in the line pandit deendayal upadhyays philosophy forms the core of our political economic and social ideology and even mahatma gandhi used to say that what is there for the last man so my development parameter is very simple it is about how the poorest of the poor can benefit from development the poor is the central focus of my economic agenda the poor should be strengthened in such a way that they get the willingness to defeat poverty by helping the poor make ends meet while they remain in poverty is also one of the ways i am not saying right or wrong but its one of the ways but today the countrys situation is such that we should make the poor strong so that they become partners in defeating poverty all these schemes are meant to empower the poor and change the quality of life the pradhan mantri jan dhan yojna is not only about opening bank accounts for the poor because of this the poor are feeling that they are becoming a part of the countrys economic system the bank that he was seeing from afar now he is able to enter that bank this brings about a psychological transformation looked at in another way did you ever imagine that 40 thousand crores could be injected into the banking system by contributions from the poor the poor who never had bank accounts have deposited 100 rupees 50 rupees or 200 rupees it means that poor man saved 100 rupees and the change began in his life we have taken up construction of toilets i had gone to chhattisgarh and had the opportunity to get the blessings of one mother an adivasi mother heard about the scheme for building toilets she sold her four goats and built a toilet that 90 old mother uses a walking stick and goes around the cluster of 30 or 40 houses in the tribal village and has been spreading the message to build toilets this change is becoming the reason for the change in the quality of life i have begun the cleanliness campaign its estimated an individual spends an average of 7000 rupees for treatment of a disease the main reason for disease is filth the poor suffer the most from the filth if a poor man falls sick he cannot drive his rickshaw for two days and his children go hungry so how can we help the poor bring about change in their lives now there is a neomiddle class and a middle class in the country the young have their aspirations so another aspect of my policies you must have seen are the start up india stand up india seaport activity port activity railways expansion railway station upgradation these changes directly appeal to the middle class the middle class has its aspirations we have to create jobs how will job creation happen till i invest in the development of infrastructure there be no job creation you must have seen