I don't look at sports as something which merely tones up the body. I look at it as a tool of education that stimulates the mind and brings in a culture of discipline.

We want to invite the world to Make in India, make India as the base for manufacturing electronic goods.

Urban development initiatives must match the aspirations of the middle class and the neo middle class.

We want to make nation-building a people's movement.

Our focus should be on developmental dimensions of atomic science with a special outreach to India's youth.

Be it caste or communal violence, they stall the growth of the nation. Let us affirm that we will be free from these tensions.

I can assure our countrymen that India is safe in the hands of the brave warriors of our Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.