PM also stresses on Jal Jeevan Mission and pitches for population control
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Thursday was full of big bang announcements like appointing a Chief of Defence Staff(CDS), 20 years after a review committee on the Kargil War had suggested it, and the setting aside of ₹3.5 lakh crore for a Jal Jeevan Mission for water conservation.
The announcements followed a summing up of what his government had accomplished in its first 75 days, a blitzkrieg pace that he said he would keep to in future.
The demand for CDS was raised after a review of the conduct of the Kargil War, during the time of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government. The appointment of a CDS would have far-reaching ramifications for defence preparedness and co-ordination among the three services.
Seeks people’s support
“Just as I called upon the country to join the Swachchta Mission to make India Open Defecation Free, I ask that you join the Jal Jeevan Mission which cannot succeed unless people participate on a mass level,” he said.
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