their share of cargo transportation reducing energy consumption reducing cost for indian manufacturers and speeding up the time taken for cargo to reach markets we will provide a stable and predictable regime with moderate tax rates with courteous treatment of honest taxpayers this will be combined with an expansion of the tax base reduction in exemptions and stern measures against black money and tax evasion seven new iits eight new iims seven new iiits one iiser one nit and three central universities will be set up the startup ecosystem will flourish producing new jobs and new ideas the skill development mission will provide employers with skilled workers while our measures to promote employment will provide workers with productive jobs in agriculture all 14 crore farmers would have received soil health cards wholesale mandies will be integrated into a unified market enam and the pradhan mantri fasal bima yojana will be fully implemented all unconnected rural habitations will be connected through the pradhan mantri gram sadak yojana five crore rural women will receive gas connection removing them from the health hazards of inhaling smokethe situation in the upper house according to bjp has impeded the pace of government legislative work and reforms is there thus any parliamentary reform india should undertake to ensure governance pace is not constantly obstructed before i answer this question myself let me repeat what respected president pranab mukherjee has said our parliament reflects the supreme will of the people democratic temper calls for debate and discussion and not disruption or obstruction aa no bhadra kratvo yantu viswataha let noble thoughts come from all directions should be the spirit behind debate in this temple of democracy it is true that whether it is our electoral process or our parliamentary functioning these have been reformed earlier too and should be reformed in future as well one significant issue these days is the influence of money power in elections the governments work comes to a standstill during elections that is why many people are calling for holding the lok sabha and vidhan sabha elections simultaneously if this happens the character of the rajya sabha will also be in tunewhat is the prime ministers the politicians assessment regarding the congress stance on the issue of the goods and services tax do you have any deadlines for gst in our history i do not think there has been any law which has been debated as extensively and as long and at as many levels as the gst bill the states and especially the consuming states now understand the benefits of gst most of the states have clearly understood that gst will benefit the poor through buoyancy of revenue enabling better services to them the poorest states will benefit even more the people in these states have also now understood this so much so the obstruction of gst is now not a lok sabha issue but has become a gram sabha issue the public in states like up bihar and west