The TB Free India Summit 2019 organized by MP & Global Champion on TB, Anurag Thakur, was attended by Union Health Minister J P Nadda. The summit was an effort to supplement the Prime Minister’s vision of making India TB Free by 2025, five years ahead of the global target.

Addressing the India-South Africa Business Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government is committed to building a ''New India'' with next generation infrastructure.

With the aim of equipping one crore people with skills, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing a flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). Around 36.22 lakh candidates have been registered across the country as on Nov 2018.

Union Health Minister J P Nadda, MP Anurag Thakur along with Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur performed Bhoomi Pujan of new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Kothipura in Bilaspur district.

Chief Whip of the Lok Sabha and BJP leader Anurag Thakur was honoured with the Sansad Ratna Award for distinguished performance as a parliamentarian.

The NDA government’s flagship programme, electronic national agriculture market (e-NAM), launched by PM Modi in 2016, facilitates inter-state trading of agricultural produce.