New Delhi: In its six months in power, the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has taken a series of administrative measures including opening up Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Railways, deregulating fuel and announcing mega missions like 'Make in India'. But perhaps the most talked about achievement is on the foreign policy front.
Reviewing his term so far, his ministers claimed that they been successful in clearing the past logjams. "In power sector, several reforms have been carried out. The coal sector too is all set to see an increase in activity," Power Minister Piyush Goyal said.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, too, said that his ministry has worked its best to remove complacency. "In my ministry, which was known as the road block ministry, we have done away with all the road blocks," he said.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet colleagues listed out achievements of the past 6 months, the opposition expectedly said that the government is all talk and no action.
"We have given the government time but they have done completed any of the poll promises that they made," Congess MP Rajeev Shukla said.
Leaders also criticised Modi for back to back trips abroad. "PM has broken all records of foreign visits. On the ground, nothing has happened," Samajwadi Party's National General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Majeed Memon also said that the PM has been more outside India than in India.
However, Modi's Cabinet colleagues defended the series of high profile visits to Japan, Australia and the United States saying that this is not a simple achievement.
"This is not a simple achievement. Dealing with a hegemonistic nation like US or counties like Pakistan which create nuisance is a big task. Even President Barack Obama greets the PM in Gujarati," Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said.
Former ally in Maharastra, the Shiv Sena may have hit out against the PM in the state but took a more measured stance in Delhi. "We have a stable government and a PM who takes decisions on his own and implement them on his own," Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said.
While the PM's style of centralizing power has come in for both praise and criticism, investors and citizens believe the "Modi sarkar" is on the right path
"Challenge is to unveil economic architecture and restructure the government," Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar opined.
Though it is yet to early to determine how his tenure at the Centre will pan out to be, it is to be seen if Prime Minister Modi is able to steer the government in his unique style for the entire term.
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