India Today Conclave 2017: New India is not about benefit it’s about opportunity for all, says PM Modi

Here are the highlights from PM Modi’s speech: 

08: 40 pm: New India is not about Upkaar but about Avsar. It is about opportunity for all: PM Modi

08. 35 pm: Addition of optical fibres is happening at a very quick pace and that too in rural areas. In the health sector, work is on at a quick place. A roadmap has been prepared to make healthcare accessible to the nation: PM Modi

08. 30 pm: By merging Railway Budget with General Budget we have ensured faster growth of not only the railways but also overall transport sector. Our main focus now is next generation infrastructure. Significant resources have been devoted to the railway and road sector. Speed of work in the railway and the road sector is progressing at a very quick pace: PM Modi

08. 25 pm: We have begun work on electrifying villages that did not receive electricity for so many years after Independence. And, the work on village electrification has been going on with immense transparency and within 650 days of implementation of this scheme 12, 000 villages has received electricity: PM Modi

08. 19 pm: ‘Make in India’ is one of the biggest reform initiative in India that will bring relief to the job sector of the country: PM Modi

08. 17 pm: Why do small shops have to shut early. Why can’t the small shopkeeper keep his or her shop open for longer hours. We brought changes to ensure shopkeepers can keep shops open longer and this gives better economic opportunities to them. Bigger than the strength of the Government is the Jan Shakti: PM Modi

08. 15 pm: We believe in cooperative federalism. And see the GST process for instance. It showed what deliberative democracy is about. The manner in which the GST was achieved is as important as the GST itself. States have taken ownership of this: PM Modi

08. 12 pm: India’s economy is being transformed and manufacturing sector is getting a strong impetus: PM Modi

08. 10 pm: We have focused on time bound implementation and integrated thinking. Our processes are citizen friendly: PM Modi

08. 05 pm: Like the freedom movement, we need a movement for development, where collective aspirations propel growth of the nation: PM Modi

08. 03 pm: Technology has changed so much. We have to keep pace with the aspirations of the youth: PM Modi

08.00 pm: Earlier decisions were election driven or based on set notions of officials. This has changed now. We are correcting mistakes of the past, mistakes by earlier governments: PM Narendra Modi