Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, took to X to mark 12 years of the Narendra Modi-led government, calling the period an 'inspiring saga of service, dedication and nation-building' and citing flagship welfare milestones across health, housing, agriculture and women's empowerment.

Context

Chouhan's post, written in Hindi, frames the last 12 years as a journey of seva, sushashan aur garib kalyan (service, good governance and welfare of the poor). He credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi with dedicating 'every moment of his life to the country and its people,' and lists several large-scale welfare outcomes as evidence of a transforming India.

Among the figures cited: more than 25 crore people lifted out of poverty, over 4 crore families receiving pucca (permanent) homes, 60 crore citizens brought under the Ayushman Bharat health cover, and more than 3 crore women becoming Lakhpati Didis — women in self-help groups who now earn at least Rs 1 lakh annually. The government has not independently released a consolidated verification of all these figures as of this writing.

Policy Backdrop

PM-KISAN, the central scheme providing Rs 6,000 per year in direct cash transfers to landholding farmer families, was announced in the February 2019 interim budget and rolled out from December 2018. Chouhan states that cumulative support under the scheme has crossed Rs 4.3 lakh crore — a figure that would require official verification against the latest government releases.

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, launched in September 2018, offers up to Rs 5 lakh health coverage per family to economically weaker sections and is billed as the world's largest government-funded health assurance scheme. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin), approved in 2016, set a target of pucca housing for rural households. The Lakhpati Didi initiative operates under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) framework, with a sharper national push from 2023 onwards.

Chouhan also points to infrastructure and digital milestones — UPI adoption, the Vande Bharat train network, record agricultural exports and a strengthened social security architecture — as markers of what he calls an Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India).

Stakeholders and Impact

The schemes cited directly touch three large constituencies: small and marginal farmers who receive PM-KISAN instalments, rural households covered under Ayushman Bharat and the housing mission, and women in self-help groups targeted by the Lakhpati Didi programme. Together these represent hundreds of millions of beneficiaries across India's rural heartland.

As Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Chouhan sits at the intersection of all three policy streams. His post signals continued political ownership of welfare delivery metrics ahead of what analysts expect will be a budget cycle scrutinising revised outlays for PM-KISAN and Ayushman Bharat expansion. State-level rollout data on Lakhpati Didi targets will be a key indicator of implementation pace.

What's Next

Chouhan closes with a personal note of resolve, writing that working alongside Prime Minister Modi is 'a privilege and a constant source of inspiration,' and that his own commitment remains to contribute to the rashtra seva ke is mahayagya — 'this great endeavour of national service' — with full sincerity and dedication.

With the next Union Budget on the horizon, parliamentary debates are expected to test the government's welfare numbers against ground-level data. The scale of claims made in posts such as this one will likely feed into both political messaging and opposition scrutiny in the months ahead, making independent verification of beneficiary counts and disbursement totals increasingly consequential.