers’ performance assessed on four parameters – media presence, extent of activity on social media, utilisation of MPLAD funds and peoples’ opinion.<br /><br />Swaraj was followed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.<br /><br />The low-ranked ministers were Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Health Minister J P Nadda and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.<br /></p>
