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Yes.The BJP political party really do what they promise in their election manifesto.Yes .There is data that shows how the NDA government has performed against their poll promises over the years.There was 549 promises in BJP 2014 manifesto out of which 520 promises has been implemented.The promises like one rank one pension , Swachh bharat , 100 smart city ,Ujjwala yojana , 1.5 times MSP price of crops for farmers etc have been implemented.So the BJP party manifesto 2014 has been implemented upto about 98.3 percent .BJP has also submitted report card on manifesto of 2014Party workers of BJP say most promises fulfilledThe BJP is set to come out with details of the Narendra Modi government’s work toward fulfilling the promises it had made in its manifesto in 2014, with party sources asserting that over 520 of a total of 549 assurances given were either met or work on them was successfully going on.The decision assumes significance as ahead of the coming general election Opposition parties have accused the BJP of failing to fulfil the promises it had made before the last Lok Sabha polls.A team of BJP leaders has been entrusted with the task of collating details of the work the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had done in fulfilling these promises, like on generating employment, providing people social security and enhancing internal security.A party leader privy to the development said the BJP had under different agenda items made nearly 549 promises before the last general election.“As many as 520 of them have either been fulfilled or work on them has been going on as their completion require a certain time period,” he said.Another party leader said there are several other “successful” initiatives of the government, such as Ujjwala and Mudra, which were not part of the BJP’s manifesto but have benefited a large number of people.The government provided free LPG connection to the poor households under the Ujjwala scheme while loans are provided for self-employment under Mudra.BJP vice-president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said the Modi government stands out for working on a long-term agenda and overcoming the “attraction of quick-fixes by turning its back on populism”.He cited implementation of the GST as an example of the government’s long-term vision and asserted that the BJP has become the only party which has brought into electoral fray the politics of performance and development.“Is an Opposition party like the Congress telling people that this is what it had done for them when it was in power so that they should vote for it?” he asked, slamming the BJP’s rivals for their negative agenda.So only NDA government implements its manifesto.The remaining 29 promises could not implement due to not having full majority in Rajya Sabha.The triple talaq and Ram Mandir are the example of not fully implementation on ground.In its 2014 manifesto, the BJP listed a 50-point promise detailing more than 600 sub-promises.Some of the major political promises including those relating to building the Ram temple in Ayodhya, repealing Article 370 and introducing Uniform Civil Code remain unfulfilled and are most likely to find a place in the 2019 manifesto of the party as well.First, the promises that the Modi government fulfilled -- partially or fully -- in four years of rule.Building IndiaThe BJP promised to build 100 new cities, enabled with the latest in technology and infrastructure. "Developing 100 most backward districts of the country to bring them at par with other districts through prioritized and integrated development" was the promise made by the BJP.Status - Smart City project was launched when Venkaiah Naidu was the urban development minister before becoming the Vice-President. But the cities chosen by the Narendra Modi government are not from the most backward districts of the country.Home For AllThe BJP promised to ensure shelter to everybody equipped with electricity, water and toilets.Status - The Modi government recently claimed to have achieved 100 per cent village electrification. But in terms of household reach, electrification work is far from over. Access to clean drinking water and sanitary toilets to everybody has not been achieved.Energy PolicyThe BJP promised to formulate a responsible and comprehensive 'National Energy Policy'.Status - Niti Aayog has framed a draft policy. The Modi government has discussed it at ministerial level. But final approval of the National Energy Policy is implemented .Bullet TrainsThe BJP promised to launch "Diamond quadrilateral project of high-speed train network (bullet train)".Status - Partially met. The diamond quadrilateral project of bullet train network is nowhere to be seen anytime soon. But India and Japan have signed an agreement for running a bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor. The work is in progress at the design level at present on this $17 billion project.Checking Price RiseThe BJP promised setting up a price stabilisation fund. Rising prices were one of the major issues against the then Manmohan Singh government. The BJP further promised strict measures and special courts to stop hoarding and black marketing.Status - The prices of commodities have come down, the inflation rate has been kept under control by the Narendra Modi government. A Price Stabilisation Fund was set up in 2014-15 under Department of Agriculture but later transferred to the Department of Consumer Affairs in 2016.Fighting CorruptionThe BJP promised to establish a system, which eliminates the scope for corruption, promote technology-enabled e-governance -- minimising the discretion in the citizen-government interface.The Narendra Modi government seems to have scored well on this point. There has been no serious corruption charge against the ministers of the government. Scams in the allocation of government contracts have not been reported in the last four years. E-auctioning has been implemented.However, the government has not appointed a Lokpal as promised in the BJP's manifesto.Save Girl ChildThe BJP promised to launch a national campaign for saving the girl child and educating her -- Beti Bachao, Beti PadhaoStatus - The campaign was launched. