Today, world sees India with great respect: PM in Mann Ki Baat

March 25, 2018 11:56

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation in his monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat programme.

Here are the highlights:

- To ensure adequate returns to farmers, a major decision was made in this year's budget. It was decided to give at least 1.5 times the input costs as MSP for the scheduled crops. To elaborate, the MSP will include the labour cost, expenditure on machines and animals, seeds, fertilizer, land revenue, rent of leased land,... will be included while calculating the input cost.

- Great personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, Chaudhary Charan Singh and Chaudhary Devi Lal always gave importance to agriculture and farmers

- Your passion for the country can change the mood of the entire nation.

- The entire world today views India as a hub for investment, innovation and development

- The worlds opinion about India has been transformed. Today, the entire world sees India with great respect

- We must aim at achieving a 'fit India'

-A clean India and a healthy India are complementary to each other.

- Dr Ambedkar envisioned India's industrialisation, says PM Modi

- Less than a hundred days are now left for the International Yoga Day on June 21. Let us spread awareness about Yoga

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