Kitne acche din: 7 years of Modi govt for GDP, price rise and jobs

The Narendra Modi government has completed seven years over two tenures. Let’s have a hard look at the three most significant yet contentious parameters to trace the footprints of 'acche din'.

'Acche din' was the catchword that symbolised the election wave that elevated Narendra Modi from Gujarat chief minister to the country’s prime minister in 2014. Vikas (development) was the plank that kept people’s hopes afloat for better days ahead, originally promised by Manmohan Singh in the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Pro-poor outreach through the schemes for toilet building and cooking gas connection, and TINA (there is no alternative) factor saw a bigger electoral victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre in 2019. The Narendra Modi government has completed seven years over two tenures. Let’s have a hard look at the three most significant yet contentious parameters to trace the footprints of acche din.