May this energy guide the nation to scale newer heights of progress in the years to come, says Narendra Modi. Modi said, that this symbolized India’s humanitarian approach. “We managed to bring several public sector companies out of the woods”, he said.
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“India has lakhs of problems”, he added.
He informed the audience that the Indian economy is growing, and that Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre has given 4 crore gas connections in 60 weeks, as against 14 crore connections given out in the past 60 years.
Modi said unlike past governments, he has stayed away from populist measures and instead relied on empowerment.
We have found 9,000 lower ranks in which there will not be any interviews, no need of references and middlemen.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk about some of the sportspersons, who are striving to bring laurels for the country at the ongoing Rio Olympics, in his speech on 70th Independence Day.
The Prime Minister remarked that his Government wanted to eliminate the fear of tax authorities from the minds of people and said, “We want to change the situation where people are scared of income tax authorities, particularly among middle class families”.
On Monday, Modi also hit out at Pakistan for supporting terrorism. On this Independence Day, our president is going to give a speech as always. He said 13 crore bulbs have been distributed so far and the target is 77 crore.
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Of the 18,000 unelectrified villages, power has reached 10,000, he said citing the example of Nagla Padam village which is a three hours drive from the national capital and has been without electricity since Independence. By this, we all get a chance to become a part of this celebration.
