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Black money has destroyed nation, fight against it: PM Modi to youth

Black money has destroyed nation, fight against it: PM Modi to youth

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Contending that black money had “destroyed” the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday reached out to the youth, asking them to fight against it along with social problems like caste discrimination, untouchability and harassment of women. Hailing the youth for their contribution to various aspects of the society, he pitched for new thinking while underlining the need for channelising the tremendous energy of the young people and preventing them from getting misled. The Prime Minister asked the youth to focus on six social challenges — ending of illiteracy, insensitivity, perverted thinking, failure to rise above caste considerations, ill-treatment of women and callous attitude towards the environment. “Black money has destroyed the country… Recently we took a major dec...
PM Narendra Modi woos NRIs, calls for investment at 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

PM Narendra Modi woos NRIs, calls for investment at 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

National
PM Narendra Modi reached out to the young NRIs by calling them a valuable partner in the journey of development as he delivered the keynote address at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bengaluru.  While lauding the Indian diaspora for extending their support in the government’s fight against corruption and black money, Modi urged them to first develop India by investing and contributing its expertise in the land of its origin. Catch the highlights here:  –  Remittance of close to 69 billion dollars annually by overseas Indians makes an invaluable contribution to the Indian economy. We want to turn ‘brain-drain’ into ‘brain-gain’ and your support in this is very important. –  NRIs and PIO have made outstanding contributions. Among them are politicians of great stature, scienti...