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PM’s remarks at the start of Monsoon Session of Parliament
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 14 Sep, 2020

Namaskar friends, I am getting to see you today after a long gap. Hope you all are doing well! Hope there isn’t any crisis in your family! Well, may God bless you! The Parliament session commences today under special circumstances. There is a corona pandemic on one hand while our obligation towards fulfilling our duties on the other; and all the MPs have chosen the path of duty. I congratulate and thank all the MPs for this initiative. The budget session had to be wrapped up ahead of time. This time, Parliament will be functioning twice a day, once the Rajya Sabha, once the Lok Sabha. The shift timings had to be changed too. The weekend breaks on Saturday-Sundays too have been cancelled this time. But all the members have accepted this, welcomed this and have decided to continue on the path of duty. Several important decisions will be taken in this session, various topics will be discussed, and our experience tells us that the more we discuss in the Lok Sabha, the more diverse the discussion is in the House, the more beneficial it is for the country and solving the issues at hand. I believe that this time too, following that great tradition, all the MPs will come together and add value to it. Under the present situation created by corona, we have to follow the rules and move ahead with great precautions. And it is also clear that we cannot afford any laxity in our approach unless there is a medicine. We are hoping that the vaccines should come up from any corner of the world as soon as possible, our scientists become successful in this direction as soon as possible and we can succeed in getting everyone out of this crisis. This House, particularly this Session, has one more crucial responsibility. Today the brave soldiers of our army are on the borders. They are defending the borders with great courage and high spirits, in the difficult terrains. And the rains are going to begin in a few days. Just like the faith with which they are standing, determined to protect the motherland, these Houses and all the members of the House too will send out a message in a unanimous voice, spirit and resolve – the country stands in support of the Indian army through the Houses and the Members of Parliament. The entire House stands with the brave soldiers of the country with one voice; I believe that this House and all the honorable members too will give out a very strong message. I would also say that in the period of Corona, you will not get the opportunity to freely move everywhere like before, and please take care of yourselves, friends. You will get every news, it is not a difficult task for you, but please take care of yourselves, it is my personal request to all of you. Thank You Friends!
15th India-EU (Virtual) Summit: Opening Remarks By PM
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 15 Jul, 2020

Excellencies, Namaskar! We had to postpone the India-EU Summit that was due in March in view of COVID-19.  The good thing is that today we are meeting through a virtual medium.  First of all, I express my condolences for the loss caused by Corona virus in Europe.  Thanks for your opening remarks.  Like you, I too am committed to deepen and strengthen the relations between India and the EU. We must adopt a long-term strategic perspective for the same. Besides, an action-oriented agenda should be created, which can be implemented within a stipulated time frame.  India and the EU are natural partners.  Our partnership is also useful for peace and stability in the world.  This reality has become even more evident in today’s global scenario. Both sides share universal values ​​like democracy, pluralism, inclusivity, respect for international institutions, multilateralism, freedom and transparency. After COVID-19, new problems have cropped up globally in the economic field.  This requires greater cooperation between the democratic nations. Today, both health and prosperity of our citizens are facing challenges.  There are a variety of pressures on the rules-based international order. Under such circumstances, the India-EU partnership can play a significant role in economic reconstruction, and in building a human-centric and humanity-centric globalisation. Apart from the current challenges, long-term challenges like climate change are also a priority for both India and the EU. In our efforts to increase the use of renewable energy in India, we invite investment and technology from Europe. I hope that through this Virtual Summit our relations will gain momentum. Excellencies , I once again express my pleasure to have got this opportunity to talk to you.
PM’s address on the occasion of Dharma Chakra Day
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 04 Jul, 2020

