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Goal to make India $5 trillion economy by 2024 challenging, but achievable: PM Modi at NITI Aayog meet

Addressing the fifth NITI Aayog meet, PM Modi said, " we are now moving towards a governance system characterised by performance, transparency & delivery. I urge members of the Governing Council to help create a govt setup which works and has the people's trust." At the fifth meeting of the NITI Aayog’s Governing Council, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday highlighted that the goal of making India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024 is “challenging, but achievable” with the concerted efforts of states. He stated that states should recognise their core competence, and work towards raising GDP targets right from the district level. Addressing the meet, the Prime Minister said, “Niti Aayog has a key role to play in the fulfilling mantra of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas.” With several parts of the country reeling under a drought-like situation, Modi called for effective steps to tackle it by adopting ‘per-drop, more-crop’ strategy and said, “newly cr...

After PM Modi’s invitation, Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit India this year

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale informed ANI that while PM Modi welcomed the Chinese leader to visit New Delhi, Jinping assured the Prime Minister about his plans to visit India this year Along the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping engaged in delegation-level bilateral talks Thursday, during the course of which Jinping confirmed his readiness to visit India this year. In a statement to the media, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said that while PM Modi welcomed the Chinese leader to visit New Delhi, Jinping assured the Prime Minister about his plans to visit India this year. “PM specifically conveyed to President Jinping & he agreed that both sides need to raise our expectations from the relationship. PM welcomed him to India for next informal summit, President Xi Jinping confirmed his readiness to visit India this year,” Gokhale was quoted as saying by...

Niti Aayog’s Governing Council to meet on June 15

The Governing Council is expected to discuss important subjects, including major issues concerning water management, agriculture, and aspirational district programme, according to official sources. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fifth meeting of Niti Aayog’s Governing Council on June 15 to discuss various issues concerning water management, agriculture and security, official sources said Tuesday. The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories, several union ministers and senior government officials. This will be the first governing council meeting under the new Modi government. “All the chief ministers and heads of union territories have been invited by the Niti Aayog to participate in the meeting,” sources said. The Governing Council is expected to discuss important subjects, including major issues concerning water management, agriculture, and aspirational district programme, according to of...

Won’t let the country bow down: PM Modi after IAF strike in Balakot

As the crowd cheered along, the Prime Minister said that today was such a moment that all the bravehearts of India should be paid tribute. Hours after India carried out a non-military preemptive strike on a major Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp in Balakot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the country is in safe hands. “Aaj aapka mijaz kuch aur lag raha hai (Today, your mood seems a bit different),” the Prime Minister said as he went onto the stage in Rajasthan’s Churu district to address a rally. Speaking from the stage, which had photos of soldiers in its background, a smiling Modi said, “Aapka ye bhavnaye, aapka ye utsah, aapka ye josh, mai bhali bhati samajh raha hu (Your emotions, this enthusiasm and this energy of yours, I am able to understand it quite well).” As the crowd cheered along, the Prime Minister said that today was such a moment that all the bravehearts of India should be paid tribute. “Aaj Churu ki dharti se mai desh vasiyon ko vishwas dil...

IAF surgical strike in Pakistan: PM Modi says India in safe hands, won’t let country down

Addressing a BJP rally in Churu in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his speech saying "I understand your enthusiasm today. You are in a different mood". Hours after Indian forces destroyed a major JeM terror camp in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the country is in “safe hands”. Addressing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Churu in Rajasthan, the prime minister began his speech saying, “I understand your enthusiasm today. You are in a different mood…I want to assure the people that the country is in safe hands. There is nothing above the nation.” Paying tribute to jawans serving at the border, Modi also said: “My soul says today is the day to reiterate what I had expressed in 2014. I swear by my land I won’t let my country be destroyed. I will not let the country stop. I will not let the country bow down. I pledge to the motherland that I will not let her head down.” The prime minister also said he was able to work because t...

PM Modi denounces attacks on Kashmiris, says ‘such incidents should not happen’

The Prime Minister’s statement comes amidst reports of attacks on Kashmiris throughout the country in the aftermath of the terror attack in Pulwama on February 14, which resulted in the death of 40 CRPF personnel. Denouncing the attacks on Kashmiris in the wake of Pulwama terror attack last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that “such incidents should not happen in this country” and insisted that the nation’s fight is against terrorism and against those who are enemies of humanity and not against Kashmir or Kashmiris. “Aur mai dekh raha hu, ki in dino social media par jaise veer ras ki baadh ayi hai. Lekin bhaiyo aur beheno, hamari ladai, atankbad ke khilaf hai, manavta ke dushmano ke khilaf hai, hamari ladai, Kashmir ke liye hai, kahsmir ke khilaf nahi hai, kashmirion ke khilaf nahi hai. (I am seeing that these days, social media is flooded with veer ras. But brothers and sisters, our fight is against terrorism, against the enemies of humanity. Our fight is ...

Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019 LIVE: PM Modi to inaugurate business meet, five countries to participate

Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019: The three-day investors' meet will take place at Mahatma Mandir facility for international events in Gandhinagar. Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will inaugurate the 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar in the presence of thousands of delegates and business leaders from across the world. The three-day investors’ meet will take place at Mahatma Mandir facility for international events in the state capital and will witness the participation of the heads of five countries – Uzbekistan, Rwanda, Denmark, Czech Republic and Malta – and over 30,000 national and international delegates. “On January 17, Modi would inaugurate ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show’ near Mahatma Mandir and a newly-built hospital in Ahmedabad. In the evening, the PM would inaugurate a shopping festival on Sabarmati Riverfront,” Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had said. Some of the major events during the three-da...