Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting at Balasore in Odisha on June 2. Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Mr Panda today visited Balasore and inspected preparations ahead of the Prime Minister's visit.
This government is dedicated to the poor people of India: PM Modi - I had said right from the start, that this government is dedicated to the poor people of India. It is my aim that every state, every district, every neighbourhood progresses.
- The prime responsibility of any government is always towards to poor.
- No matter how popular a person gets, No matter how famous a celebrity gets, No matter how popular a government/party gets, in 3 or 6 months, the concerns of the people start to show.
- We have seen this over the years. But this is the first time that we have observed that even after 2 years the government is getting so much love, support and blessings from the people.
Balasore: The Missile City Of India- Balasore is also known as the missile city.
- Balasore has importance not only in India, but across the world for this very reason.
- When Mahatma Gandhi started the revolt against the British. The Dandi march sowed the seeds of Democracy and gave confidence and belief to the people of the country.
- When Mahatma Gandhi was doing his Satyagraha, it was this land that supported him and did a salt satyagraha in support, to send a strong message to the British.
Balasore that used to be the centre of importance in Kalinga: PM Modi- I have come to the land of Lord Jagannath. He is the god of the poor people. I salute this great land. Famous poet Kalidas had given the title 'Lord of the Sea' to the king of Kalinga.
- It is this place - Balasore that used to be the centre of importance in Kalinga. History and culture have been a part of this great land. I am sure the future of this land is very bright.
- I see a flood of people here, who have come with so much love.
- When a mother consoles her children, praises them, even the child gets motivated to do more, run faster.
- It is quite the same when the people of the country encourage the Pradhan Sevak by showing so much love and support.
PM Narendra Modi At Balasore rally
I was born in Somnath and today I am addressing on the land of Jagannath.
Namaskar to my brothers and sisters in Odisha.
Those sitting in AC rooms in Delhi and worry about India... they don' t know the grand view in Balasore. There is no election, no protest, but still you all have come out here in this heat.
And the credits roll, PM Modi takes leave. Cue in theme song.
"If I try to list all the achievements of my government, these Doordarshan-wallahs will have to stay here for a week," says PM Modi
"But I promise you there will be no let-up in our efforts. This country is moving forward and it will," he says.
"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," says PM Modi.
"I asked my tax officers, why do you think people are dishonest? You must have faith in the people of the country," says PM Modi.
"And we too worked. To give more than 3 crore families LPG connections in the last one year. Such huge work has never happened in India. In the coming years we will bring LPG connections to 5 crore people," says PM Modi.
"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?" says PM Modi.
"Due to our campaign of LED bulbs, we will save 20,000 MW electricity. But that is not newsworthy," says PM Modi.
"So if I have stopped so much corruption, of course there will be many who will curse me," PM Modi says.
"More than Rs 36,000 crore leakages stopped in education. And this just the beginning, its a new morning," says PM Modi.
"During our work we have found more than 1.62 crore fake ration cards we have found. That used to go somewhere. Somebody used to steal all that ration," says PM Modi
"In Haryana alone there were six lakh fake names in Kerosene oil subsidy lists," he says.
"In LPG gas subsidy lists we found so many fake names, so much leakage - we saved you nearly Rs 15,000 crore. For this alone, the country will tell me me, Modi ji, you are doing what is right," says PM Modi.
"The real scope of our work can be understood only if we remember the kind of work the previous governments did. Corruption had eaten away our country like termites," says PM Modi.
"Two years ago, no newspaper, TV news bulletin was untouched by reports of corruption and scandal," says PM Modi
"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," PM Modi says.
"People's expectations are increasing but so is our enthusiasm to work," says PM Modi.
PM Modi begins by saying that a government should be continuously scrutinised but a false sense of despondency should not be created.
A show of light-paintings depicting PM Narendra Modi.
"Once on Kaun Banega Crorepati, I met a young woman whose father had been told by the villagers not to 'waste' money on her education beyond the eighth grade," says Amitabh Bachchan.
"She left her home in protest, to her grandmother's place, but she was ill-treated there as well. Then she ended up on KBC. When I gave her the Rs 25 lakh-cheque and asked what she would do with it, she told me she would go and show it to her father and say look, even daughters can be good investments," he says
Amitabh Bachchan returns, with adman Piyush Pandey.
And now a performance by Maati Baani.
"Make in India can only succeed if there are Makers in India. With Skill India, I have the responsibility to create those makers," says minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
"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.
"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.
A discussion now on the Make in India scheme.
"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," says former Infosys director TV Mohandas Pai.
"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," says Raman Roy, Nasscomm.
"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," says minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
"Modi ji's mission is to bring governance to the palms of people," says minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, speaking about Digital India.
"My goal will be to improve the communication between the people and the government. There are many new people coming along with me and hopefully we will be able to make a difference," says Kajol.
A message from Kajol, who has just been made a member of the Prasar Bharti board.
A performance by the Navy Band.
"If the economy has to be strengthened, women will have to be skilled. This government is doing that," says Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
"Earlier youth had to struggle to to find employment. Today the government is giving them skills as well as jobs," says Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
"Nobody used to talk about skills in our country. PM Modi is the first Prime Minister in 66 years to take it up in the biggest and most systematic way possible," says Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
Over to Mumbai now, a drum performance in front of the tricolour-lit Gateway of India.
