Mann ki baat: Narendra Modi's 31st radio address at 11 am on Sunday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address his 31st Mann ki Baat at 11 am on Sunday. The prime minister’s monthly radio address will be would also be broadcast through YouTube channels of Prime Minister’s Office’s YouTube channels and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting along with national TV channel DD News.

The address which takes place on the last Sunday of every month has Modi speaking on two to three topics every time.

Last time around, the prime minister’s  largely revolved around the fight against black money. He spoke against the menace of black money and urged Indians to adopt digital mode of payment. He also wished Bangladesh on their national day and paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the 100th anniversary of the Champaran Satygraha.

“My dear countrymen, we must take our fight against black money and corruption to the next level. …. We should contribute towards reducing the use of cash, of currency notes,” the prime minister had said in his 26 March address.

Asking the people to pay school fees, buy medicines or items from fair price shops or purchase air and train tickets digitally, he had said “we can do this in our day to day lives. You can’t imagine how you can serve the country in this way and become a brave soldier in the fight against black money and corruption.”

Observing that the budget had announced that there would be 2,500 crore digital transactions this year, he said if 125 crore countrymen can resolve, “they need not wait for a year; they can do it in six months.”

Expressing gratitude to the people, Modi had said that over the last few months the country has witnessed an atmosphere in which people in large numbers have participated in the digital payment, ‘Digidhan’ movement.

“There has also been an increase in curiosity about cashless transactions. The poorest of the poor are making attempts to learn, and people are gradually moving towards doing business without cash. There has been a surge in various modes of digital payment after demonetisation,” he had said, adding that the Bharat Interface for Money app or BHIM, launched about two and a half months ago, has already been downloaded by one-and-half crore people.