Sorry state of affairs - CJI Ramana < PG 05 < VIEWS & VISION OF CITY Volume: 13, Issue: 07 MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2021, MUMBAI 12 Pages, ₹2 /- RNI No. MAHENG/2009/29332 www.afternoonvoice.com 100% of villages have roads 100% of households have “100 PER CENT bank accounts 100% of beneficiaries have Ayushman Bharat GR WTH” cards 100% eligible persons have India should become the hub Ujjwala gas of global market - PM Modi connections Dr. Vaidehi Taman National Hydrogen Mission in weeks of the Amrit Festival of nation to applaud their ground… Be it the entire afternoon_voice view of climate change. "We Independence, PM Modi said. achievement today. They have Himalayan region including have to make India a hub for In future, August 14 will be not only won our hearts but also our Eastern India, North East, n terms of growth Prime production and export of Green observed as "Partition Horrors inspired future generations". Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Minister Narendra Modi Hydrogen”. Remembrance Day", PM Modi Thirty-two athletes – our Coastal Belt or tribal areas, called for "100 per cent" on The Prime Minister said the said. He also paid tribute to all including those who won these will become the major Ithe 75th Independence Day. He government will launch Gati medals at the Olympics - were the past leaders who fought the basis for India's development in said in his speech “Now we have Shakti -- a ₹ 100 lakh crore long and hard battle for invited to participate in the future," he added. For the to move towards saturation. infrastructure plan -- soon to Independence, saying, "Be it celebrations at the iconic Red second year in a row, the 100% of villages have roads, boost manufacturing and Nehru-ji, the first Prime Fort. Mentioning the ongoing Independence Day celebrations 100% of households have bank employment. "All Minister of India, Sardar Patel, battle against Covid and the loss remained muted as the country accounts, 100% of beneficiaries manufacturers should target the who turned the country into a of lives since last year, PM Modi braces for a possible third wave have Ayushman Bharat cards, global market. India should united nation or Babasaheb said, "54 crore people have got of the Covid pandemic. The 100% eligible persons have become the hub of the global Ambedkar, who showed India vaccine doses... Despite all the national capital was also under Ujjwala gas connections”. PM market.” the way to the future, the efforts, we have not been able to a tight security blanket that also announced plans to Sainik Schools will be opened country is indebted to all of save many people. Many included anti-drone defence introduce fortified rice for the to girls and 75 Vande Bharat them". He also greeted the children lost their parents". systems in sensitive areas. poor under different trains will be connecting every Olympians present on the "In Jammu and Kashmir, the government schemes and a corner of the country in 75 occasion, saying "I urge the developments are seen on the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Pm‘s Gati Shakti National Master Plan is the big brother of Make in India ince 2014 our Prime minister has launched many schemes and under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, helping lessen policies, most of them were not the desired success, but in worries of poor during a pandemic but actually scenario is very much India, hardly anyone is talking about the policy failure. different than the speeches. PM Modi interacts with staged PradhanS Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana ensures nobody sleeps on beneficiaries through video-conferencing to tell how successful his an empty stomach but on the other hand hunger rate has gone up. scheme was. When PM Narendra Modi launched Ujjwala 2.0 to People are struggling to manage one-time meals. PM Modi has gone provide LPG connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana time and again in virtual interaction with different Yojana from Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba, a lot of money was spent on beneficiaries across India to convince the success of his schemes. But publicising these Yognas but the common man is yet to benefit. Every whenever his claims got exposed, the whistleblowers got attacked time there is the announcement of new schemes to give a feel-good but the attitude has not changed. factor but people at large feel cheated. In fact, no one is now taking It is said that the free ration being distributed to lakhs of families Dr.Vaidehi CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 afternoonvoice.com/editorial [email protected] afternoon_voice afternoonvoicenews MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2021 Editoritis AFTERNOON VOICE, MUMBAI 02 India should Pm’s Gati Shakti National become the hub of global market - PM Modi < Master Plan is the big < PAGE 1 India imported mobile