Three Union Ministers have made a presentation on 'Ease of Living', before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his council of Ministers, explaining how various programmes and initiatives of the Government had brought about "Ease of Living" in the lives of the people in the country after improving ranking in the Ease of Doing Business.
Amid relentless attacks by Congress and other Opposition parties over demonetisation and roll-out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Government is keen to communicate to the people the impact of its welfare initiatives. The presentation was made by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of State for Skill Development Anant Hegde and Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri.
According to sources, the presentation on "Ease of Living" lasted about an hour and had three parts with over 90 slides highlighting the work done by the government in the last three-and-a-half years. This was the first such meeting after Modi reshuffled his Council of Ministers in September paving the way for new entrants. Interestingly, all the three ministers, who gave the presentations, were inducted into the ministry in the last reshuffle.
Besides, demonetisation and GST, such schemes like Mudra, Digital India, affordable housing and Ujjawala Yojana figured in the presentations claiming that these have made life easier for people.
The meeting of the Council of Ministers followed a meeting of the union Cabinet on Friday evening. It came days after India jumped 30 spots to secure a place among the top 100 countries in the World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business" ranking list.
Modi dubbed the jump in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business ranking also as an improvement in the ease of living life, stating that it implied that life had become easier for the country's common man and the middle class.