Modi Vows To Bring Back Black Money

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged in his radio address Sunday to bring back "every bit" of unaccounted wealth stashed abroad and said his Clean India drive had become a mass movement.

Speaking on a variety of subjects in the 20-minute programme, the prime minister said that Khadi Gram Udyog Bhavan authorities had reported a hike of 125 percent in sales since he urged people earlier to go for khadi.

Addressing the nation for the second time in a month on All India Radio -- the address was heard on Doordarshan too, Modi said his government was on the right track to bring back black money and there would be no bias.

"I reiterate that, as far as black money is concerned, please have faith on this 'pradhan sevak' (prime servant) of yours, and it is an article of faith for me.

"Every bit of the money of the poor that has been stashed abroad has to be brought back. This is my commitment," he said.

Modi said there could be different opinions on the process to bring back the unaccounted wealth. But "based on my knowledge and understanding of the subject, I can assure you that we are on the right path".

The Modi government has submitted to the Supreme Court a list of 627 Indians holding accounts in foreign banks.

Modi touched upon a range of subjects including on people's feedback on the Swachh Bharat or Clean India campaign and on the human resource development ministry's effort to help disabled children in the wake of his reference to them in his last radio talk Oct 3.
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