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers have aggressively promoted Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign.Acid Attack VictimsThe BJP had promised setting up an Acid Attack Victims Welfare Fund to take care of the medical costs related to treatment and cosmetic reconstructive surgeries of such victims.Status - Welfare fund was set up but not with the promised name. The Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF) was set up in 2014 by the Modi government with an initial corpus of Rs 200 crore from the 'Nirbhaya' fund.The CVCF supports victims of rape, acid attacks, human trafficking and women killed or injured in the cross-border firing. An additional financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh from the Prime Minister National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was also approved last year.Madrasa ModernisationThe BJP promised a National madrasa modernization programme in its 2014-manifest to strengthen and modernize minority educational systems and institutions.Status - The madrasa modernization programme was launched in 2014 when Smriti Irani was the Human Resource Development minister.More AIIMSThe BJP promised to set up an AIIMS-like institute in every state.Status - New AIIMS announced for most of the states. The work is in progress at many places.Making India CleanThe BJP said in its manifesto that the government would ensure a 'Swachh Bharat' by Gandhiji's 150th birth anniversary in 2019.Status - Programme launched. But cleanliness is still a dream.Simplified Tax RegimeThe BJP promised to provide a non-adversarial and conducive tax environment and rationalised and simplified tax regime.Status - The Narendra Modi government introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that had been in the works since the early 2000s.Equal Pension For Ex-ServicemenThe BJP had promised to implement one rank one pension (OROP) for the retired army personnel and also appoint a Veterans Commission to address the grievances of veterans.Status - The Modi government implemented OROP but Veterans Commission is yet to take shape.Now, a look at the promises that were not kept by the Modi government.More Income For FarmersThe BJP had promised a minimum of 50 per cent profits over the cost of production for the farmersStatus - Partially fulfilled. The government increased MSP of crops but farmers are in distress and the agricultural crisis has seen several protests across the country in the last four years.Empowering WomenThe BJP promised to give women the role of "Nation Builder". The party committed to 33 per cent reservation in parliamentary and state assemblies through a constitutional amendmentStatus - Not fulfilled. There is no progress on the front of women's quota in the legislature.Kashmiri PanditsThe BJP promised to ensure the return of Kashmiri Pandits to Jammu and Kashmir and abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution.Status - Not fulfilled.Zero Tolerance on TerrorismThe BJP promised zero tolerance on terrorism, to revive the anti-terror mechanism, strengthen the role of NIA and put a system in place for swift and fair trial of terror-related cases.Status - The country witnessed some of worst terror attacks since 2014 - particularly at Uri and Pathankot. On the basis of empirical evidence, the Modi government cannot be said to have kept the promises made by the BJP in its manifesto with regard to fighting terrorism and trial of terror-related cases.FDI In Multi-brand RetailThe BJP promised to bar FDI in the multi-brand retail sector.Status - The Manmohan Singh government allowed 51 per cent FDI in the multi-brand retail sector in 2012. The BJP promised to put an end to this rule. The Modi did not allow further FDI in multi-brand retail but did not scrap the existing policy.Doubling the number of courts and judges in the subordinate judiciary and extend fast-track courts to all layers of the judiciary.Status - Not fulfilled.So the history of BJP government is good to implement its manifesto.Thanks for reading.

