PM Modi speaking on the occasion of 77th Independence Day

The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, speaking on the occasion of 77th Independence Day today in New Delhi, recalled that India has improved its world ranking from the 10th largest economy in 2014 to the 5th largest in 2023 today. PM Modi said that this rise happened due to fighting corruption, the stopping of leakages in transfer of government benefits and creation of a strong economy and spending of public money for the welfare of the poor.

Indian PM told the nation that earlier, 90 thousand crore rupees were spent to build the houses of the poor; today it has increased 4 times and more than 4 lakh crore rupees are being spent to build the houses of the poor. PM Modi informed that bags of urea which are sold at Rs. 3,000 in some global markets are being given to farmers at not more than 300 rupees.