Respected President Shri Ram Nath Kovind Ji, other distinguished guests. Let me begin by conveying my greetings on Ashadha Poornima. It is also known as Guru Purnima. This is a day to remember our Gurus, who gave us knowledge. In that spirit, we pay homage to Lord Buddha. I am happy that copies of the Mongolian Kanjur are being presented to the Government of Mongolia. The Mongolian Kanjur is widely respected in Mongolia. Most monasteries have a copy of it. Friends, the eight-fold path of Lord Buddha shows the way towards the well-being of many societies and nations. It highlights the importance of compassion and kindness. The teachings of Lord Buddha celebrate simplicity both in thought and action. Buddhism teaches respect. Respect for people. Respect for the poor. Respect for women. Respect for peace and non-violence. Therefore, the teachings of Buddhism are the means to a sustainable planet. Friends, in his very first sermon in Sarnath, and his teachings after that, Lord Buddha spoke on two things- hope and purpose. He saw a strong link between them. From hope comes a spirit of purpose. For Lord Buddha it was the removal of human suffering. We have to rise to the occasion and do whatever we can to increase hope among people. Friends, I am very hopeful about the 21st century. This hope comes from my young friends- our youth. If you want to see a great example of how hope, innovation and compassion can remove suffering, it is our Start-up sector. Bright young minds are finding solutions to global problems. India has one of the largest start-up ecosystems. I would urge my young friends to also stay connected with the thoughts of Lord Buddha. They will motivate and show the way ahead. At times,they will even calm you down or cheer you up. Infact, Lord Buddha’s teaching of – अप्प: दीपो भव:  , be your own guiding light is a wonderful management lesson. Friends, today the world fights extraordinary challenges. To these challenges, lasting solutions can come from the ideals of Lord Buddha. They were relevant in the past. They are relevant in the present.  And, they will remain relevant in the future. Friends, it is the need of the hour to connect more and more people with Buddhist heritage sites. We in India have many such sites. You know how people also know my parliamentary constituency of Varanasi? As the home to Sarnath. We want to focus on connectivity to Buddhist sites. A few days back the Indian Cabinet announced that Kushinagar airport will be an international one. This would bring so many people, pilgrims and tourists. It would also generate economic opportunities for many. India awaits you! Friends, once again, my greetings to you all. May the thoughts of Lord Buddha further brightness, togetherness and brotherhood. May his blessings inspire us to do good. Thank you. Thank you very much.
PM’s interaction with injured soldiers at Leh Hospital
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 03 Jul, 2020

Friends, I have come to salute you all today. You have fought bravely! I had also said a few days ago that the brave-hearts who left us, did not depart without reason. You all have given a befitting reply. You are in a hospital that’s why you may not know that 130 crore citizens are proud of you. Your courage and valour are inspiring the whole new generation and therefore your valour, your courage and what you have done will continue to inspire our younger generation and our countrymen for a long time to come. Considering the global situation, a message has gone to the world about the valour shown by you brave-hearts. The way you stood up to the powers, the world wishes to know who are these brave-hearts? What has been their training? How lofty their sacrifice is? How commendable is their commitment! The world is analyzing your bravery. I have come today only to salute you. By touching you and seeing you, I am going back with energy and inspiration. And let India be self-reliant; it has never bowed down before any power of the world and will not bow down in the future! I am able to say this because of the brave mighty friends like you. I salute you. And at the same time I salute your brave mothers who gave birth to valiant warriors you, brought you up and sent you to fight for the country! We can’t thank them enough. Friends, I hope you get well very soon and let’s together move ahead with this idea of ​​discipline and cooperation. Thank you!
PM’s remarks on the situation in India-China Border areas
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 17 Jun, 2020

Friends, The brave sons of Mother India made the supreme sacrifice while protecting our motherland in the Galwan Valley. I salute them for their great sacrifice in their service to the Nation. I pay tributes to them with my heartfelt gratitude. In this difficult moment of grief, I express my condolences to the families of these Martyrs. Today the entire Nation is with you. The country’s sympathies are with you. This supreme sacrifice of our Martyrs will not go in vain. Whatever may be the situation and circumstances, India will firmly protect every inch of the country’s land and its self-respect. India is culturally a peace-loving country. Our history has been that of a peace-loving country. The ideological mantra of India has been – लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनों भवन्तु। In every era, we have wished for peace and welfare of the entire world and humanity. We have always worked closely with our neighbours in a cooperative and friendly manner. We have always wished for their development and welfare. Whenever there have been differences of opinion, we have always tried to ensure that those differences never turned into a dispute. We never provoke anyone, but we also do not compromise with the integrity and sovereignty of our country.Whenever it was needed, we have demonstrated our strength, proving our capabilities in protecting and defending the integrity and sovereignty of the country. Sacrifice and endurance are part of our national character, but at the same time bravery and valour are also equally a part of it. I want to assure the Nation that the sacrifice made by our soldiers will not go in vain. India’s integrity and sovereignty is supreme for us, and no one can stop us from defending it. Nobody should have any iota of doubt about this. India wants peace. But on provocation, India will give a befitting reply. The country will be proud of the fact that our soldiers have been martyred while they were fighting. I urge all of you to pay homage to these sons byobserving two minutes of silence.
PM’s remarks after aerial survey of Odisha
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 22 May, 2020