I am also a normal citizen and I am also happy that he has launched some great initiatives during his tenure as a visionary and vision is always emphasize upon long term policies which took two or three more terms of government to achieve the prospective goals. India definitely changed in the last five years and just like any other government there are always pros and cons to its policies, let's see and judge it by checking report card on Modiji government's initial four year policies.The Modi government will complete it's five year in tenure in May 2019. With the Lok Sabha elections still a year ahead, with the Modi government seeking re-election, it is time to take a look at the promises that the BJP made in its manifesto four years ago.In its 2014 manifesto, the BJP listed a 50-point promise detailing more than 600 sub-promises. Some of the major political promises including those relating to building the Ram temple in Ayodhya, repealing Article 370 and introducing Uniform Civil Code remain unfulfilled and are most likely to find a place in the 2019 manifesto of the party as well.First, the promises that the Modi government fulfilled -- partially or fully -- in four years of rule.Building IndiaThe BJP promised to build 100 new cities, enabled with the latest in technology and infrastructure. "Developing 100 most backward districts of the country to bring them at par with other districts through prioritized and integrated development" was the promise made by the BJP.Status - Smart City project was launched when Venkaiah Naidu was the urban development minister before becoming the Vice-President. But the cities chosen by the Narendra Modi government are not from the most backward districts of the country.Home For AllThe BJP promised to ensure shelter to everybody equipped with electricity, water and toilets.Status - The Modi government recently claimed to have achieved 100 per cent village electrification. But in terms of household reach, electrification work is far from over. Access to clean drinking water and sanitary toilets to everybody has not been achieved.Also Read: After 4 years, here are the promises Modi govt could not keepEnergy PolicyThe BJP promised to formulate a responsible and comprehensive 'National Energy Policy'.Status - Niti Aayog has framed a draft policy. The Modi government has discussed it at ministerial level. But final approval of the National Energy Policy is still awaited.Bullet TrainsThe BJP promised to launch "Diamond quadrilateral project of high-speed train network (bullet train)".Status - Partially met. The diamond quadrilateral project of bullet train network is nowhere to be seen anytime soon. But India and Japan have signed an agreement for running a bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor. The work is in progress at the design level at present on this $17 billion project.Checking Price RiseThe BJP promised setting up a price stabilisation fund. Rising prices were one of the major issues against the then Manmohan Singh government. The BJP further promised strict measures and special courts to stop hoarding and black marketing.Status - Even though the prices of commodities have not come down, the inflation rate has been kept under control by the Narendra Modi government. A Price Stabilisation Fund was set up in 2014-15 under Department of Agriculture but later transferred to the Department of Consumer Affairs in 2016.Fighting CorruptionThe BJP promised to establish a system, which eliminates the scope for corruption, promote technology-enabled e-governance -- minimising the discretion in the citizen-government interface.The Narendra Modi government seems to have scored well on this point. There has been no serious corruption charge against the ministers of the government. Scams in the allocation of government contracts have not been reported in the last four years. E-auctioning has been implemented.However, the government has not appointed a Lokpal as promised in the BJP's manifesto.Save Girl ChildThe BJP promised to launch a national campaign for saving the girl child and educating her -- Beti Bachao, Beti PadhaoStatus - The campaign was launched. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers have aggressively promoted Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign.Acid Attack VictimsThe BJP had promised setting up an Acid Attack Victims Welfare Fund to take care of the medical costs related to treatment and cosmetic reconstructive surgeries of such victims.Status - Welfare fund was set up but not with the promised name. The Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF) was set up in 2014 by the Modi government with an initial corpus of Rs 200 crore from the 'Nirbhaya' fund.The CVCF supports victims of rape, acid attacks, human trafficking and women killed or injured in the cross-border firing. An additional financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh from the Prime Minister National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was also approved last year.Madrasa ModernisationThe BJP promised a National madrasa modernization programme in its 2014-manifest to strengthen and modernize minority educational systems and institutions.Status - The madrasa modernization programme was launched in 2014 when Smriti Irani was the Human Resource Development minister.More AIIMSThe BJP promised to set up an AIIMS-like institute in every state.Status - New AIIMS announced for most of the states. The work is in progress at many places.Making India CleanThe BJP said in its manifesto that the government would ensure a 'Swachh Bharat' by Gandhiji's 150th birth anniversary in 2019.Status - Programme launched. But cleanliness is still a dream.Simplified Tax RegimeThe BJP promised to provide a non-adversarial and conducive tax environment and rationalised and simplified tax regime.Status - The Narendra Modi government introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that had been in the works since the early 2000s.Equal Pension For Ex-ServicemenThe BJP had promised to implement one rank one pension (OROP) for the retired army personnel and also appoint a Veterans Commission to address the grievances of veterans.Status - The Modi government implemented OROP but Veterans Commission is yet to take shape.Now, a look at the promises that were not kept by the Modi government.More