Focusing on the mantras of all-round development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day 2016 speech said, "Reform, Perform and Transform - that is the mantra that this government is working with.
By: FE Online | Published: August 15, 2016 9:12 AM
“When the policy is transparent, the intentions are clear, then the zeal to take decisions is all-together different,” said PM Modi. (AP)
Focusing on the mantras of all-round development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day 2016 speech said, “Reform, Perform and Transform – that is the mantra that this government is working with.” “We have to move from isolated to integrated development. We are moving from entitlement to empowerment,” he said. Speaking from the ramparts of Red Fort in Delhi, PM Modi said, “For the good of the country, we will work on all schemes even if they were started by previous governments,”, adding that his government is giving importance to ‘last-man delivery’.
“We have linked Aadhaar to government schemes. We have removed middle-men and have stopped leakage of subsidies. Now the money that is saved is directly transferred into the accounts of the needy,” the Prime Minister highlighted. “When the policy is transparent, the intentions are clear, then the zeal to take decisions is all-together different,” he said.
Speaking extensively on the need for ‘Surajya’ the Prime Minister said that despite many problems, Indians are capable of achieving the dream of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshth Bharat’. “It is time to transform from Swarajya to Surajya. This is the dream of 125 crore Indians,” he said. PM Modi went on to say that the basis of ‘Surajya’ should be to make sure that it brings about a positive change in the lives of the common people of the country.
From railways, roadways to tax reforms, ease of getting passports and Aadhaar card, the Prime Minister spoke of how his government is working to better the lives of Indians.