Narendra Modi allegations of corruption, and have faced severe difficulty in getting people to use the toilets constructed for them. Since the launch of scheme, sanitation cover in the country has increased from 38.7% in October 2014 to 84.1% in May 2018. But people are not using them due to various reasons. World Health Organization (WHO) has in its report stated that at least 180,000 diarrhoeal deaths were averted in rural India since the launch of the Swachhta Bharat Mission. Ayushman Bharat Yojana was launched by Prime Minister on 23 September 2018, to provide health insurance to 500 million beneficiaries. More than
Narendra Modi this requirement was waived. The bill was passed via an executive order after it faced opposition in parliament, but was eventually allowed to lapse. Modi's government put in place the Goods and Services Tax, the biggest tax reform in the country since independence. It subsumed around 17 different taxes and became effective from 1 July 2017. On 25 June 2015, Modi launched a programme intended to develop 100 smart cities. The "Smart Cities" programme is expected to bring Information Technology companies an extra benefit of . In June 2015, Modi launched the "Housing for All By 2022" project, which intends