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[00:00:04] Indian Railways is the
[00:00:51] and how it leads to
[00:01:06] Nowadays, civilizations
[00:01:28] Namaste, welcome to this special country? We will discuss this. program in which we will talk about PM
[00:01:31] Modi's visit to Tamil Nadu, which is considered very important for the development
[00:01:35] of connectivity and the goal of self-reliant India. Prime Minister Modi has
[00:01:39] gifted development projects worth more than 13 thousand crore
[00:01:43] rupees in Chennai.
[00:01:45] budget was separate and These projects are related to various sectors including Metro Rail,
[00:01:48] Highways, Railways, Ports, Petroleum and Education. The biggest
[00:01:53] a break. Stay with DD News. thing is that he called the development of the country from the development of the
[00:01:55] state as the priority of his government, the mantra of his government. PM Modi
[00:01:59] said how big this message is and how the future
[00:02:04] the most environment-friendly and will be built with modern infrastructure. We will discuss this today. I am Ramatyagi, two special
[00:02:21] guests will join me. During his Chennai visit, Prime Minister Modi has given a big gift
[00:02:24] of development projects. He has launched and laid the foundation stone of development
[00:02:27] projects worth more than 13 thousand crores and also called the development
[00:02:31] of Tamil Nadu as the priority of his government. Now we
[00:02:41] Tamil Nadu, urban
[00:02:44] development is our big
[00:02:46] priority. If transportation is good, it
[00:02:50] increases the ease of living of people. In
[00:02:54] a decade, we have done a very big expansion of the metro
[00:02:57] network across the country. In
[00:03:01] 2014, metro was running in only
[00:03:05] five cities of the country. Today,
[00:03:09] metro services are
[00:03:12] operating in 25 cities
[00:03:16] of the
[00:03:17] than any station in the country.
[00:03:23] The Poonamallee-Vadapalani section of the second phase of the Chennai
[00:03:26] Metro Rail project is going to become a convenient medium to reduce
[00:03:30] the daily travel time of passengers. PM Modi, during his
[00:03:33] Tamil Nadu visit, laid the foundation stone of various development projects
[00:03:37] worth more than 13 thousand crore rupees and also inaugurated
[00:03:41] and dedicated them to the nation. These projects are related
[00:03:44] to various sectors including Metro Rail, Highways,
[00:03:47] Railways, Ports, Petroleum and Education. The foundation stone and inauguration
[00:03:50] of the projects today will be very important
[00:03:54] for the progress of Tamil Nadu. Today, in the country,
[00:03:57] port infrastructure
[00:04:31] will be there, then the world's ultra-large
[00:04:34] container vessels will also be able to reach
[00:04:37] here easily. This will help Tamil Nadu
[00:04:40] become a global hub of industry and transport.
[00:04:44] Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Sudha Gopalakrishna
[00:04:48] Brain Centre at IIT Madras to the nation. He launched
[00:04:51] the unique global scientific mission of this center. Its objective
[00:04:55] is to prepare a three-dimensional cellular level map of 100
[00:04:58] human brains in various stages of human life from the
[00:05:02] embryonic stage to old age. PM Modi said that
[00:05:06] the central government is fully committed to helping
[00:05:09] in the development of Tamil Nadu. We want to create
[00:05:13] a Tamil Nadu that continuously
[00:05:17] reaches new heights, and for
[00:05:19] this, whatever help is needed from
[00:05:23] the center, we are fully committed
[00:05:26] to stand with you.
[00:05:29] We will jointly
[00:05:33] realize the resolve of a developed India
[00:05:36] from a developed Tamil Nadu. PM Modi said that
[00:05:40] as the head of the government, he has completed 25 years.
[00:05:43] Before becoming Prime Minister, he had taken oath as the
[00:05:47] Chief Minister of Gujarat in October 2001. He said that
[00:05:50] India's progress is strengthened by its rich cultural
[00:05:53] heritage, scientific achievements and modern
[00:05:56] infrastructure. Prime
[00:06:00] Minister Narendra Modi has tried to reduce the distance between
[00:06:03] North and South India. This is the reason why
[00:06:07] the development that happens in the states with double engine
[00:06:10] government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also starts the same
[00:06:14] kind of development in those states where there is no BJP government.
[00:06:18] The goal is the same that if India is to be developed
[00:06:21] by 2047, then it is necessary that the states
[00:06:25] also walk hand in hand. Neeraj Singh, DD News, Chennai,
[00:06:29] with his colleagues Ankit, Nishant Rai and Vimlesh. So what are the implications
[00:06:32] of the Prime Minister's visit
[00:06:35] for Tamil Nadu and for the
[00:06:38] Two special guests are with us. Anil Kumar Khandelwal ji is with
[00:06:42] us, former member of Infrastructure Railway Board and
[00:06:45] Professor Ashwini Mahajan is with us, economic expert.