phones worth USD 8 billion seven years ago and is < brother< of Make in India now exporting USD 3 billion worth The same PM said making Pakoda is also an employment and of mobile phones, the prime minister PAGE 1 self-sustained business, whereas many companies for shout said. "We will have to work together due to lockdown, many traders have gone bankrupt due to these promises and schemes seriously. financial crunch, lakhs of youth landed in depression, PM for manufacturing world-class Allegedly 80 crores in the entire country got free ration Modi did not dare to talk on the failures of unplanned products, using cutting-edge under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana during lockdown. He maintained silence on most crucial issues of innovation and new-age technology," coronavirus pandemic. But still, hunger and poverty are not the nation. All of a sudden he is now talking about harmony. he told the nation. The government's under control. India still needs freedom from starvation, He now believes that there is no harmony in the modes of focus is to make small farmers, who unemployment, castes and so-called religious scuffles. India transport in the country at present and Gati Shakti would own less than two hectares of land also needs equality in education; India needs clean water & come in aid on this front as it will break the silos and and comprise over 80 per cent of all air. Not last but least Indians need to breathe. Lip services are bottlenecks, seriously? farmers, the country's pride, Modi not going to impress anyone other than his cheer leader’s During his nearly 90 minutes speech, Modi also said India’s added. Rice provided under any team. manufacturing and exports volumes should increase. But he scheme will be fortified by 2024, the Prime Minister Modi today announced that the govt will did not say how the import and export collapsed during the prime minister announced. soon launch ‘PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan’, a 100 pandemic and how the companies got shut abruptly due to the "We are witnessing the rapid lakh crore national infrastructure plan. Gati Shakti is non-availability of funds and sustainable infrastructure. transformation of our villages," Modi announced to help local manufacturers turn globally He said the country will have to work together to make said while stressing that digital competitive; also develop possibilities of new future “world-class products”, using new-age technology and entrepreneurs are being nurtured in economic zones. Hope people have not forgotten the Make in cutting-edge innovation. But he forgot to tell you, at present villages too. During his India failure. Huge money was wasted on promotions and India lacks infrastructure and skilled labour. Yes "We have to Independence Day speech, Modi said campaigns of Make in India, now no one talks about the same. work together...for next-generation infrastructure, for world- multiple parts of the country -- Do you really buy that the ₹100 lakh crore Gatishakti class manufacturing, for cutting edge innovation, and we whether its east, northeast, Jammu initiatives will bring employment opportunities for youth and have to work together for new-age technology," as he said, and Kashmir, Ladakh including the help them in holistic infrastructure growth? but there is a lot of difference in practising what you preach. entire Himalayan region, the coastal Modi said the pace of service delivery through government The nation is divided in between Hindu and Muslim. There schemes has gone up compared with earlier times and the are frequent communal tensions and hate, rapes and suicide belt or the tribal region -- will become goal is to make sure that all eligible persons are covered under rates have gone up. Fuel prices are touching the sky, the rupee a big base for India's development in these. Now the question is that how many people were has fallen drastically compared to the dollar but still, PM talks the future. "Very soon, the work of covered under proviso schemes? If those schemes were about Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas? connecting all the state capitals of the successful then why do we need new announcements? Just to Well these occasional speeches are not going to fill the northeast with rail services is going to fool gullible voters? pockets of people. Just feel good jumlas may give some be completed," Modi said, adding The PM said the project would be a source of future pleasure to PM but commoners are here to suffer if the that the region is getting connected employment opportunities for lakhs of youth in the country. approach of the government is not changed. with Bangladesh, Myanmar and Southeast Asia. [email protected] vaidehitaman vaidehisachin Volume No. 13 | Issue No. 07 Editor Dr. Vaidehi Printer and Publisher Printed at Newsmakers Publications Pvt. Ltd. S R Publication & Printing Press Vaishali Nagar, Dahisar (E), Mumbai - 68.