In the largest programme of this kind, the GoI surpassed all our expectations by making a tangible difference to the quality of life of not just our poorest sections, but everyone else too.
One only needed to look at our toilets (or lack of them). In what is considered the largest sanitation program in the world, the Swachh Bharat Mission changed all that.
India's Swachh Bharat Mission made headlines the world over, and is considered the world's largest sanitation programme to date. The GoI constructed millions of toilets, eliminating several problems at once. Today, every Indian has access to a toilet.