Thu, Aug 15, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun his address from the ramparts of the Red Fort by conveying Independence Day greetings. Then he says 'We do not believe in creating problems or dragging them. In less than 70 days of our new Government, Article 370 was revoked, and in both Houses of Parliament, 2/3rd of the members supported this move. The old system in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh led to corruption, nepotism but there was injustice when it came to rights of women, children, Dalits, tribal communities.
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Tue, Aug 15, 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today on occasion of India's 71st Independence Day addressed the nation at Red Fort, New Delhi.
Mon, Aug 15, 2016
He spoke on various topics from the Goods and Service Tax (GST) to India's investment ranking, rural roads, inflation, passports and intelligence.
So far, he said, 13 crore such bulbs had been distributed and the target was 77 crore bulbs. "These 70 crore LED bulbs can save 20,000 MW of electricity worth Rs 1.25 lakh crore."
Prime Minister Modi said in the last 60 years, 14 crore people were given gas connections, while the present government provided gas connections to over four crore people in 60 weeks."We have connected 70 crore Indians to Aadhaar and social security schemes. We are working to bring in social change. In such a short span of time we have built two crore toilets. Over 70,000 villages are free from open-defecation," he added.
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