Income For FarmersThe BJP had promised a minimum of 50 per cent profits over the cost of production for the farmersStatus - Partially fulfilled. The government increased MSP of crops but farmers are in distress and the agricultural crisis has seen several protests across the country in the last four years.Empowering WomenThe BJP promised to give women the role of "Nation Builder". The party committed to 33 per cent reservation in parliamentary and state assemblies through a constitutional amendmentStatus - Not fulfilled. There is no progress on the front of women's quota in the legislature.Kashmiri PanditsThe BJP promised to ensure the return of Kashmiri Pandits to Jammu and Kashmir and abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution.Status - Not fulfilled.Zero Tolerance on TerrorismThe BJP promised zero tolerance on terrorism, to revive the anti-terror mechanism, strengthen the role of NIA and put a system in place for swift and fair trial of terror-related cases.Status - The country witnessed some of worst terror attacks since 2014 - particularly at Uri and Pathankot. On the basis of empirical evidence, the Modi government cannot be said to have kept the promises made by the BJP in its manifesto with regard to fighting terrorism and trial of terror-related cases.FDI In Multi-brand RetailThe BJP promised to bar FDI in the multi-brand retail sector.Status - The Manmohan Singh government allowed 51 per cent FDI in the multi-brand retail sector in 2012. The BJP promised to put an end to this rule. The Modi did not allow further FDI in multi-brand retail but did not scrap the existing policy.Doubling the number of courts and judges in the subordinate judiciary and extend fast-track courts to all layers of the judiciary.Status - Not fulfilled.Numbers can often be strung together to tell a story. But when each number has a story of its own, it is best to let them do their own talking: a reading of how the economy may play out in the fifth year of the Narendra Modi government.Most governments get into election mode in the last year of its term. Narendra Modi’s government is different. The current dispensation has remained almost permanently in election mode, with the Prime Minister personally being involved in many state elections, with BJP often fighting these in Modi’s name, often without declaring a chief ministerial candidate.Therefore, electoral signals have been spread out across the last four years of the government and mixed with economic reforms. The fifth year is not expected to be any different. No one really expects the government to be cautious either and expects it to pull out a few more rabbits out of the bag this year, too....Strong rupee hurt exports initially but healthy $ inflows kept BoP healthyThe key fact that has the government enthused is that India is one of the fastest growing economies of the world, and is likely to emerge as the fifth largest. The economy is expected to double in seven years. This is a good proposition for any government to work with, be it in its last year or the first.6 Big Changes That Defined 4 Years of ModiDemonetisationOn November 8, 2016, the government announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes in circulation would be withdrawn and new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes were issued. The move was reportedly aimed at targeting black money, though that narrative did change over the course of the year. The move sent shockwaves across the economy. Economic growth was subdued and several small businesses were shut. Some still argue that the economy is yet to recuperate from that shock. The currency in circulation has now steadily grown, and the government is pumping in new currency notes Currency with public on May 11, 2018 Rs 18,578 billion Currency with public on October 17, 2016 (before note ban) Rs 17,564 billionUnified TaxIndia has been looking at a unified goods and services tax (GST) regime for almost two decades. The Modi government took it upon itself to push through the indirect taxes reform. The GST has more tax slabs that envisioned and has been revised multiple times. The small and medium businesses have complained that compliance has gone up while margins have come down. Teething troubles are still being ironed out.Ease of Doing BusinessOne of the key parameters that the government wanted to improve was ease of doing business. Modi had made it clear that India’s ranking on the World Bank chart should improve. After slipping briefly, India managed to go up 30 places in the 2018 rankings.Thinking Out of the BoxThis government has tried to radically change how governance works in India. A look at some of those moves:Demonetisation and GST are among the most radical moves.The Budget date was changed to February 1. The advancement from the last day of the month was to ensure departments get more time to spend the money allocated to them.The Railway Budget, an annual event of great political opportunism, was done away with. The portfolio was used as a bargaining chip in coalition politics.Planning Commission was replaced with NITI AayogConflicting ministries were brought under one minister like steel and mines or coal and power.Process started for privatisation of Air IndiaThe insolvency and bankruptcy code implemented in 2016 laid out the rules for a court-monitored time-bound process of dealing with bad loans. This has led to Rs 4 lakh crore worth of recoveries.Expanding Political BasePolitically, BJP has expanded its footprint across India during the past four years. It had a