"My daughter ran short of cash. She asked the delivery boy to pass QR code to my number and the payment was made" :::: This is 'new India' --- "Happy Birthday Modi ji"

On Sept 16th, 2026 -- hours before Narendra Modi's 76th birthday - I spent Rs 130 for my daughter's 'samosa treat' for her hostel mates. Within five-seven minutes the payment was done. 

She is out of station and yet I could do it from the comfort zone of our Ghaziabad residence. Thanks to UPI -- the Unified Payments Interface. The process involved in the bargain - was the 'tech' savvy Indians and our Digital India initiatives of the Modi Govt. 

My daughter ran short of cash. She asked the delivery boy to pass the QR code to my number and within no time -- the payment was made. This is Modi's 'New India'.  ---- Happy Birthday Modi ji. 

 

Come to think of it ... most of the schemes and welfare measures under PM Modi have an 'underlying philosophy' --  

Identify problems affecting ordinary citizens and 

Ensure delivery systems capable of reaching the last mile target -a faceless India.  

Take these samples - The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (for the unbanked people) launched in 2014, has grown from 14.72 crore accounts in 2015 to 59.09 crore accounts by August 19, 2026.

Women account for more than 32.9 crore of total accounts and deposits have risen from Rs 15,670 crore in March 2015 to Rs 3.16 lakh crore in August 2026. 

Some more schemes - include - Startup India, PM Awas, Swachh Bharat, Ujjwala, Ayushman Bharat, Digital India, Jal Jeevan Mission, Mudra ... and so on.  

The BJP has drawn out a month long programme Seva Sankalp Abhiyan from Sept 17th to October 17th. In between - comes Oct 7th. 

On that day, Modi will complete 25 years as 'chief executive' in governance (as chief minister and as PM together) 'uninterrupted'.

Looking back  .... 

Modi first was sworn in as chief minister on Oct 7, 2021. Gujarat was  reeling under the devastation caused by Bhuj earthquake. Rebuilding of Gujarat was the first defining administrative challenge. From the rubbles of Bhuj came BRICS diplomacy in 2026. 

The Seva Sankalp Abhiyan would now see 'mobilisation' around the national goal of Viksit Bharat 2047. - A dream of a 'developed India' -- for my daughter's generation and their future.  

Basic infrastructure of a common man or woman's household life -- now get priroties.

-  Jal Jeevan Mission seeks to bring piped water to rural homes. 

- Ujjwala targeted clean cooking fuel for poor women.

PM Awas Yojana - permanent housing. 

-- Startup India to create an ecosystem in which young Indians could turn ideas into businesses - money spinner and also job provider. 

** Mudra -- designed to provide credit to small entrepreneurs.

Blogger : Ground Zero - reporting 

"Whether one agrees with every claim is not our issue. Let the media scan it and opposition analyse it. But as I see, the scale and continuity of PM Modi ji's executive journey starting as a chief minister in 2001 and then as Prime Minister since 2014 are difficult to ignore," says a minister in one of the north eastern states. 

Modi has a huge fan following. Some like his developmental journey. The 'Gujarat model' and then the extended version punctuated with right dosage of Hindutva politics has worked well. 

Importantly, there is a much bigger number of people who are convinced that Namo is the most credible alternative to the Opposition alliance and the Congress - that gave a decade of non performance and doomsday between 2004 and May 2014.  

In 2019 after the poll results came in - Modi had tweeted : 

“Together we grow .... Together we prosper. Together we will build a strong and inclusive India. India wins yet again!”  Critics and BJP's political opponents may have their version of the story. But it's a fact that 'the political soul' of India is with Modi.  

Twenty-five years of power makes a political milestone. As suggested by Namo himself on a number of occasions, the political pundits of India will have to 'leave behind' their ideas of the past. 

The Hindu population is not fed up of Modi's development and politics. We are in a 'new era' of Hindu nationalist hegemony as demonstrated in the West Bengal mandate --- rightly and in 'right balance' - fuelled by Narendra Modi’s extraordinary popularity.

 

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