On the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s coming to power, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said the Modi government has provided a ‘scam-free’ governance during its four-year rule and the country has transformed from being a part of the ‘fragile five’ to the “bright spot” on global economic scene.

In the last 4 years leadership of PM @narendramodi ji has transformed India from being a part of the “fragile five” to a “bright spot” on the global economic scene. A regime of policy paralysis has been transformed into one of decisions and actions.

— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) May 26, 2018

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The focus of the government will now be on consolidation of the initiatives taken in the past, Jaitley said in his Facebook post on completion of four years of the NDA government.

He also mentioned that the fifth year of the Narendra Modi government will focus on consolidation of the policies and programmes which it has implemented.

In a post titled ‘My Reflections on the NDA Government after Completion of Four Years in Power‘, Jaitley said the preceding ten years of the UPA rule had unquestionably witnessed the most corrupt government since Independence.

Ten years of the UPA rule had unquestionably witnessed the most corrupt Government since Independence. PM @narendramodi ji created transparent systems through legislative and institutional changes which have given our country a scam-free governance.

— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) May 26, 2018

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi created transparent systems through legislative and institutional changes which have given this country a scam-free governance. Unlike the UPA, the Prime Minister is the natural leader of both his party and the nation,” wrote Jaitley, who had undergone a renal transplant earlier this month.

He said the country has witnessed a journey from indecisiveness to clarity and decisiveness.

“India has transformed from being a part of the “fragile five” to the “bright spot” on the global economic scene. A regime of policy paralysis has been transformed into one of decisions and actions. India, which was on the verge of becoming a “basket case” has today been transformed into the fastest growing major economy in the world and is likely to hold that position in the years to come,” he said.

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The minister said the country’s mood from despair has transformed into hope and aspirations.

“Good governance and good economics have been blended with good politics. The result of this has been that the BJP is more confident, its geographical base has become much bigger, its social base has expanded and its winnability has hugely increased. The Congress is in desperation without the perks of office,” Jaitley said.

Jaitley said India has to transform from a tax non-compliant society to a tax-compliant society.

“The enactment and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax, the impact of demonetisation, effective tax compliance are all steps against black money, steps which are formalising the Indian economy. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has changed the lender-creditor relationship. The creditors no longer have to chase the debtors. If you cannot pay your creditors, you have to exit through a statutory mechanism,” he said.

India is fast transforming from a tax non-compliant society to a tax-compliant society. The enactment and implementation of #GST, the impact of demonetisation, effective tax compliance are all steps against black money, steps which are formalising the Indian economy.

— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) May 26, 2018

The Finance Minister further said India had fallen off the global radar under the UPA regime. In its initial years, when the world economy was booming, India grew on the strength of global tailwinds.

“When the global situation became challenging, the UPA’s decisiveness and performance collapsed. The last two years of the UPA had witnessed substantially lower growth rates. From the very first year of NDA, India is the world’s fastest growing major economy with the highest GDP growth rates. This is also the global projection for the next few years,” Jaitley added.

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The “unprecedented” CAD and “alarmingly high” fiscal deficit showed poor economic management by the UPA.

“Having inherited the mess, the NDA, year after year, has brought it down to 3.5 per cent and shall, this year, try and deliver a 3.3 per cent fiscal deficit. The UPA’s economic management was such that even when fiscal deficits were high, expenditure cuts of over rupees one lakh crores were done in order to make fiscal deficit optically look slightly better,” he said.

The NDA government has increased infrastructure expenditure by 134 per cent while that in the road sector programmes has witnessed a 189 per cent increase between the last year of the UPA and the current year of the present government, the minister noted.

“The Congress President must remember that taxes don’t go into the pocket of the Government. They go back to the people for better infrastructure, better social sector expenditure and poverty reduction programmes. The social sector expenditure has seen a substantial increase by both the Central and the State Governments,” Jaitley said.

He said resources are transferred to the states with 42 per cent devolution of taxes, Finance Commission grants and assistance through the CSS schemes.

Jaitley concluded by launching an attack on Congress and “maverick and temperamental” leaders of regional parties like TMC, DMK and BSP, and said the debate in the year to 2019 general elections would be ‘Modi versus an anarchist combination’.