Let us together serve the Nation. If each citizen takes one step forward, the country takes 125 crore steps forward.

India is committed to strong armed forces, well-equipped with modern arms & technology!

I believe that India is such a big country that one must do as much work as possible. So I keep doing that.

Today, India's cooking gas subsidy is the world's largest Cash Transfer Programme.

First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in government so that the State delivers on the things it sets out to do.

A major institutional reform is the move away from merely planning, to transforming India. The setting up of NITI Aayog, is a step in this direction.

We have tried to remind Government servants that they are servants of the public and have restored discipline in Central Government offices. I have done a small thing, one that appears small from outside. I regularly interact with officers over tea; it is part of my working style. Philosophically, I feel that the country will progress only if we work as teams. This is the only way we can successfully develop the country.