Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the government at the Centre has strengthened the spirit of the Constitution over the last 10 years. 
 
Addressing the Constitution Day celebrations at the Supreme Court, PM Modi highlighted that in the last 10 years, more than 53 crore bank accounts were opened, more than 4 crore pukka houses were given and more than 10 crore free gas connections were given.

“In the last 5-6 years, by providing tap water facilities in more than 12 crore houses, the government made the lives of citizens easy, particularly of women,” he said.

PM Modi added that the NDA-led government took a series of steps to bring social and economic equality in terms of the goals envisaged in the Constitution.

To fasten the delivery of justice, new penal statutes (Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA)) were introduced, he said.

The PM also highlighted the introduction of the historic Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, mandating a 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and all state Assemblies, including Delhi.

Further, he mentioned the Union government’s public health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), that provides health coverage of Rs 5 lakh to poor and vulnerable families.