Chenna Reddy of Acharya Nagarjuna University, while interacting with our Correspondent, Dr. Thus Mann Ki Baat programme is very much useful". Prime Minister is identifying the right persons and interacting with those in the Mann Ki Baat and thus through mouth publicity, many get inspired from the programme.
"Mann Ki Baat is a very good programme, where there is a lot of information about welfare schemes of the Government. Gopal Rao, a regular radio news listener, speaks about the salient features of Mann Ki Baat. After my retirement, instead of having my own happy life with the retirement benefits, I have deposited all the money in the Sukanya Samridhi Yojana for the benefit of the poor children. I have been providing financial assistance from my salary to some poor girls in their education. I thought of doing something for the poor girls who try to continue their education. "Several poor girls due to financial problems stop their education in the middle. Speaking on Mann Ki Baat and how he is inspired by Prime Minister's address in the Programme, a retired Government employee from Markapuram, Ram Bhupal Reddy, told AIR News Prakasham District as to how he makes use of his retirement benefits. Mann Ki Baat programme is not only popular in urban areas, but also quite popular in agency and fishermen belt in Andhra Pradesh.
He also spoke about Meera Shenoy who is doing remarkable work in the field of Market Linked Skills Training for rural, tribal and disabled youth. More than 9000 rural entrepreneurs associated with it are providing their services to rural consumers. Today, One-Bridge is present in more than 75 districts of southern and eastern India. Mr Modi also mentioned Madan Padaaki who created a platform named One-Bridge in 2014 to promote rural entrepreneurs. Mr Shridhar is encouraging rural youth to do something in this area while staying in the village itself. He is a successful entrepreneur, who has now taken up upon himself to groom other entrepreneurs. Mr Modi gave the example of Sridhar Vembu who recently received the Padma Award. He said there are many such mentors in India who have dedicated themselves to promote Start-ups.
He said a good mentor can take a start-up to new heights… and guide the founders towards right decision. The Prime Minister emphasised that right mentoring is very important in the Start-Up world. He said that this shows that in India, one who has an innovative idea can create wealth. He happily noted that India's start-up ecosystem is not limited to just big cities but entrepreneurs are emerging from smaller cities and towns as well. The Prime Minister pointed out that Indian Unicorns are diverse and operating in many fields such as E-commerce, Fin-Tech, Ed-Tech, and Bio-Tech. The average annual growth rate of Indian Unicorns is more than those of the US, the UK and many other countries. He stated that even during the pandemic, Indian start-ups have been creating wealth and value. Mr Modi said forty four Unicorns came up last year and 14 more were formed in 3 to 4 months this year. A Unicorn is a start-up worth at least 7.5 thousand crore rupees. AIR Pics Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed pride that the number of Unicorns in the country has reached one hundred.Īddressing the nation in his Mann Ki Baat programme's 89th edition on All India Radio, Mr Modi said the total valuation of these Unicorns is more than 330 billion dollars, which amounts to more than 25 lakh crore rupees.