An incredible 50 Indians are being lifted into prosperity every 60 seconds in major coup

By Sam Stevenson, Assistant Editor, Politics

50 Indians are being lifted into prosperity every 60 seconds (Image: GETTY)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lifting 50 Indians into prosperity every single minute in a free enterprise bonanza as the nation heads to the polls.

Millions of Indians have benefited from improved living standards as a result of measures brought in by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

An eye-watering targetted £319billion welfare spending boost has helped to turbocharge free-market capitalism in the nation.

It means 50 Indians are on the road to prosperity every 60 seconds as a result of the reforms – that’s 3,000 every hour and 72,000 every day.

Party officials will be hoping this drive helps propel them to victory during the nation’s historic 44-day ballot which will see almost one billion votes cast.

Some 500 million zero-balance digital bank accounts mean welfare and subsidies are now delivered directly to Indian people, cutting out corruption and middlemen in the process, while allowing e-commerce to take off and create a cycle of supply and demand – generating more jobs.

Balaram Bhallavi, who lives with his wife and four children, got 120,000 rupees (£1,136) from a programme run by the BJP government last year.

The funds allowed them to start building a new home, with Mr Bhallavi telling the BBC: “Life is tough.

“But I am grateful to get money from the government to build my first house.”

Women display their fingers marked with indelible ink after voting in the Indian election (Image: GETTY)

Modi’s BJP has also helped provide greater independence and empowerment of women by providing cooking gas and building a staggering 110 million public toilets across the country.

India's Home Minister Amit Shah said his government's approach to welfare amount to “empowerment” of the people.

He told the Indian Express: “We have given gas connections, power connections and it's up to them [people] to pay their bills.

“We have made toilets for them but they have to maintain them... What we did was to provide help to upgrade their lives - this is empowerment.”

The party has also cracked down on the Muslim use of “talaq”, which is the unilateral repudiation of the wife by the husband in a brutal act of divorce, by criminalising the practice.

Modi’s increasing diplomacy with Middle Eastern nations is also helping to provide millions of jobs to Indian expats.