"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," says Deep Kalra, CEO of MakeMyTrip.com.
"PM Modi's Start Up India, Stand Up India has helped the youth of the country start their own enterprises, not be worried about employment," says minister Jitendra Singh.
"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," says minister VK Singh.
Education Minister Smriti Irani on stage now. "This government's efforts have accelerated skill education in the country," she says.
A bold performance of
Hum Honge Kamyaab by Rajasthani folk singer Moti Khan.
And now an exceptionally stirring rendition of
Saare Jahaan Se Achha interspersed with words from Rabindranath Tagore's Where The Mind is Without Fear by Shillong Chamber Choir.
A video that showcases the steps taken by Mysuru railway station to be accessible for people with disabilities.
"Travelling by waterways is far cheaper than road transport. It is a priority of this government," says minister Nitin Gadkari listing programmes to develop waterways. "It will be a game-changer, it will be our biggest achievement," he says.
"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," says minister Nitin Gadkari.
"Politics of development is the priority of this government. We want to take our speed of highway construction to 41 km per day," says minister Nitin Gadkari.
"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," Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
In a video, we see the story of National Highway Number 8. Connecting Mumbai to Delhi, the highway has also linked many cities along the way.
"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," says minister Mahesh Sharma.
"Before Modi ji no one thought there could even be a health card for soil. It is transforming lives of farmers," says minister Jitendra Singh.
It's an electronica remix of the song that took A R Rahman to the Oscars.
And now, a performance by the Prince dance group on the beats of
Jai Ho.
A video on the beneficiaries of the Mudra scheme - small loans empowering aspiring entrepreneurs.
"The financial initiatives of the government have gone a long way in empowering women," says Rajasthan minister Yunus Khan.
The show now moves to Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, talks about financial inclusion.
"Since independence, if the farmer has been at the centre of a government's budget, it has been this time," says minister Ramvilas Paswan.
"Neem-coated urea, crop insurance scheme, soil health card are some of the schemes that are benefiting the farmer greatly," says minister Radha Mohan Singh.
"Due to the antics of the previous government, the prosperity of farmers used to be a dream. This government is making it a reality," says minister Radha Mohan Singh.
A change of hosts now. The subject of this session are farmers.
"Besides financial inclusion, there's a change in the way people think today. People are confident. That's a bigger victory," says minister Najma Heptulla.
"Our social security schemes, coupled with JAM - Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile - are like a shield for the poor," says minister Jayant Sinha.
Evening falls behind the grand India Gate set, the show goes on.
A dance by Padmashree award-winner Gulabo Sapera.
"This government has done a great job in spreading awareness about then need of toilets. Its everywhere on the TV and radio," says Vidya Balan.
"I felt no hesitation to join the campaign to build toilets and end open defalcation. I could imagine the plight of women who had to go in the open," says Vidya Balan.
Actor Vidya Balan joins the show from Gateway of India, Mumbai.
A video shows how the programme to give free LPG connections to the poor is changing lives of women.
"People from UP and Bihar used to leave their homes just for electricity. Now they are coming back," says actor-lawmaker Manoj Tiwari. "Thank you Narendra Modi, thank you Piyush Goyal for bringing electricity to my village," he says.
"Our mission for power is bringing new hope to the people who had lost faith on the government," says minister Najma Heptulla.
Ministers Najma A Heptulla, Ramvilas Paswan, Jayant Sinha and actor-lawmaker Manoj Tiwari now on the panel to talk about the government's drive to bring electricity to all corners of India. "Our mission is power to the poor," says Ramvilas Paswan.
Villagers tell their story about how electricity has changed their life. A well-shot, well-edited and heart-warming story!
Now a video about a village in Jharkhand that has electricity now for first time since independence.
Kailash Kher sings an anthem for cleanliness -
Swachh Bharat Ka Irada.
To the Guwahati studio now. We learn about Asia's cleanest village - Meghalaya's Mawlynnong.
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Swachh was not a cool word. But with Prasoon Joshi, we have made a song about it," he says. Sit tight.
Singer Kailash Kher is on stage. "Earlier we had no idea what work the government was doing. Now we have a clear picture about all the work that is happening around us," he says.
Back to Delhi again, the programme recounts PM Modi's call for cleanliness.
A video on the Surat railway station - ranked among the cleanest in India.
"The government is sparing no effort to spread the message of cleanliness," says Nitinbhai Patel.
Interesting. Instead of Chief Minister Anandiben Patel (as claimed in the tentative schedule), we see Nitinbhai Patel - her rumoured replacement ahead of elections next year. The panel is talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
The show travels to Ahmedabad next.
A video on how electric boats or e-boats are changing Varanasi. "These boats don't pollute the water at all," says a boatman.
Minister Uma Bharti speaks about the efforts to clean the Ganga River. "Previous governments spent the money in an unplanned way. We have a clear, phased approach to clean the Ganga," she says.
"Today Ganga is among the 10 most dirtiest rivers in the world. By 2018, it will be among the ten cleanest rivers," she promises.
The government has exceeded its targets in building toilets, says minister Chaudhary Birender Singh. "Our mision is to end open-defecation completely," he says.
