‘Consumption rose 2.5x, poverty declined’: PM Modi hails work done by his govt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that consumption rose by 2.5x during his tenure while poverty in India declined to its lowest level. The senior politician also lashed out at his predecessors for failing to “trust abilities of Indians” and hailed the “unprecedented” scale at which the country was now working. Modi highlighted several developmental initiatives executed by the BJP-led government and revealed that he had reviewed projects worth ₹17 lakh crore in the past 10 years — many of which had been pending for decades.