Modi Vows To Bring Back Black Money

Modi said he would discuss the effects of drugs in his next radio address. He asked people to share information with him on the subject.

He also said that citizens who do not have access to social media and the internet can write to him at Akashwani and he would seriously consider various suggestions.

The prime minister said his reference to the needs of the specially-abled children during his last radio address had inspired the human resource development ministry to think of schemes to help such children.

One scheme was to provide 1,000 such meritorious children with scholarships to study in technical institutes. The other was to provide 1 lakh to each Kendriya Vidyalaya and central university to create infrastructure for the disabled such as ramps and special toilets.

The prime minister expressed happiness at the results of the Swachh Bharat campaign, which he said had taken the form of a "jan andolan" or mass movement.

He said people, even children, were now taking care to throw chocolate wrappers in dustbins.

Referring to his last radio talk when he urged people to purchase at least one item of khadi, the prime minister said the Khadi Gram Udyog Bhavan had reported that their sales had gone up by 125 percent.

He referred to his visit to Siachen on Diwali Oct 23 and congratulated an Indian Army team for winning the gold medal at the Cambrian Patrol event in Britain while competing against more than 140 teams.

Saying that a new change was sweeping through Indian society, Modi said that when people come to visit him, they speak a lot about the problems of the society and how they can help -- and less about their own matters.
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