<div>Here are some of the announcements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday during his Independence Day address:<br /><br />- 18,500 villages which still remain without power to be provided electricity in the next 1,000 days.<br /><br />- Government to club 44 labour laws into four codes to simplify them for the people.<br /><br />- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana launched with an outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore.<br /><br />- Ministry of Agriculture would be renamed as the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.<br /><br />- A "Start-Up India" initiative to encourage entrepreneurship among the youth.<br /><br />- One-Rank, One-Pension accepted "in-principle". Modalities being worked out with stakeholders.<br /><br />- Boost to financial inclusion with 17 crore bank accounts opened through the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.<br /><br />- Scheme for direct transfer of LPG subsidy has resulted in savings of Rs. 15,000 crore.<br /><br />- Promise of toilets in all schools had been almost fulfilled with the cooperation of states.<br /><br />- Corruption cases probed by CBI have gone up from 800 before NDA government assumed office to 1800 now.<br /><br />- Each of 1.25 lakh bank branches should encourage at least one Dalit or adivasi entrepreneur and at least one woman entrepreneur.<br /><br />- A house and access to basic services like electricity to all by 2022.<br /></div>
<div>Here are some of the announcements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday during his Independence Day address:<br /><br />- 18,500 villages which still remain without power to be provided electricity in the next 1,000 days.<br /><br />- Government to club 44 labour laws into four codes to simplify them for the people.<br /><br />- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana launched with an outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore.<br /><br />- Ministry of Agriculture would be renamed as the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.<br /><br />- A "Start-Up India" initiative to encourage entrepreneurship among the youth.<br /><br />- One-Rank, One-Pension accepted "in-principle". Modalities being worked out with stakeholders.<br /><br />- Boost to financial inclusion with 17 crore bank accounts opened through the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.<br /><br />- Scheme for direct transfer of LPG subsidy has resulted in savings of Rs. 15,000 crore.<br /><br />- Promise of toilets in all schools had been almost fulfilled with the cooperation of states.<br /><br />- Corruption cases probed by CBI have gone up from 800 before NDA government assumed office to 1800 now.<br /><br />- Each of 1.25 lakh bank branches should encourage at least one Dalit or adivasi entrepreneur and at least one woman entrepreneur.<br /><br />- A house and access to basic services like electricity to all by 2022.<br /></div>