10 points from the Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat address on 29th October 2017

Team MyGov

June 10, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s direct interactions with the people of India is on the minds of billions who await keenly for his views, thoughts and ideas to take our nationahead. His address is filled with an amazing integrity that is unique to the Prime Minister himself and mirrors the Mann Ki Baat of people from all walks of life..

In the October episode of Mann Ki Baat, the Prime Minister spoke in detail about his Diwali experience. He spoke about the importance of Chhath celebrated across the country. He further added that he had a memorable experience celebrating Diwali with the soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gurez sector.

Here are 10 key takeaways from PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address:

Celebration of Chhath signifies profound bonding with nature as it includes worship of nature.
On the day of Dhanteras, the Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan store in Delhi recorded a massive sale of Rs 1 crore 20 lakhs.
Against last year, this year saw a rise in the total sales of Khadi and Handicrafts by 90%
More than 18 thousand Indian security personnel have served in UN Peacekeeping Operations all over the world. Till August 2017, Indian soldiers had served in around 50 of the total of 71 peacekeeping operations carried out by the UN all over the world.
28^th October was Sister Nivedita’s 150^th birth anniversary, who inspired by Swami Vivekananda had selflessly served humanity.
To maintain a healthy lifestyle free from lifestyle disorders, children should be made to play in open grounds, preferably accompanied by elders.
After winning the Asia Cup hockey title, India has become the Asia Cup champion after an interval of ten years
An NGO called Ecological Protection Organization initiated a cleanliness drive at Chandrapur Fort in Maharashtra. In this campaign that went continuously for two hundred days, people cleaned the fort uninterruptedly
2019 will be celebrated as the 550th PRAKASH VARSH of Guru Nanak honoring his ideals and teachings.
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel on the 31^st October, a Run for Unity will be organized throughout India, which will see the participation of children, youth, women and people of all age groups.