Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created transparent systems through legislative and institutional changes which have given this country a scam-free governance.

On completion of four years of NDA government, Mr Jaitley said in a Facebook post that unlike the UPA, the Prime Minister is the natural leader of both his party and the nation. He said, India has transformed from being a part of the fragile five to the bright spot on the global economic scene. He said, a regime of policy paralysis has been transformed into one of decisions and actions

The Minister said, India, which was on the verge of becoming a basket case has today been transformed into the fastest growing major economy in the world and is likely to hold that position in the years to come. He said, the country’s mood from despair has transformed into hope and aspirations and good governance and good economics have been blended with good politics.

Mr Jaitley wrote that the result of this has been that the BJP is more confident, its geographical base has become much bigger, its social base has expanded and its chances to win has hugely increased. He said the Congress is in desperation without the perks of office.

The Minister added that Mr Modi has institutionalised a system where discretions have been eliminated. He said, for cleaning up the economy, India has to transform from a tax non-compliant society to a tax-compliant society. He pointed out that the enactment and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax, the impact of demonetisation, effective tax compliance are all steps against black money.

He said, under Food Security Programme, the expenditure has been increased to 1.70 lakh crore rupees to ensure cheaper food-grain availability to the eligible. Mr Jaitley opined that on the healthcare front, the destiny of India’s poor will change when 40 percent families at the bottom of the ladder will get a treatment up to five lakh rupees for hospitalisation at the cost of the government scheme.

Mr Jaitley further said that from the last year of the UPA, the infrastructure expenditure to this year has increased by 134 percent during the current year. He said, Congress President must remember that taxes do not go to into the pocket of the Government but they go back to the people for better infrastructure, better social sector expenditure and poverty reduction programmes.

Mr Jaitley also said that as the NDA government enters the fifth year, its priorities are clear. He said, this will be a year of consolidation of the policies and programmes which the government have implemented.