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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : May 28 2016 | 7:48 PM IST
Highlighting the performance of the Narendra Modi government in the past two years, senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra today said the government is moving on the right track with its economy growing at the "fastest speed in the world".
"The government is working on the right track and its economy is growing at the fastest speed in the world with a growth rate of 7.6 per cent," Mishra, also the Union minister for Medium, Small Micro Enterprises (MSME), told reporters here.
"This government is committed to work for 1.25 crore Indians and the Prime Minister is working day and night for the uplift of poor farmers, downtrodden, dalits, backwards, women and common people," he said.
Speaking as part of the celebrations of 'Vikas Purv', party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said the Prime Minister has improved the status of the country abroad during his foreign visits.
"Earlier, when the Prime Minister used to make a visit outside it created an impression he had come to seek something for the country but PM Narendra Modi visit to 45 countries on the contrary is now seen as he has come to give something to the the visiting country," he said.
The BJP leaders also underlined beneficial schemes like Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna, PM Suraksha Bima Yojna, Atal Pension Yojna, PM Mudra Yojna and PM Fasal Bima Yojna among others.
In the context of Bihar, the BJP leaders reeled out funds allocation under different schemes made by the NDA government at the Centre.

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Bihar got Rs 2.96 crore under Prime Minister Suraksha Bima Yojna out of a total allocation of Rs 9.43 crore across the country during the period, Mishra said adding 47,21,653 people benefitted from the programme under the programme.
Likewise, 2,57,995 people benefited from Atal Pension Yojna in Bihar, he added.
Senior state party leaders Sushil Kumar Modi, leader of opposition in state assembly Prem Kumar, state party chief Mangal Pandey and senior leader Nand Kishore Yadav, also highlighted several welfare programmes launched by the NDA government in the past two years.

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First Published: May 28 2016 | 7:48 PM IST

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