{"id":27549,"date":"2016-10-23T05:05:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=27549"},"modified":"2016-10-23T05:05:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T05:05:12","slug":"narendra-modi-hints-at-strikes-against-black-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/narendra-modi-hints-at-strikes-against-black-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi hints at strikes against black money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using the analogy of surgical strikes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wondered what would have happened if the government had adopted similar strategy in the recent campaign against black money, which saw declaration worth Rs. 65,000 crore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe gave some time to those who had generated black money (to declare it). You will be happy to know that Rs. 65,000 crore in black money came into mainstream with payment of tax and penalty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNow think, Rs. 36,000 crore that was leaking has been stopped [by direct benefit transfer], and Rs. 65,000 crore of black money is unearthed, together it is Rs one lakh crore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27552\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Balckmoney_.jpg\" alt=\"Balckmoney_\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd this Rs 1 lakh crore has been brought back without launching surgical strikes,\u201d Mr. Modi said, invoking the term used for the recent operation by the Army against terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. \u201cIf we do surgical strikes [in this area], you can imagine what all will come out,\u201d the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Modi said he had put up a sustained fight against corruption since he took charge. \u201cAgainst corruption, without much publicity I have put up a sustained fight. Government\u2019s assistance [now] goes directly in the bank accounts of beneficiaries, cutting out middlemen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just by ensuring that the right person gets the benefit and wrong person cannot take it, we have saved Rs 36,000 crore, which used to leak in the form of (subsidies for) gas cylinders, scholarship, pension,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27553\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/modi-handicapped_3054701f.jpg\" alt=\"modi-handicapped_3054701f\" width=\"636\" height=\"614\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Modi, speaking at a camp to distribute \u2018assistive devices\u2019 to over 8,000 \u2018Divyangs\u2019 or differently-abled persons here, also criticised past governments for not doing enough for the disabled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After distributing the aid devices, the Prime Minister said, \u201cKnowingly or unknowingly, this country has remained insensitive towards the Divyangs. The government buildings only had facility for healthy persons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We launched Sugamya Bharat mission, so that government buildings, hospitals, platforms are built in such a way that they have access facility for the Divyangs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the analogy of surgical strikes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wondered what would have happened if the government had adopted similar strategy in the recent campaign against black money, which saw declaration worth Rs. 65,000 crore. \u201cWe gave some time to those who had generated black money (to declare it). 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