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Mar 16, 2018 10:41 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com

News18 Rising India Summit LIVE: PM Modi says govt to invest Rs 1 lakh crore to improve education

Catch live updates as News18 hosts the first edition of the Rising India Summit.

  • Mar 16, 10:43 PM (IST)

    Thank you for tuning in to our coverage of the News18 Rising India Summit 2018.We will be back tomorrow as the event goes into its second and final day. 

  • Mar 16, 09:04 PM (IST)

    PM Modi now leaves the venue. 

  • Mar 16, 09:03 PM (IST)

    PM Modi concludes speech. 

  • Mar 16, 09:02 PM (IST)

    Government will invest nearly Rs 1 lakh crore to improve education in India, says PM Modi 

  • Mar 16, 09:02 PM (IST)

    India is now contributing nearly 7 times the amount it contributed earlier to the world economy, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:59 PM (IST)

    In 2014, our tax system was viewed as unfriendly but now that is changing, says PM Modi, adding that GST has now eased the tax burden for a lot of people. 

  • Mar 16, 08:59 PM (IST)

    India is now one of the leading emerging market performers, says PM Modi, adding that it is now also one of the most favoured investment destinations for foreign investors. 

  • Mar 16, 08:58 PM (IST)

    We are performing extremely well on all economic indicators as a country, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:56 PM (IST)

    When Indian citizens needed saving in Yemen, we not only saved them but we saved citizens of 48 other countries across the world, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:55 PM (IST)

    India is now a part of various global defence alliances, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:54 PM (IST)

    We have decided to completely get rid of Tuberculosis in the country by 2025, says PM Modi, adding that he is confident that India will achieve this. 

  • Mar 16, 08:54 PM (IST)

    India has now started repeatedly raising the subject of terrorism, black money and corruption at international forums, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:53 PM (IST)

    Through the International Solar Alliance, more than 60 countries have come together to implement the Delhi Solar Agenda, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:52 PM (IST)

    Compared to 2014, almost double the number of heads of state and senior foreign dignitaries now visit India, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:51 PM (IST)

    People now really believe that in the 21st century, India will be able to break loose of its shackles and baggage and move forward, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:49 PM (IST)

    We are now moving from network failures to a net exporter of power, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:49 PM (IST)

    There was a time when the power ministry, renewable energy ministry and the coal ministry did not know what the other was doing, says PM Modi. Now they are working as one unit. 

  • Mar 16, 08:47 PM (IST)

    We have undertaken many initiatives to improve availability of nutritious food to women and children in India, says PM Modi. Only if they eat well will they be healthy, he adds. 

  • Mar 16, 08:45 PM (IST)

    If the number of medical professionals increases, the affordability and accesability of healthcare will also increase, says PM Modi

  • Mar 16, 08:44 PM (IST)

    We have started various new educational institutions, and the number of seats available for every course have increase significantly, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:42 PM (IST)

    Immunisation cover, which was as low as 1% before we took office, is now at 6%, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:41 PM (IST)

    Healthcare needs to be preventive, but it also needs to be affordable, says PM Modi. We have addressed this issue as well; over 3,000 public health clinics have been started across the country since we came to power. 

  • Mar 16, 08:40 PM (IST)

    We have laid a lot of stress on the immunisation programme, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:40 PM (IST)

    We have electrified over 16,000 of the 18,000 villages in the country that did not have electricity since 1947, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:39 PM (IST)

    In the last four years, we have doubled the number of public toilets to around 13 crore toilets, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:38 PM (IST)

    We know very well that a healthy life cannot be led without cleanliness, says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:37 PM (IST)

    Healthcare has been a primary focus of the government, says PM Modi. Our effort has been 'No silos, only solutions', he adds. 

  • Mar 16, 08:37 PM (IST)

    Our government believes that we can't manage what we can't measure, says PM Modi. We want to measure, manage and convert it into a mass movement, he adds. 

  • Mar 16, 08:36 PM (IST)

    Rising India's message will be heard when people start thinking 'Isolation to integration', says PM Modi. 

  • Mar 16, 08:34 PM (IST)

    We are constructing 12 new airports out of which 6 are in the North East, says PM Modi. 

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