The world is fighting a war to save lives from the corona virus on one side. In the hour of such a crisis – be it the central government or the state governments – all the departments and all the citizens have been engaged in the fight against corona virus for the last two-and-a-half months. At such a time, another major crisis in the form of a Cyclone – a Super-Cyclone – was a matter of great concern. How much damage would it cause to Odisha while moving towards Bengal also remained a matter of concern! Odisha has been able to achieve a great success in saving the lives of the citizens here with the help of the arrangements that have been institutionalized here and with the knowledge of what should be done by the citizens in the villages. And many congratulations to the citizens of Odisha, the administration and the Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Babu and his entire team. But when such a big natural disaster comes, then there is an extensive loss of property. The loss in Odisha has not been much as compared to that of West Bengal, but even while crossing the state it has left its trail. It is such a crisis. And so I have fully reviewed the damage that has been caused to the housing, agriculture, power, communication and infrastructure today. The state government has also placed all the preliminary details in front of me. The central Government will soon receive the report from the state government after assessment. A central government team will also reach here at the earliest and after reviewing the whole situation, work and help related to long-term relief, restoration and rehabilitation would be provided. The work will be carried forward, giving priority to all these things. But keeping in mind the immediate needs, we have decided to give 500 crore rupees as an advance arrangement on behalf of the Government of India. And once the rest of the requirements are completed and the complete planning for rehabilitation is in place, the Government of India will work shoulder to shoulder with the State government in the journey of development in Odisha and help the State to come out of this crisis. Thanks a lot!
PM’s Concluding Remarks at Video Conference of SAARC Leaders on combating COVID-19
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 15 Mar, 2020

Excellencies, Thank you once again for your time and your ideas. We have had a very productive and constructive discussion today. We all agree that evolving a common strategy is critical to handling such challenges. And, we agreed to find cooperative solutions – we will share knowledge, best practices, capacities, and where possible, resources. Some partners have made specific requests, including about medicine and equipment. My team has taken careful note of these. Let me assure you, that we will do our best for our neighbours. Let us ask our officials to maintain close contact and develop a common strategy, in the spirit of partnership and working together. Let us identify nodal experts from each of our countries, and they can have a similar video-conference one week from now, to follow up on our discussions today. Excellencies, We have to fight this battle together, and we have to win it together . Our neighbourhood collaboration should be a model for the world . Let me conclude by wishing all our citizens good health, and success in our united efforts to tackle this pandemic in our region. Thank you. Thank you very much.
PM’s Remarks on Way Forward at Video Conference of SAARC Leaders on combating COVID-19
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 15 Mar, 2020

Thank you Excellencies, for sharing your thoughts on the situation, and the steps you have taken. We all agree that we are facing a serious challenge. We do not as yet know what shape the pandemic will take in the coming days. It is clear that we have to work together. We can respond best by – Coming together not growing apart ; Collaboration (कोलैबरेशन) not Confusion ; Preparation not Panic. In this spirit of collaboration, let me share a few ideas on what India can offer to this joint effort. I propose we create a COVID-19 Emergency Fund. This could be based on voluntary contributions from all of us. India can start with an initial offer of 10 million US dollars for this fund. Any of us can use the fund to meet the cost of immediate actions. Our Foreign Secretaries, through our embassies can coordinate quickly to finalize the concept of this Fund and its operations. We are assembling a Rapid Response Team of doctors and specialists in India, along with testing kits and other equipment. They will be on stand-by, to be placed at your disposal, if required. We can also quickly arrange online training capsules for your emergency response teams. This will be based on the model we have used in our own country, to raise the capacity of all our emergency staff. We had set up an Integrated Disease Surveillance (सर्वेलेंस) Portal to better trace possible virus carriers and the people they contacted. We could share this Disease Surveillance (सर्वेलेंस) software with SAARC partners, and training on using this. Let us also use existing facilities, like the SAARC Disaster Management Centre, to pool in the best practices among all of us. Looking ahead, we could create a common Research Platform, to coordinate research on controlling epidemic diseases within our South Asian region. The Indian Council of Medical Research can offer help coordinating such an exercise. We can also ask our experts to brainstorm on the longer-term economic consequences of COVID-19, and how we can insulate our internal trade and our local value chains from its impact. Finally, this is not the first nor the last such pandemic that will affect us. We should evolve common SAARC Pandemic Protocols which can be applied on all our borders as well as within our borders in such situations. This can help to prevent such infections from spreading across our region, and allow us to keep our internal movements free.
PM’s Opening Remarks at Video Conference of SAARC Leaders on combating COVID-19
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 15 Mar, 2020

