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Highlighting that these schemes entailed minimal premiums, Modi gave the example of the Prime Minister Suraksha Bima Yojana where a beneficiary has to spend just one rupee per month or Rs 12 a year to avail its benefits.

He exhorted the poor to join these schemes in large numbers and reap the benefits.

Recalling that the United Nations had declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day, the Prime Minister asked the people to practice and promote it. "If you don't know about it, read books on Yoga and explain it to more people."

He said it was a matter of pride for India that 177 countries adopted "our proposal within a short span of 100 days" to observe June 21, the longest day of the year, as the universal Yoga day. "Yoga has become a catalytic agent to unite the world," he said.

Modi also congratulated students who cleared the various board exams recently and suggested them to choose their careers in such a manner that would benefit the country.

Referring to those who were unsuccessful, he asked them to take their "failure as an opportunity" to bounce back and cited the example of former President APJ Abdul Kalam who had failed in the examination to be become a pilot which he had dreamt of.

"However, his failure gave him such a huge opportunity that he not only became a scientist but also rose to become the President of the country," the Prime Minister said.

He urged the students to chose from a variety of subjects available, saying "the country not only needs good teachers, but also army personnel as well as sportspersons."

Referring to the continued heatwave across the country, he urged people to take precautionary measures, especially for children.

Modi also spoke on the recently-launched Kisan Channel on Doordharshan, saying that not only the farmers, but also fishermen and those engaged in animal husbandry, would gain from it.
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