It’s Development vs Obstructionism: Modi
Highlights from PM Narendra Modi’s speech:
- Government should be continuously scrutinised but a false sense of despondency should not be created.
- Some people are compelled to criticise because of political compulsions. But there are two things. On one hand there is development, on the other there is criticism. People know which to choose.
- Two years ago, no newspaper or TV news bulletin was untouched by reports of corruption and scandal.
- More than Rs 36,000 crore leakages stopped in education. And this is just the beginning, it’s a new morning.
- During our work we have found more than 1.62 crore fake ration cards we have found.
- In Haryana alone there were six lakh fake names in kerosene oil subsidy lists.
- In LPG gas subsidy lists we found so many fake names, so much leakage – we saved you nearly Rs 15,000 crore.
- Due to our campaign of LED bulbs, we will save 20,000 MW electricity. But that is not newsworthy.
- Earlier there used to be politics in the name of how many subsidised LPG cylinders you can get. But today more than 1.13 crore people have given up their subsidy. Is this not change? Can there be a bigger example of public participation in a country’s development?
- I asked my tax officers, why do you think people are dishonest? You must have faith in the people of the country.
- We have taken a decision. For category 3 and 4 employees of the government, there will be no interview. A computer will decide the best candidates based on merit. This will end corruption.
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Highlights
- “A bidi worker from Telangana is now digitally literate. Why? She said I wanted to Skype with my son in Dubai. See, the country is changing, it can change. There must be someone to wake it up. That person is Narendra Modi,” said minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
- “Yesterday we were talking about the farmer getting information about weather and markets. Today we are talking about the farmer’s son making an app,” said Raman Roy, Nasscom.
- “Digital India is the largest programme of its kind in the world. 1.25 billion people will be on one platform. It will transform the country,” said former Infosys director TV Mohandas Pai.
- “Nobody used to talk about skills in our country. Modi is the first Prime Minister in 66 years to take it up in the biggest and most systematic way possible,” said Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
- “Earlier, youth had to struggle to find employment. Today the government is giving them skills as well as jobs. If the economy has to be strengthened, women will have to be skilled. This government is doing that,” said Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis.
- “We are able to draw a lot more foreign investment. PM Modi’s trips are helping a lot to do that,” says minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
- “The creation of Make in India was a stroke of genius. It is helping draw a lot of investment in manufacturing,” says Mercedes-Benz India CEO Roland S Folger.
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Govt Efforts Have Accelerated Skill Education: Smriti Irani
Education Minister Smriti Irani highlighted government achievements and the road ahead.
This government’s efforts have accelerated skill education in the country.
Earlier, the youth used to be at the mercy of the government’s employment initiatives. PM Modi introduced the Skill India scheme which has empowered them significantly.VK Singh, Union Minister
There could not be a better idea to generate employment than to encourage small business. There used to be none of the encouragement that is there now, a few years ago.Deep Kalra, CEO of MakeMyTrip.com
Health Card for Soil Transformed Farmer’s Lives: Jitendra Singh
Before Modi ji no one thought there could even be a health card for soil. It is transforming lives of farmers. PM Modi’s Stand Up India, Start Up India has helped the youth of the country start their own enterprises, not be worried about employment.Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology
“There are 30 crore middle class families in India. Many of them never dreamt of flying. Modi ji has taken up the task of introducing affordable air travel to the masses,” said Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma.
Many projects that were lying around, we completed them. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi we shed the policy paralysis that had gripped government. Politics of development is the priority of this government. We want to take our speed of highway construction to 41 km per day. PM Modi believes that the North East has been treated unfairly. We have set up a special infrastructure development corporation for the north east NHIDCL. Our programmes there will transform the infrastructure of the region.Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways
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Published: 28 May 2016, 5:20 PM IST