Excellencies, I would like to thank you all for joining this special interaction at short notice. I specially thank our friend Prime Minister Oli who has joined us almost immediately after his recent surgery. I wish him a speedy recovery.  I would also like to congratulate President Ashraf Ghani for his recent re-election. I welcome the new Secretary-General of SAARC, who is also with us today. I also acknowledge the presence of the Director of the  SAARC Disaster Management Centre, from Gandhinagar. Excellencies, As we all know, COVID-19 has recently been classified by W.H.O. as a pandemic. So far, our region has listed fewer than 150 cases. But we need to remain vigilant.Our SAARC region is home to nearly one-fifth of all humanity. It is densely populated.As developing countries, all of us have significant challenges in terms of access to healthcare facilities.  Our people-to-people ties are ancient, and our societies are deeply inter-connected.Therefore, we must all prepare together, we must all act together, and we must all succeed together. Excellencies, As we prepare to face this challenge, let me briefly share India’s experience of combating the spread of this virus so far.“Prepare, but don’t panic” has been our guiding mantra.We were careful to not underestimate the problem, but also to avoid knee-jerk reactions. We have tried to take proactive steps, including a graded response mechanism. We started screening entry into India from mid-January itself, while also gradually increasing restrictions on travel. The step-by-step approach has helped avoid panic.We have increased our public awareness campaigns on TV, print and social media. We have made special efforts to reach out to vulnerable groups.We have worked to quickly ramp up capacity in our system including through training our medical staff across the country.We have also increased diagnostic capabilities. Within two months, we moved from one major facility for pan-India testing, to more than 60 such labs. And, we have developed protocols for each stage of managing this pandemic : for screening at entry points; contact tracing of suspected cases; quarantineand management of isolation facilities; and for discharge of cleared cases. We also responded to the call of our people abroad. We evacuated nearly 1400 Indians from different countries. We also similarly helped some of your citizens, in accordance with our ‘neighbourhood first policy’. We have now built up a protocol for such evacuations, including carrying out testing by our mobile teams deployed abroad. We recognised that other countries would be also concerned about their citizens in India.  So we briefed foreign Ambassadors about the steps we were taking. Excellencies, We fully recognize that we are still in an unknown situation. We can not predict with certainty how the situation will unfold despite our best efforts. You must also be facing similar concerns. This is why it would be most valuable for all of us to share our perspectives. I look forward to hearing your views. Thank you.
PM’s remarks at beginning of the Budget Session of Parliament
Speaker: Narendra Modi
Date: 31 Jan, 2020

Greetings to all! This is the first session of 2020. This is also the first session of this decade. We must strive to turn this session into a strong foundation for a bright future of this decade. Today, the Hon’ble President will address the Parliament and tomorrow this year’s budget will also be presented. Let this session focus upon maximum possible economic issues and the way by which India can take advantage of the global economic scenario. Strengthening its economic activities, India should get the maximum benefits of the global conditions. Our government has been identified with the empowerment of the oppressed, the exploited, the deprived classes and women. We will be focussing upon the same in this decade too. And I would like to have a much wider and a better discussion on the economic issues and empowerment of people in both the Houses. And the quality of our discussion must become more enriched over the days. With this belief, I thank you all very much. Namaskar!