government in seven states in May 2014 — the Modi government was sworn in on May 26. Today, it either heads the government or is part of the ruling coalition in 22 states. Major electoral gains include Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Tripura. It also emerged as the single largest party in the recent Karnataka polls but fell short of getting the numbers to form a government.Foreign InvestmentOn 26 May prime Minister Narendra Modi completes four years as the head of India’s first majority government since 1984. While campaigning for the 2014 general elections, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had made a slew of promises to end the 10-year rule of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance. A corruption-free regime, 10 million new jobs a year and doubling farm incomes by 2022 were among those promises.With less than a year to go before the next election, VCCircle takes a look at the Modi government’s four big achievements and failures during its tenure and four major opportunities it can still tap into.HitsGoods and Services Tax: Although the landmark legislation that overhauled the country’s indirect tax regime had been in the works for more than a decade and a half, the Modi government does deserve credit for getting the GST implemented in July 2017. However, the GST was not without its controversies that stretched India’s federal fabric to the hilt, resulting in strained centre-state relations at various junctures.Moreover, what finally emerged was a complex multi-slab system instead of the one tax regime it was initially envisaged to be, even as key commodities like fuel and liquor remain outside the ambit of the GST. Further, owing to implementation glitches, tax numbers took a hit, at least in the initial few months following the GST rollout. Yet, the implementation of the GST did alter the country’s indirect tax regime for good.Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: The Modi government can pat itself on the back for implementing a comprehensive bankruptcy law, India’s own version of the Chapter 11 regulation in the US Bankruptcy Code. Ever since its implementation in 2016 though, the IBC has been the subject of legislative and regulatory tinkering by parliament, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India and the Reserve Bank of India.These encumbrances notwithstanding, available data analysed by BloombergQuint show that operational creditors have overwhelmingly outnumbered corporate debtors in using the provisions of the law—by as much as 87%—so much so that the latter are beginning to pay them even before they trigger the IBC.Also in the news have been 12 large cases of defaulters as identified by the RBI. Just last week, debt-laden Bhushan Steel was acquired by Tata Steel for Rs 35,200 crore, making it the first big settlement under the IBC, with several other big deals set to close in the coming months.No allegations of big-ticket corruption: The Manmohan Singh-led UPA was under fire during the last leg of its tenure as several of its ministers and members of parliament were embroiled in corruption cases. The Modi government can take some heart from the fact that no one among its top leadership or the cabinet has been accused of serious corruption thus far.Rival political parties and some media reports have sought to target BJP leaders, but the charges haven’t really stuck enough for investigating agencies to get involved. Having said that, the Modi government has been accused of being in cahoots with some top industrial houses and going soft on high-profile defaulters like diamond merchants Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi and former liquor baron Vijay Mallya.Aggressive foreign policy: In March, the Foreign Policy magazine reported that, until then, Modi had made 35 foreign trips as prime minister, having visited 53 countries, rubbing shoulders with nearly all of the world’s top leaders. Although Modi has been accused by foreign policy wonks of conflating action with achievement, he has succeeded in making significant rapprochement with key neighbors like China, evidenced by the amicable settlement of the Doklam standoff, which was threatening to snowball into a major armed skirmish.However, Modi’s Pakistan policy and his overtures of peace, including an impromptu visit, have not paid off, as the Pakistani intelligence and army continue to back insurgent groups in the Kashmir valley. Moreover, the government’s trade policy, too, has seen average success at best, with the country actually reducing tariffs and ceding ground much beyond what the World Trade Organisation guidelines had demanded.MissesMake in India /Startup India: The Modi government had promised to make India a global manufacturing hub catering to both the export and domestic markets. The government followed through on this promise by launching its flagship ‘Make in India’ programme in a bid to significantly boost local manufacturing and creating a new skills development ministry to provide vocational training to unskilled youth. It also launched a much-hyped ‘Startup India’ programme with the ostensible goal of making India the startup capital of the world, just like Israel.But none of these initiatives seem to have gone very far. In fact, how dismally India has done in export terms is borne out by the fact that the country’s trade deficit with China remains skewed in the latter’s favour by a ratio of four to one. According to a status report on the Startup India website, only 74 startups had been identified to