[00:06:49] We welcome both the guests. First of all, Professor Mahajan,
[00:06:53] we would like to come to you. The Prime Minister has given a gift
[00:06:57] of projects worth more than 13 thousand crores. He has given
[00:07:00] a very big message that how the development
[00:07:04] of the states will contribute to the development of the
[00:07:07] country and will fulfill the goal of becoming a self-reliant
[00:07:11] developed India by 2047. How big and what kind of a
[00:07:14] signal does this give that for the center,
[00:07:18] for Prime Minister Modi, the development of all
[00:07:21] states is important, without any discrimination?
[00:07:24] See, the first thing is that the
[00:07:28] country has to develop and Tamil Nadu is a
[00:07:31] very industrialized state, a state
[00:07:35] with high per capita income and the expectations
[00:07:39] of the people there are also similar. For that,
[00:07:43] civic amenities like metro are needed. Along with this, we
[00:07:47] also have to understand that being an industrial state,
[00:07:51] there are innumerable possibilities of export
[00:07:54] from there and for promoting that export,
[00:07:58] vessels with large containers should be able to
[00:08:02] come there and for this, the construction of ports is very
[00:08:05] important. This government has given important
[00:08:09] attention to infrastructure. Where in previous
[00:08:13] governments only about one or two lakh crore
[00:08:16] rupees were spent on infrastructure, today almost 12 lakh crore
[00:08:20] rupees are being spent in a year. So this
[00:08:23] is a big achievement, whether it is ports,
[00:08:27] rail, road or metro. Today we
[00:08:31] are seeing such a big expansion of metro as
[00:08:34] the Prime Minister said that metro was running
[00:08:37] in only five states, today it is running in 25
[00:08:41] states and almost 1100 kilometers of metro has been
[00:08:45] established till now. These are signs that are
[00:08:49] telling that in the future, we are moving
[00:08:51] towards a developed nation. What is the difference
[00:08:55] between America and India? And we are seeing that
[00:08:58] the metros of America or other countries have become old,
[00:09:02] they have not been improved, and in our country,
[00:09:05] new and new metros are being built, and citizens are also
[00:09:09] getting facilities. So on one hand, facilities for citizens
[00:09:13] and on the other hand, to promote global connectivity
[00:09:17] for industrial development, all these efforts
[00:09:20] that are being made, in that, the projects
[00:09:24] that have been dedicated to the nation
[00:09:27] today will have a very far-reaching
[00:09:31] impact, I think. Exactly.
[00:09:34] Khandelwal ji is also with us. Sir, we would like to understand
[00:09:37] from you, as we talk about roads, we talk about
[00:09:41] railways, we talk about various connectivity-related projects,
[00:09:45] the Prime Minister clearly stated that Tamil Nadu has to be made
[00:09:48] a hub of transportation and industry, for which this is
[00:09:52] very important. How comprehensive and far-reaching an impact do
[00:09:55] you see of this? Namaste ji, as
[00:09:59] the Prime Minister said, the infrastructure
[00:10:02] that develops is not just a transport system,
[00:10:06] it does not just provide transportation facilities,
[00:10:10] but it also gives a big thrust to the economic
[00:10:13] development of that place. The economic and social development
[00:10:17] there happens very rapidly. The
[00:10:21] metro rail is very
[00:10:24] important for urban transport. Just as
[00:10:29] lifeline for the country, similarly, metro rail is
[00:10:32] the lifeline for urban infrastructure, urban transport.
[00:10:35] And this gives a great thrust
[00:10:38] and boost
[00:10:42] to the
[00:10:44] economic development of that area. Metro in India started
[00:10:48] being built first, the first metro was on October
[00:10:52] 24, 1984. Today
[00:11:25] it is the third largest metro network in India
[00:11:28] and will soon become the second. And
[00:11:31] regarding quality, as our colleague mentioned,
[00:11:35] I had recently visited Germany and our metro
[00:11:38] infrastructure seemed much better than theirs when
[00:11:42] we compared it. So modern infrastructure is
[00:11:46] developing very rapidly. And
[00:11:49] currently, work is underway on almost
[00:11:51] 1000 kilometers in 29 cities.
[00:11:55] So we are going to become the world's
[00:11:59] second largest metro network very soon and
[00:12:02] this will accelerate the development here and
[00:12:06] will play a strong role in laying the
[00:12:09] foundation stone of our developed India by 2047.
