India seeks friendly relations but without compromising on its interests.

Even after so many decades of Independence there are 18,500 villages in India which do not have electricity. We affirm our commitment to provide electricity to all those villages that do not have electricity.

When I speak of Team India I believe that the foundation for India's development will not be the single pillar of the Central Government, but 30 pillars comprising the Central Government and all our States.

It is a tribute to Indian democracy that a person from a poor family, an ordinary family, is today addressing the nation from the Red Fort.

My experience in Gujarat shows that howsoever big a problem might be, it is not insurmountable if we have the will to act.

Our mission is skill development. There can be no development with a satiated system.

Gujarat is the first state in the country where not even a single student is devoid of insurance cover.