receive tax benefits as of January first week.Black money: On 8 November 2016, Modi banned the use of high-value notes, sucking 86% of the currency in circulation in one swoop, with the ostensible aim of delivering a body blow to black money hoarders. But the government had perhaps not factored in the fabled Indian ingenuity to subvert the system. So, while the government had hoped that as much as a third of India’s unaccounted wealth would go out of the system, in the end, nearly all the currency found its way back, riding pillion on hundreds of thousands of poor Indians who acted as mules, for a cut, filling up their hereto dormant Jan Dhan accounts, or simply exchanged cash over the counter. The move brought the country’s informal economy to a standstill and dented growth.Bad loans: This was a problem the Modi government inherited and promised to resolve. Bad debts—now at more than Rs 9 trillion—continue to weigh heavily not just on government-controlled banks but also on its fiscal health. Last year, the government implemented a massive Rs 2.11 trillion recapitalisation plan to keep public-sector banks afloat. But its efficacy is in doubt, especially after Punjab National Bank was hit by a Rs 13,000-crore fraud.The government also merged the State Bank of India with its subsidiary banks, and could merge several of the remaining 22 state-owned banks among themselves. But it remains to be seen whether these measures will take the massive load of bad debt off their books. It can, however, be safely said that the next regime too will inherit this problem, only at a much bigger scale.Agriculture: One of Modi’s key poll promises in 2014 was to double farm incomes by 2022. Instead, farm incomes have fallen in real terms, primarily on account of food price deflation and the breakdown in the cash-based rural economy in the wake of the November 2016 demonetisation. In fact, if one compares India’s real GDP growth to expansion of its farm sector, the latter has consistently lagged the former since 2012.Moreover, the 2018 pre-budget Economic Survey notes that on account of climate change, farm incomes could see a further 25% decline in the long term. Not only has farm distress exacerbated the issue of farmer suicides, it has also brought farmers on to the streets, as happened in Mumbai, when in March this year 20,000 farmers converged upon India’s wealthiest city demanding a complete waiver of loans and power dues. Farmer unrest could cost Modi dearly especially in areas of rural Maharashtra, Karnataka and even Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP’s rival political parties could be quick to cash in on it.OpportunitiesDirect Tax Code: After GST, the Direct Tax Code is the other big tax reform that the Modi government is reportedly looking at implementing. News reports say a draft bill could be introduced in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament. The code could introduce new income tax slabs and cap the corporate tax at 25%.With these changes, Modi aims to bring some cheer to middle-class Indians by reducing their actual tax outgo and make corporate houses more competitive by reducing their tax liability. If he does manage to pass the direct tax code, the BJP could reap rich dividends in the 2019 elections.GDP growth: India’s economic growth slumped in the quarters following demonetisation. However, the momentum seems to be back in the recent past, with the December quarter clocking 7.2% growth and India reclaiming the tag of the world’s fastest-growing economy from China. The Modi government would do well to try and keep this momentum going.But there are some risks ahead. Global crude oil prices have topped $80 a barrel and are unlikely to go down by much in the near term. This could hurt the balance of payments, and lead to a spike in inflation and interest rates. In fact, consumer prices in April rose 4.58% reversing a three-month slide. The Modi government will have to keep its fiscal math in check amid a tough global economic scenario before the next general elections.Infrastructure (Roads/ Railways// Power): In September 2017, Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, which is to be completed by 2022. Although the Modi government has been criticized for prioritising the Rs 1.1 trillion project over other necessary development projects, it does underscore the fact that India’s infrastructure needs an urgent facelift.In fact, the 2018 Economic Survey says India faces a $526 billion infrastructure investment gap by 2040. In October last year, the government had said it planned to build 83,000 km of roads at a cost of Rs 7 trillion. Railways, power and ports are the other major infrastructure sectors where the government will invest in a bid to kick-start the country’s sputtering economy. Now, if only it could follow through with these lofty promises.Jobs: If the Modi government plays its cards well, this could well be its biggest trump card yet, even as four-fifths of its time in office is already gone. In 2014, during its election campaign, the government had promised to create 10 million jobs a year. Instead, it ended up creating less than a million in the four years it has been in power.In the 2018 budget, the government was widely expected to announce a National Employment Policy, which would lay a comprehensive roadmap for job creation, but that did not happen. The government could usher in such a policy now to focus on employment-intensive sectors, especially in the small and medium enterprises space.Sources : India Today, ET, Vccircle.