People must make positivity viral: PM

NEW DELHI: Spreading negativity is fairly easy, but people must come together to make positivity viral, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday adding that collective efforts of the people have ensured that India achieved a lot in 2018.

Addressing the last episode of the year of his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address, he also said if the resolve is strong, hardships fail to turn into obstacles. “I sincerely hope that India’s journey on the path of advancement & progress continues through 2019 too. Taking her to newer heights with her inner strengths.

“...let’s come together to make positivity viral. I do believe that by doing so, more and more people will get to know about our heroes who brought a change in society. Spreading negativity is fairly easy. But some really good work is being done around us...,” Modi said. He said several websites are spreading positive news and people should share their links so that positivity can be made viral.

He noted that the year 2018 saw the launching of the world’s biggest health insurance scheme ‘Ayushman Bharat’.

“Electricity reached each and every village of the country this year. Noted world institutions have accepted that the country has taken strides in the area of poverty alleviation at a record pace. On account of the unwavering resolve of our countrymen, swachchata, the sanitation coverage, is rapidly advancing towards crossing the 95 per cent mark,” the PM said.

For the first time ever after Independence, the Tricolor was hoisted at Red Fort besides the independence day celebrations. This was done to mark the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Azad Hind Government, he recalled.