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[00:12:59] Steel, strong country's
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[00:13:08] rebar. Welcome back after the break. Two special guests are with us.
[00:13:11] Professor Mahajan, as you were telling that the quality
[00:13:15] is also of global standard and when the whole world
[00:13:19] is struggling with challenges, India is presenting a solution.
[00:13:22] Prime Minister Modi also said in one of his speeches today
[00:13:25] that all the countries of the world now look
[00:13:29] towards India for solutions. So how big a change
[00:13:33] is this and how important is its role in this change,
[00:13:36] as we are constantly talking about infrastructure? If we talk
[00:13:40] about today, how much will it affect the economy of Tamil
[00:13:43] Nadu and how much will it help in boosting the economy
[00:13:47] of the whole country? As I said earlier
[00:13:50] that Tamil Nadu is such an industrial
[00:13:53] province where there are huge export possibilities.
[00:13:57] Already a lot of export is happening and
[00:14:00] we are seeing that there are many districts there
[00:14:04] like Tirupur and other districts from where
[00:14:07] a large amount of export also happens and
[00:14:10] in many cases Tamil Nadu,
[00:14:14] whether it is in the field of small MSMEs
[00:14:17] or other fields, is continuously making progress.
[00:14:20] I would like to say one more thing here
[00:14:24] that the way we are implementing large scale
[00:14:27] infrastructure projects, our companies and mostly
[00:14:30] our companies are doing it. We usually
[00:14:33] avoid Chinese companies and companies of other
[00:14:37] countries are not so capable of building infrastructure
[00:14:40] in our country. So in such a situation,
[00:14:43] our companies, whether it is L&T or many other
[00:14:47] companies, are building infrastructure all over the world
[00:14:50] and sometimes some opposition parties say
[00:14:54] that they have given too much importance to a particular company,
[00:14:58] but the same companies
[00:15:01] are building infrastructure on a large scale all
[00:15:04] over the world and are also pushing China out
[00:15:08] of it, because today's situation is that all
[00:15:12] the ports that are being built are being built by
[00:15:15] our own companies all over the world and China is being
[00:15:19] pushed out of its tendering.
[00:15:23] So our point is that we are
[00:15:26] achieving a big
[00:15:29] milestone in the field of infrastructure and our companies
[00:15:33] and our government's PV companies are also doing
[00:15:37] great work at this level. So whether it is
[00:15:40] ports, railways, roads, today we have such a large
[00:15:44] road network and in Tamil Nadu, roads are already
[00:15:48] very good, and when more roads are being constructed
[00:15:52] there, we can see its effect that for a
[00:15:55] developed nation, a developed state is necessary, and
[00:15:59] it is very important for us to showcase
[00:16:02] the already developed states. That is why it has
[00:16:06] also been seen that whether it is a government ruled
[00:16:10] by any party, despite that,
[00:16:12] seeing everyone with the same eye and trying
[00:16:16] to develop equally everywhere, this is also a big
[00:16:20] quality of the central government. Exactly, it is very important
[00:16:24] that every state participates in the race for development
[00:16:29] the development of individuals. Khandelwal ji, we would like
[00:16:33] to understand from you, as you gave a figure
[00:16:36] earlier, earlier, projects used to be delayed many
[00:16:40] times, promises were not fulfilled many times or they
[00:16:43] used to hang for many days. Now, as
[00:16:47] we talk about railways, all new projects, all
[00:16:51] modern infrastructure and the level of quality
[00:16:54] we are maintaining at a global level, what
[00:16:58] big vision is behind this and what kind
[00:17:01] of government policy has given speed and strength
[00:17:04] to these schemes? For the economic development
[00:17:08] of any country, its infrastructure, its logistic
[00:17:12] arrangement must be strong. This government has given
[00:17:15] special attention to this. Especially if we talk about
[00:17:19] railways, earlier the railway
[00:17:23] the capex that we could spend on projects
[00:17:26] for infrastructure was around this much. After the budget
[00:17:30] was merged in 2017, this capex kept
[00:17:32] increasing and today it has reached 3 lakh
[00:17:36] crore for railways. And railway is considered
[00:17:42] economic mode of transport, because the carbon
[00:17:45] dioxide emission in it is 1/9, roughly
[00:17:49] 11 grams per ton kilometer compared to
[00:17:53] 101 grams per ton kilometer in road transportation.
