When you bring in multi-brand retail items into the country, you're not just bringing the products, but you're also harming local manufacturers. You must strengthen your manufacturing sector and put it on a level playing field with the world. Any kind of items manufactured globally, like small pens, pencils, notebooks - our manufactured goods need to be on a level playing field. Then let them come. Have a competition.

I dream of a Digital India where 1.2 billion Connected Indians drive Innovation.

The path of violence has not yielded anything. Shed guns and adopt the path of peace, unity, goodwill and brotherhood.

I dream of a Digital India where Government proactively engages with the people through Social Media.

We have to see that all regions of India, particularly the east and west, are brought on par in development parameters.

Jan Bhagidari is the biggest asset of a democracy. We are increasing it through MyGov, letters from citizens, Mann Ki Baat and other initiatives.

21st century is the century of knowledge and the world has always looked at India whenever knowledge finds prominence. Emergence of knowledge society is no more a slogan but has become a reality. Knowledge will be the fountainhead of all the activities that happen in human development.