Presentation done by Parameswaran Iyer, CEO NITI Aayog, Government of India on "LiFE: India Walking the Talk on Climate Action" at #TheIndiaDialog on February 23 at Stanford University. The #TheIndiaDialog was organised by Institute for Competitiveness and US Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University

1. Improving the quality of life in India
at Speed & Scale
Parameswaran Iyer
Feb 24, 2023

2. India has emerged as a global bright spot
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3. Delivering Basic Services & Infrastructure
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4. Scale: Taking Development to the Last Mile (1/2)
• Largest behaviour change campaign in the world – 600
million people went from open defecation to using toilets
• 110 million household toilets constructed
Swacch Bharat Mission
UJALA
PM Jan Dhan Yojana
Jal Jeevan Mission
• 368 million LED bulbs distributed since 2015
• 47,880 mn kWh energy saved per year
• 387 million t CO2 reduction annually
• Providing financial services like savings bank account,
need based credit, remittances, insurance and pension.
• 480 million beneficiaries; US$ 21.7 billion balance in
beneficiary accounts.
• Safe and adequate drinking water provided through
tap connections to 112 million households in rural India.
• 58% rural households already covered under the scheme.

5. Scale: Taking Development to the Last Mile (2/2)
• Affordable houses provided to 30 million households
• Equivalent of providing every citizen of Australia a
new home
PM Awas Yojna
Rural Electrification
Scheme
• Continuous power supply provided to rural India.
• 28.6 million households electrified
Ayushman Bharat
• World’s largest health insurance scheme for 490
million Indians
• 200 million Ayushman Bharat Cards already issued.
Direct Benefit Transfer
• US$ 338 billion transferred digitally to beneficiaries
into their bank accounts (govt scheme benefits)
• Completely eliminated delays, corruption or need of
a middle-man in transfer of govt benefits

6. 6
Aspirational India

7. Speed & Scale through Digital Inclusiveness
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85+ Bn Aadhaar based
authentications
5.62 Bn Govt documents
issued digitally
1170+ Mn mobile
subscribers
7,829+ Mn UPI transactions
done in Dec ‘22
.
821+ Mn Internet
Subscribers
14+ Bn e-KYCs done
India is among the most data rich countries in the world

8. Citizen-Centric Reforms: Digital Public Infra (India Stack)
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Consent -
based
• Digilocker
• CoWin
• Jeevan
Praman
(online
system for
Life insurance
certificate)
• UPI-based
transaction
payment
system
across India
•eKYC
(Individuals can
self-certify for
opening a bank
account)
•Bharat BillPay
(Online utility
payment)
Aadhar-based
authentication
system for
banking
Paperless Cashless
Presence-
less

9. Digital India: Available for the World
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4 billion people do not have a digital identity
2 billion people remain unbanked
130+ countries have no digital payment systems

10. Building on India Stack platforms
Startups accelerating New India’s growth story
India has over 115 unicorns, and 84,000+ Startups
(exponential increase of 185 times from 2016 to 2022)

11. Economic Infrastructure for an Aspirational India
• World class Airport infrastructure and facilities
available with improved user experience across
148 airports – connecting all tier I and II cities
• 3rd Largest Metro Network in the world by 2024;
854 km already operational with in 20 cities and
1000 km under development.
• Vande Bharat - India’s 1st indigenous Semi-High
Speed Rail with 0-100 kmph in 52 sec and top
speed of 160 kmph
Vande Bharat
Bengaluru Airport
• 6 million km of road network - Second highest in
the world
• 5G network available in125 cities; 80% of Indian
population to receive 5G connectivity by Mar’24

12. Social Infrastructure for an Aspirational India
• 155,752 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness
Centers operationalized in the country
• 8,689 stores of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya
Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) for generic
drugs opened across all districts
• 149 Institutes of National Importance (Medicine,
Law, Engineering etc.), 41 Indian institutions in
QS World University Rankings
Bengaluru Airport
• 32.6 million citizens received free medical
treatment under Ayushman Bharat (Health
Insurance scheme)
Indian Institute of Management, Shillong
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

13. Thank You