President’s 5 missions for progress roadmap

Drawing from the philosophies of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi, Kalam said whenever India decided to achieve certain goals with clear targets, it was successful. He cited the examples of Green Revolution, space programme and development in IT. ‘‘These successful missions give us the confidence that as a country we have the resources and the capability to achieve difficult missions, if only we decide to achieve them,’’ he said.

When Sen faltered on his vote of thanks, saying: ‘‘I thank you, His Excellency Abdul…Abdul…’’, the President rose to his rescue, saying ‘‘Kalam’’. During the question-answer session, Congress leader Vasant Sathe asked what was the solution for low contribution to national exchequer by people. Inviting him to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President said: ‘‘Satheji, you’re a political leader and you should bring solutions to problems and not problems only.’’