[00:17:56] Similarly, the transportation cost, its cost of
[00:18:00] transportation is also less than half. So
[00:18:04] thrust has been given to railway infra so that
[00:18:08] transport facilities can be provided and when logistic arrangements
[00:18:11] are good, industrial development will happen, economic development
[00:18:15] will happen. The logistic cost of India is roughly
[00:18:18] 14% right now. Compared to developed
[00:18:22] countries, it is very high, it should be in single
[00:18:26] digit, work is being done in that direction and
[00:18:29] now end-to-end infrastructure is being
[00:18:32] developed so that a link can be created from where
[00:18:36] production happens or where raw material is produced
[00:18:40] and where the final product is made. Transport corridors
[00:18:44] have been built for that and the main
[00:18:47] corridors of railways which are almost 11
[00:18:50] thousand kilometers, all of them are being
[00:18:53] made four-lane and six-lane. Just like the
[00:18:57] Golden Quadrilateral of roads was built,
[00:19:00] now the Golden Quadrilateral of railways is
[00:19:03] being strengthened, because in this Golden Quadrilateral,
[00:19:07] which is almost 16% of the entire network,
[00:19:10] more than 40-42% of matter is transported,
[00:19:14] men and material. So this is being strengthened
[00:19:17] and when infrastructure is strong, economic
[00:19:21] development will happen because the money spent on infrastructure
[00:19:25] reflects in the economy as a multiplier
[00:19:28] in six to eight or ten years. So
[00:19:31] when we look at India becoming the third and
[00:19:34] fourth superpower, a developed India, infrastructure
[00:19:38] development has special importance in it and India
[00:19:41] is working in that direction. We are spending
[00:19:44] almost 12 lakh crore which used
[00:19:48] to be one or two lakh crore as mentioned
[00:19:51] and this will definitely make us
[00:19:54] the third superpower and
[00:19:57] a big economic power in the world.
[00:20:00] We also have Ashwini Mahajan ji. Professor
[00:20:04] Mahajan, we would like to ask you, as Khandelwal
[00:20:07] ji talked about logistic cost, how important
[00:20:11] is it for it to be low and how much
[00:20:14] will today's projects reduce it? If it
[00:20:18] reduces, how much strength
[00:20:21] will it give to India's manufacturing capability and
[00:20:24] global competitiveness? See, in
[00:20:28] developed countries around the world, logistic
[00:20:31] cost remains up to 5-6%. Earlier,
[00:20:34] it was up to 14% here, but now it
[00:20:38] was 9% till last year and this year
[00:20:41] it has come down to 8%. And there
[00:20:45] are many things that contribute to this, in which
[00:20:48] infrastructure plays a very
[00:21:20] important role. And in terms of competition, when you
[00:21:23] talked about it, when our logistic
[00:21:27] cost will be 14% or 8%, you can
[00:21:30] understand that if we have come down from
[00:21:34] 14% to 8%, it means our competitive
[00:21:37] power has increased by 6%. Our goods
[00:21:40] are 6% cheaper, meaning we are in a
[00:21:44] position to sell cheaper than before, due to
[00:21:48] which our exports can increase. And this logistic cost
[00:21:51] is not only in the field of goods, our logistic
[00:21:55] cost also makes our other economic activities
[00:21:59] much better and if our competitive
[00:22:02] power increases in the country, then imports
[00:22:06] from abroad decrease. Not only do we increase
[00:22:09] exports, but we also create a power to
[00:22:13] reduce imports in our country. So overall,
[00:22:16] we are seeing that our infrastructure
[00:22:20] is improving both quantitatively and qualitatively, and
[00:22:24] our infrastructure, as mentioned earlier, is becoming
[00:22:28] better than global standards. And currently, only
[00:22:31] China is the only country where the railway line is
[00:22:35] more than ours, but even there, the railway
[00:22:39] line is not as useful as in our
[00:22:43] country. So, let's get a reaction from
[00:22:47] Khandelwal ji on this as well. Khandelwal ji,
[00:22:50] we would like to understand from you, as we are
[00:22:53] talking about all the infrastructure, especially railways,
[00:22:57] and connectivity, how much quality and simple
[00:23:00] facility have passengers got from this, and how
[00:23:04] much has this infrastructure increased employment opportunities?
