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Sep 10, 2018, 24 tweets

Income Tax for taxable income Rs 2.5 lakh – 5 lakh was 10% then and it has reduced to 5% now. Read more on #WhatChangedIn4Years of Modi government here.
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In another respite to the salaried class, section 80C exemption limit which was for Rs 1 lakh then has been extended to Rs 1.5 lakh now. Read the details of #WhatChangedIn4Years here.
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Eating out was a costly affair, especially due to taxes. In Bengaluru, for example, the tax component used to come to around 20%. Tax on eating out in other places was 13-28%. Now, thanks to GST, it is just 5%. Read #WhatChangedIn4Years here.
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Owning a car is a matter of aspiration. The rate of interest on car loans was 10.95% in May 2014. 4 years later, by May 2018, it had come down to 8.90%. #WhatChangedIn4Years? For the aspirational class, this is obvious. Read more here.
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Personal loans are available at 9.95% interest now, as opposed to a whopping 14.25% in May 2014. That is #WhatChangedIn4Years. Read the details here. thetruepicture.org/changed-4-year…

When you look for #WhatChangedIn4Years, remember that you paid Rs 269 per GB of data before the Modi Government came in. Now, it is as cheap as Rs 19 per GB. Read more here:
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#WhatChangedIn4Years? Bringing much relief to senior citizens, Health Insurance deduction limit was raised to Rs 50,000. It used to be a mere Rs 15,000 earlier. Read on:
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#WhatChangedIn4Years - Better work-life balance for women. Paid maternity leave was increased to 26 weeks by the Modi Government. Earlier, it was 12 weeks. In this, India is now among the top few in the world. Read on: thetruepicture.org/changed-4-year…

Earlier, needing a stent meant some people needed to take loans or sell valuables. The cost of drug-eluting stents, from Rs 1.98 lakh earlier, has been capped to 28,849 by Modi Govt. Massive relief to middle, lower-middle classes. #WhatChangedIn4Years
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#WhatChangedIn4Years? The cost of bare metal cardiac stents – Modi Govt capped it to Rs 7,923. It used to cost a whopping Rs 75,000 earlier. Lakhs of people afford a healthier heart through inexpensive stents now. Read on:
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#WhatChangedIn4Years - Cost of cobalt chromium knee implants declined from earlier INR 1.58 lakh to INR 54,720, due to the Modi Govt. Read on:
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#WhatChangedIn4Years is the sheer scale of work done. Check this out. The number of operational airports till 2014 was 75. In just 4 years, this number shot up to 100, a huge expansion of aviation infrastructure. Read on:
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As of 2013-14, the speed of rural road construction was 69 km/day. As of 2017-18, this went up to 134 km/day - almost double the pace!
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#WhatChangedIn4Years - Number of villages without electricity has come down to zero. All villages have been electrified towards achieving the goal of power for all. Read on
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#WhatChangedIn4Years - Speed of national highway construction increased from 12 km/day in 2013-14 to 27 km/day in 2017-18. This is more than double!
Read on:
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The number of functional Passport Seva Kendras was 77 as of 2014. Now, it is 305, making the process of obtaining passports much easier.
Read on to know #WhatChangedIn4Years
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National highway network.
Then: 92,851 km.
Now: 1,20,543 km.
Many more such interesting facts here, read on
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#WhatChangedIn4Years – Mobile voice rates came down from 51 paise per minute to 17 paise per minute; this has further increased the mobile penetration.
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#WhatChangedIn4Years – PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, which is available at just Rs 12 per year, is bringing more people into the net of accidental insurance. About 13.98 crore people have benefited.
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#WhatChangedIn4Years PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana is life insurance that is available at less than Re. 1 per day premium. This is financial inclusion; social security that all sections of society can afford.
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Yesterday, @INCIndia was speaking of price rise. The truth is average consumer price inflation in 2014-2018 has been 4.7%. It is half of the 9.8% during last 4 years of UPA.
Price rise has halved under Modi Govt compared to UPA. #WhatChangedIn4Years
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Earlier, you paid about 17 indirect taxes. Now, you only pay GST, and what you see is what you pay. #WhatChangedIn4Years
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#WhatChangedIn4Years – India needed the Modi Govt to take care of something as basic as sanitation. India saw an unprecedented growth in Total Sanitation Coverage from 38.70% to 92% due to #SwachhBharat.
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Food inflation hit highs such as 16.65% in Nov-13. This broke the back of middle & lower middle classes. In stark contrast, it was 1.73% in June-18, making life much much easier. See why 'bandh' on price rise by @INCIndia won't work?
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