Back from a two-day informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his 43rd Mann ki Baat radio address by lauding the CWG gold medallists and said his government was leaving no stone unturned towards water conservation. "India’s performance in Commonwealth Games was par excellence. At the same time, it was special. Special in the sense that this time there were many pathbreaking ‘firsts’," Modi said. Saying that conservation of water should be a social responsibility, Modi said in 2017-18, around Rs 35,000 crore was spent on water conservation and around 150 lakh hectares of land got benefited with these steps. "The budget of MGNREGA is also used for water conservation. Conservation of water is in the heart of Indians. For centuries, our ancestors have shown this in their way of life. They gave importance to even a single drop of water," the PM said. In his last Mann ki Baat address, Modi touched upon the issues of MSP for farmers and his government’s aim towards “affordable and accessible” healthcare.