[00:23:07] See, when the railway is
[00:23:11] working specially for the convenience of passengers,
[00:23:15] you saw Vande Bharat, which we have recently
[00:23:18] launched, the Vande
[00:23:20] Bharat Express, it competes
[00:23:24] world and the comfortable journey in it, perhaps
[00:23:28] many people have appreciated it after traveling in
[00:23:31] it. And the other two things are for
[00:23:35] the comfort of passengers, one is that the station
[00:23:39] should be improved and the other is that when we board the train,
[00:23:42] the rolling stock of the train should be good,
[00:23:46] clean and smooth running. So all the Indian
[00:23:50] Railways have currently launched the world's biggest infrastructure
[00:23:53] project at more than 1300 stations, in
[00:23:56] which roughly 600-700 stations have been completed
[00:24:00] and work is going on others. So these
[00:24:04] stations are not less world. Rani Kamlapati, and
[00:24:08] you must have seen that five stations have
[00:24:11] already been completed and Vande Bharat, around
[00:24:15] 180 services are running. Along with this, how
[00:24:19] many employment opportunities have increased, all the
[00:24:23] small industries that have come up along with
[00:24:26] it? Exactly, whenever any project
[00:24:30] is sanctioned, economic development takes place in that
[00:24:33] area, employment opportunities increase. If we sanction
[00:24:37] any project, when work happens
[00:24:40] in that area, local people there get work,
[00:24:43] get employment, and that develops that area.
[00:24:47] If we look at the USBRL project,
[00:24:50] Jammu and Kashmir project, where we all know
[00:24:53] the situation earlier, and today when
[00:24:56] our train project has been commissioned,
[00:25:00] there is a day and night difference
[00:25:02] in the economic, social and employment
[00:25:05] situation compared to
[00:25:07] before. All the young people there have
[00:25:10] now done welding, carpentry and engineering
[00:25:14] work in different places. They did
[00:25:17] it in that project, learned from there,
[00:25:20] and now they are doing it elsewhere.
[00:25:24] Whenever a project is sanctioned, local
[00:25:27] employment increases, demand increases there, steel,
[00:25:31] material, raw material, lorry workers, everyone
[00:25:35] develops and the employment situation improves. Exactly,
[00:25:39] it is very important in itself. A small
[00:25:41] reaction from Professor Mahajan, we would also
[00:25:45] like to take from you, how important
[00:25:49] is the Prime Minister's visit today from the
[00:25:52] perspective of a common man, if we look
[00:25:56] at income, employment and improvement in living
[00:26:00] standards? See, today we are
[00:26:03] talking about infrastructure, and through infrastructure,
[00:26:06] not only direct employment is created, but
[00:26:10] also if speed increases, more comfortable
[00:26:14] journeys happen or our goods
[00:26:18] can be transported easily, then due
[00:26:21] to that, the multiplier effect that was talked
[00:26:24] about earlier, that multiplier effect comes, and
[00:26:28] infrastructure has the most multiplier effect
[00:26:32] because through it, not only direct
[00:26:36] employment is generated there, but indirectly
[00:26:40] industries are built there, different
[00:26:42] types of service institutions are established
[00:26:46] wherever rail reaches, wherever roads reach,
[00:26:50] wherever infrastructure is built, employment and
[00:26:53] you see that it's not just infrastructure.
[00:26:57] There's also optical fiber infrastructure.
[00:27:01] In the old days,
[00:27:03] it was said that civilizations settle around rivers.
[00:27:08] are settling around roads, railways, optical
[00:27:12] fibers, ports. So, in essence,
[00:27:16] more people are settling
[00:28:39] Thank you very much Professor Mahajan and Khandelwal ji
[00:28:42] for joining us and participating in this important
[00:28:46] discussion. With this, this special program
[00:28:50] ends for now. Please allow me to
[00:28:53] say Namaskar. Prime Minister Narendra
[00:28:57] Modi laid the foundation stone of development projects
[00:29:00] worth more than 13 thousand crore rupees in
[00:29:04] Chennai and also inaugurated and dedicated
[00:29:08] them to the nation. These projects are related
[00:29:12] to various sectors including Metro Rail, Highways, Railways, Ports, Petroleum
[00:29:15] and Education, which will
[00:29:20] make the lives of local residents easier. Prime Minister called the development of the country from the development of the state as his mantra. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the metro service. He traveled from Porur Bypass Station to Poonamallee Bypass Station and back in the Chennai Metro. During the journey, he interacted with AI, startups and fintech professionals. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai. Jay Gopal Garodia Hindu School
[00:29:24] Matriculation Higher Secondary School's Golden Jubilee celebrations,
[00:29:27] the Prime Minister attended and inaugurated the school's innovation, AI School Lab
[00:29:31] and Atal Tinkering Lab. The Prime Minister said that today
[00:29:35] the world is looking for solutions and the youth of India have the ability
[00:29:39] to provide these solutions. The PM said that this is the time for the youth
[00:29:42] of India.
[00:29:45] India has strongly objected to the comments of the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner's
[00:29:49] Office OHCHR regarding the incidents that took place in Delhi yesterday.
[00:29:53] The Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement calling OHCHR's concerns
[00:29:56] inappropriate and unacceptable interference in India's internal
[00:30:00] affairs. India said that
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