PM Modi's five significant announcements from the ramparts of Red Fort

1) Replacing Plan Panel

The Planning Commission will be replaced by a new think-tank. A formal announcement on the formation of the new body is expected next week

2) ‘Make in India’

Focus on manufacturing to minimise imports while turning India into an exporting powerhouse

3) Jan Dhan Scheme

Banking accounts for everyone (with Rs 1-lakh insurance)

4) Model Village Scheme

Members of both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha asked to adopt a village a year. “If we have to build the nation we have to start from the villages,” Modi said.

5) Swachh Bharat plan

Clean India programme rollout in October; corporates, MPs urged to help build separate toilets for girls in schools across the country.