PM Modi's Independence Day speech decoded in numbers

From ramparts of Red Fort, PM rattled off numbers pertaining to demonetisation, GDP, black money

• PM’s speech was 57-minutes long, his shortest of the four speeches
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• Last year, PM had delivered a 96-minute long speech, the longest ever by an Indian PM from Red Fort
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• PM said govt has confiscated benami properties worth Rs 800 crore
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• Modi said he has resolved to complete 99 big projects before 2019
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• In three years, we have confiscated black money worth Rs. 1.25 lakh crore
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• Demonetisation led to Rs 3 lakh crores coming into the banking system
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• Post demonetisation, more than Rs 1.75 lakh crore deposited in banks under scanner
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• Black money worth Rs. 2 lakh crore had to be deposited in the banks
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• Number of new taxpayers filing income tax returns more than doubled from 2.2 million last year to 5.6 million
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• Over 1.8 million people identified whose income higher than their declared income
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• Around 450,000 people have come forward and are trying to trade the right path after accepting their mistakes
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• Post demonetisation, data revealed there are 300,000 shell companies dealing in Hawala transactions
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• Out of these 300,000 shell companies, registration of 175,000 companies cancelled
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• As many as 400 companies have been found to be operating from one address.
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• Post GST rollout, truck drivers able to save 30% travel time
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• 30% increase in efficiency after GST
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• Digital transactions increased by 34%, prepaid transactions gone up by 44%
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• Roads and railway tracks being built at twice the speed
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• 14,000 villages electrified
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• Bank accounts of 290 million  people opened
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• More than 90 million farmers now have soil health card
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• More than 20 million BPL families have LPG
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• More than 80 million loans sanctioned under MUDRA scheme
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• From 32.5 million in 2014, PM crop insurance scheme to soon cover 57.5 million farmers
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• Last three years, set up 6 IITs, 7 new IIMs and 8 new IIITs