Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s address
Jai Johar
I congratulate all of you, my family members from every corner of the state. The blessings you all gave us. The result of this is that today we have come among you with the resolve of developed Chhattisgarh.
Developed Chhattisgarh will be created by empowerment of poor, farmers, youth and women power. It will be built with modern infrastructure.
Therefore, today the foundation stone of projects worth about Rs 35 thousand crores related to the development of Chhattisgarh has been laid and inaugurated. These include many projects related to coal, solar energy and connectivity.
This will create new employment opportunities for the youth of Chhattisgarh. Congratulations to the brothers and sisters of Chhattisgarh for these schemes. Today NTPC’s 1600 MW Super Thermal Power Station has been dedicated to the nation. Along with this, the foundation stone of 1600 MW Stage 2 of this modern plant has also been laid. Through these plants, electricity will be available to the countrymen at low cost.
We want to make Chhattisgarh a big center of solar energy. Today itself, very big solar plants have been inaugurated in Rajnandgaon and Bhilai. It has such a system that the people nearby will be able to get electricity at night. The aim of the Government of India is to provide electricity to the people of the country through solar power and also to reduce their electricity bill to zero. Modi wants to make every house a solar house. Modi wants to give every family another source of income by generating electricity at home and selling it.
With this objective we have started PM Suryodaya Yojana. Currently this scheme is for one crore families. In this, money will be sent directly to the bank account for installing solar panels on the roof of the house. With this, up to 300 units of electricity will be available free of cost and if more electricity is generated, the government will purchase the electricity.
Due to this, families will earn thousands of rupees every year. The government’s emphasis is also on making our Annadata an energy provider. For solar pumps, the government is providing help in setting up small solar plants on the barren land near the fields. The way the double engine government is fulfilling its guarantees in Chhattisgarh is very praiseworthy.
Two years’ outstanding bonus has been given to lakhs of farmers of Chhattisgarh. I had given a guarantee to increase the money of tendu leaf collectors. The double engine government has fulfilled this guarantee. The houses of the poor were not being built earlier. Now our government is working rapidly to build houses for the poor.
The government is working rapidly towards completing the Har Ghar Jal Yojana. An inquiry has been ordered into the irregularities in the PSC exam. I congratulate the sisters of Chhattisgarh for the Mahtari Vandan Yojana, which will benefit lakhs of women. We demonstrate by doing what we say. Modi’s guarantee means guarantee of fulfillment of the guarantee. Chhattisgarh has hardworking farmers, talented youth and a wealth of nature.
Whatever is needed to develop, Chhattisgarh already had it. Today also. You all are Modi’s family. Your dreams are Modi’s resolve. Today I am talking about developed India, developed Chhattisgarh. This servant of 140 crore countrymen has guaranteed his hard work and loyalty. We had guaranteed that the government would be such that every Indian across the world would be proud.
I exerted myself to fulfill this guarantee. In 2014, Modi had guaranteed that the government would leave no stone unturned for the poor and those who looted the poor would have to return their money. Strict action is being taken against those who loot the money of the poor.
Free ration, cheap medicines, houses for the poor, door-to-door connections, clean water, toilet in every house, all these things are being done. These facilities are reaching the homes of the poor who had not even imagined about these facilities. This is why Modi’s guaranteed vehicle came to every village during the Vikas Bharat Sankalp Yatra. The Chief Minister told you to tell what work was done in this guaranteed vehicle.
Ten years ago, Modi had given another guarantee that he would create such an India whose dreams our earlier generation had seen with great hope and had cherished. Today, look all around, a new India is being built just like the dreams seen by our ancestors. Ten years ago, no one had thought that digital payments would take place in every village. If you have to submit an application or pay a bill, can it be done from home? Did anyone think?
Had anyone thought that a son who had gone out to work would be able to send money in the blink of an eye? Did anyone think that the Central Government would send money and immediately a message would come that the money has arrived?
In the last ten years, we sent more than thirty-four lakh crore rupees through DBT i.e. Direct Benefit Transfer. We sent such a huge amount into the bank accounts of the people of the country. We have also given help worth crores of rupees to the youth under Mudra Yojana. We gave three and a quarter lakh crore rupees to the farmers under PM Samman Nidhi.
Today it is our government which is giving rights to the poor. When corruption stops, development plans start. Employment increases. Modern facilities for education and health are also made. The wide roads and railway lines that are being built today are the result of our good governance.
With such works the dream of developed Chhattisgarh will be fulfilled. If Chhattisgarh develops then no one will be able to stop India from developing. In the coming five years, when India will be the third largest economic power in the world, Chhattisgarh will also develop. This is a big opportunity for everyone. Developed Chhattisgarh will fulfill their dreams. Many congratulations to all of you for these development works.