Nuclear Agreements Would Have Huge Impact: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the agreements with France and Canada are big achievements and would have a huge impact in the coming days.

Addressing members of parliament of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Modi said that even though every government tried to push through the nuclear deals, but it was successful now. Modi discussed the various government schemes and said that the government has been dedicated to the poor of this country from the very first day.

To buttress his point about his government being 'pro-poor', the Prime Minister talked about schemes like Jandhan and direct transfer of subsidies to poor besides efforts to curb leakage in NREGA. "You need to propagate this message. You need to draw a comparison between the work done by previous governments and our government," he told the BJP MPs and workers.

Citing the case of 'black and white' and 'colour' eras in television history, he said contrast should be drawn on the same lines about policies of the previous governments and the present government. Talking about NREGA, Modi said letters should be written to him in case of any irregularities were found in its implementation anywhere in the country. "Our intention is to benefit the poor. When villagers get purchase power, it will help develop the villages as well as cities," he said.

He said hailstorms have caused damage to farmers earlier also "but the decisions like now have never been taken earlier. Previously, compensation would be paid if loss to crop was at least 50 per cent. We took the bold decision that compensation will be paid even if loss to crop is 33 per cent." He said the compensation amount has also been increased to one-and-a-half times. Wheat crop was also damaged in terms of quality and the government decided to procure even that "because we are for the poor", Modi said.

In his hour-long speech, Modi dwelt at length about the pro-poor measures of his government and punctuated it with attacks on his critics, including a section of media, for magnifying small things. "You must have seen how small incidents have been constantly magnified. Since they have nothing to counter the big (good) work, they are exaggerating small incidents," he said.

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