Modi also embarked this month on the biggest gamble of his political career through a controversial ban on high-value currency notes. "But the problem is that people, especially in rural areas, are not aware that the government pays 100 percent for that. "The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation posted on its website that almost 28 million toilets have been built since the start of the project including 10.4 million as of Tuesday in the financial year of 2016-2017 . "This is not about raising the number of toilets but about achieving the open defecation free status,” added Saluja. Overall wireless subscribers, which includes cell phone services and the like, grew from 904.51 million people in 2014, to 969.9 in 2015.

Source: Economic Times November 29, 2016 03:11 UTC