Modi's 25-Year Journey: From Jyotigram to Article 370 and Operation Sindoor
· India · India Today, Hindustan Times
On October 7, 2001, Narendra Modi became Gujarat's Chief Minister; 25 years later, he is India's Prime Minister. The Jyotigram Yojana, launched in 2006, separated agricultural and rural electricity supply, delivering reliable three-phase power to villages while regulating farm usage. The Goods and Services Tax, implemented in 2017, replaced a fragmented indirect tax regime with a unified national market, fundamentally altering business compliance and cash flow across India. In August 2019, the Modi government abrogated Article 370, ending special autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir and reorganising the state into two union territories. In May 2024, Operation Sindoor targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, marking a significant shift in India's security response strategy. These decisions collectively transformed rural infrastructure, tax architecture, constitutional organisation, and national security policy over a quarter-century of governance.
Why it matters
The 10 decisions outlined reshaped how 1.4 billion Indians access power, pay taxes, relate to the Constitution, and experience national security, affecting rural households, businesses, security forces, and the federal structure itself.
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