Overview

• In the exclusive interview, the home minister said no Indian prime minister has matched Narendra Modi’s achievements in a single decade.
• Shah claimed 25 crore people were lifted out of poverty and that roughly 60 crore received basic services such as housing, toilets, electricity, LPG, free food grains, medical insurance and tap water.
• He said India’s economy moved from the 11th to the 4th largest during Modi’s tenure and credited policy focus for the shift.
• Shah highlighted armed forces modernisation and asserted that the ‘Make in India’ push has turned into tangible manufacturing gains.
• He also praised the rollout of GST as a fulfilled “constitutional promise,” saying states are set to receive pending payments by November.