In the next few days, it is our intention to record the history of such Adivasi freedom fighters in the areas of their origin on a museum, ” Modi said.
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“I have resisted from resorting to populist schemes”, Modi said.
Stating that the speed of delivery in vital areas had increased, he said the pace of construction of rural roads has gone up from 70-75 km per day to 100 km a day.
BSP CHIEF Mayawati on Tuesday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address as “bland” and “a collection of government press notes”.
“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.
Prime Minister said that almost 90 irrigation projects were lying half-finished and now his government would be completing them. “I will do all it takes to ensure that the poor man’s food plate does not become expensive”.
“With the help of these soil health cards the farmers have started reaping the benefits”. On spike in prices of pulses, he said sowing of pulses had risen 1.5 times this year and with the good monsoon and efforts such as the minimum support price and bonus to farmers as well as increasing availability will make things better.
In this context, Prime Minister said there has been substantial increase in the production of pulses.
While 118 stalled projects worth Rs 7.5 lakh crore are being revived through monthly monitoring at Prime Minister’s level, another 270 projects costing Rs 10 lakh crore that have been languishing for many years have been identified for re- starting.
He said farmers can do miracles with their land but they need water, which is why his government has stressed on irrigation and water management.
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Similarly, he said, warehousing facilities too have been expanded. According to a government report, the tax reform could add as much as 2 percentage points to the nation’s growth rate, through improving ease of business and encouraging investments.
