‘Truly special journey’: PM Modi ahead of Mann Ki Baat's 100th episode
2 min read . Updated: 30 Apr 2023, 10:09 AM IST
PremiumPrime Minister Narendra Modi to address the 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat monthly radio program today at 11 am.
Ahead of the historic 100th episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to people to join him live at 11 am today. He said that the journey of his monthly radio program in which he addresses the common people has been ‘truly special’.
During the journey, the ‘collective spirit’ of the country's people was celebrated, the Prime Minister said in a tweet post.
"Do tune in at 11 AM for #MannKiBaat100. This has been a truly special journey, in which we have celebrated the collective spirit of the people of India and highlighted inspiring life journeys," PM Modi tweeted.
PM Modi's radio monthly program will complete its 100th episode today which will be aired at 11 am and will be broadcast live across the country and in various parts of the world including the United Nations Headquarters.
The program, which started on October 3, 2014, has become a key pillar of the government's citizen-outreach program addressing multiple social groups such as women, youth, and farmers and has spurred community action.
Apart from 22 Indian languages and 29 dialects, Mann Ki Baat is broadcast in 11 foreign languages including French, Chinese, Indonesian, Tibetan, Burmese, Baluchi, Arabic, Pashtu, Persian, Dari and Swahili. Mann Ki Baat is being broadcast by more than 500 broadcast centres of All India Radio.
A study was conducted regarding the impact of Mann Ki Baat on the lives of the people.
The study showed that over 100 crore people have connected to Mann Ki Baat at least once, it speaks directly to people, celebrates grassroots-level changemakers and achievements of people and has influenced people towards positive actions.
The show made brought about a "behavioral change" among people with the kind of exchanges with the listeners during the show, Dr Amit Kapoor, Chairman of, Institute for Competitiveness, said on Saturday.
The BJP has planned massive outreach to make the 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat a memorable occasion. Sources said the party is planning to organize facilities in every assembly constituency of the country for people to listen to the program.
The program will be telecast live by Doordarshan in Raj Bhavans across the country. The Raj Bhavan in Mumbai will host citizens from Maharashtra who have been mentioned by the Prime Minister in previous editions of Mann Ki Baat along with other eminent personalities from the state.