“May this energy guide the nation to scale newer heights of progress in the years to come”.
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On the economic front, Modi said major global rating agencies now ranked India as one of the best investment destinations in the world. “We managed to bring several public sector companies out of the woods”, he said.
“India has lakhs of problems”, he added.
Stating that so far 13 crore LED bulbs have been distributed, Modi said the government would have been hailed by people if it would have resorted to populist style of giving Rs 300 as subsidy from the exchequer.
“There was a time when people were more scared of income tax authorities than police officials, particularly among middle class families”. We have to change this situation and I will change it. “I will change it”, Modi said in his speech from Red Fort on India’s 70th Independence Day.
In the speech Prime Minister said about the government’s achievement. “We do not delay our task”, Modi said. In such little time, we have built 2 crore toilets, more than 70,000 villages are open defecation free. LED bulb that was priced at Rs 350 each, is now sold at Rs 50 each.
“We have made a lot of efforts to contain price rise”, he said, adding he will leave no stone unturned to live up to expectations of people in controlling prices. “This is the example of our humanity, but there are some countries who glorify terrorists”, the PM said in his Independence Day speech on Monday.
Sought social support for Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign: “I still need social support for “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”, the Prime Minsiter said.
Terming statement by Basit as reflection of Pakistan’s “nervousness”, Samajwadi Party (SP) spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar said, “They are nervous”.
Backed 4 percent inflation target: “Under the previous government, the inflation level had crossed the 10 per cent mark”.
The Prime Minister, who has spoken out against atrocities on dalits in the recent days, said a strong country can not be built without a strong society which is based on social justice.
India’s sharp reaction came after it received a note verbale from Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Friday proposing to send supplies to Jammu and Kashmir.
Narendra Modi also mentioned regions of Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in his address, saying that people of these regions expressed gratitude to me in recent past.
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“The world is watching”. I am very grateful and thankful to them.
