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<keyword id="19896016" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-delhi" source="keywords">New Delhi</keyword>, Prime Minister <keyword id="19895781" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="narendra-modi" source="keywords">Narendra Modi</keyword> said on Sunday that his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast will not be aired for the next three months in line with political decorum in view of the upcoming <keyword id="19895394" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="lok-sabha" source="keywords">Lok Sabha</keyword> polls. In the 110th episode of the programme, he said there is a possibility that the <keyword id="20218678" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="model-code-of-conduct" source="keywords">Model Code of Conduct</keyword> will be enforced in March as it was done during the last polls as well, a reference to the expected announcement of the election schedule sometime next month. It is a big success of the programme that it has been kept away even from the shadow of the government during its 110 episodes, he said, asserting that the broadcast has been dedicated to the country's collective strength and achievements. "It is a programme of the people, for the people and by the people," the prime minister said. "When we meet the next time, it will be 111th episode of the Mann Ki Baat," Modi added, noting the auspiciousness associated with the number. What can be better than this, he said. The prime minister has frequently expressed confidence of retaining power in the elections. The programme was deferred before the 2019 general elections as well.

No 'Mann ki Baat' broadcast for 3 months in view of polls: PM Modi

<ul><li>More than a day has passed since the New York Times report saying the Indian government bought the spyware from Israel and there is very little in terms of response from the government. </li><li>It shows that either the government doesn’t take lying as a serious charge or it has little material to defend itself and neither of the two is a good show on an elected government in a democracy. </li><li>Check out more stories from the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/bi-newsletter">Simply Put series</a>, Business Insider’s uniquely simple explainers on the hottest news topics every week and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/newsletters_signup.cms">sign up</a> for the weekly newsletter if you like.</li></ul>At first, about six months ago, the question was whether the spyware was used by the Narendra Modi government to trace and track the dissenters. Now, after the New York Times investigation, the first question to be answered is whether Modi's ministers lied to the Parliament. And, the government’s silence on the New York Times charge that it bought Pegasus spyware is eerie. The Prime Minister gave his frequent radio address, called the Mann ki Baat, on January 30, but there was no mention of the Pegasus issue. The opposition is likely to launch a high decibel protest, demanding a response from the Modi government in the Parliament when it opens for <a href="https://businessinsider.in/budget">the Budget session this week</a>. A minister of the Modi government, Ashwini Vaishnaw, had denied the snooping charge in Parliament saying India was not one of the buyers of the Pegasus spyware. The Ministry of Defence backed it up saying it didn’t do any transaction with the NSO Group that sells Pegasus. The government lawyer maintained a similar stance at the Supreme Court of India as well, but the court did not find it convincing. These were some of the court’s observations after the government’s response to the charge that it used national security as an excuse to illegally monitor its detractors: <ul><li>There has been no specific denial by the Centre. Thus, we have no option but to accept the submissions of the petitioner and appoint an expert committee whose function will be overseen by the Supreme Court.</li><li>There is no clear stand from the government. There is a serious concern of foreign agency involvement by surveilling Indians.</li><li>The Solicitor General had suggested that many such reports are motivated. However, such omnibus oral submissions cannot be accepted.</li></ul> Given the Modi administration’s response in the preceding months, the implication of the latest New York Times report is that the Modi administration lied both to the Parliament and the Supreme Court. It’s a charge similar to the Watergate scandal in the United States that toppled the Richard Nixon administration in the early 1970s. Even Subramanian Swamy, a member of Parliament from Modi’s own party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has raised a similar question. <div type="twitter" handle="Swamy39" handlename="Subramanian Swamy" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1326823978174910465/lBQbS0ZX_normal.jpg" favoritecount="15368" retweetcount="4437" status="Modi government must rebut New York Times revelations today that It did indeed subscribe by payment from tax payers… https://t.co/gBWw1J1jfV" createdat="1643424463000" id="1487256113187721217"></div> The New York Times report has alleged that the Indian government under Modi did buy the spyware from Israel as part of a $2 billion purchase of defence equipment. The report also connected this purchase with India supporting Israel at a United Nations (UN) forum ⁠— <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/israel-palestine-conflict-here-is-how-india-has-voted-in-un-over-the-years-6956341.html">a shift from its long-standing support for the Palestinian cause</a> ⁠— to deny a Palestinian human rights organisation an ‘observer status’. More than a day has passed since the latest report and there is very little in terms of response from the government or the Prime Minister. So far, there is a tweet from a junior minister for civil aviation and road transport and highways, General VK Singh, who has called the New York Times ‘supari media’. Taking a Supari ⁠— the Hindi word for betel nut ⁠— is a colloquially used to describe a hit job. Syed Akbaruuddin, India’s former permanent representative to the UN, <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/utter-rubbish-ex-diplomat-syed-akbaruddin-on-nyt-pegasus-report-citing-indias-un-vote-2736819">has ‘rubbished’ the link</a> with India’s stance in support of Israel against Palestinians. Other than these, there isn’t another official word on the matter so far. Considering the seriousness of the charge, it would be fair to expect that the Prime Minister would have defended the government in his Mann ki baat address to the voters today. But he didn't. <div type="Youtube" id="WdprihSHmmQ" title="PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat with the Nation, January 2022" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WdprihSHmmQ/mqdefault.jpg"></div> There are two ways to look at it. Either team Modi doesn’t take the charge of ‘lying to Parliament’ seriously. It’s not a good show on an elected government in a democracy that it doesn’t take offence to being called a liar, especially in the Parliament. Or, it doesn’t have enough material to defend itself. An expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court, led by a former judge RV Raveendran, is already <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/supreme-court-of-india-verdict-on-pegasus-spying-case-appoints-a-retired-judge-committee-for-probe/articleshow/87299281.cms">looking into the snooping charges</a>. If the three-member panel arrives at a conclusion that there was illegal supervision, it could automatically imply that the tool i.e. Pegasus was purchased by the government. A clean chit from the Justice Raveendran panel would be a good thing for Modi and his government but it isn’t here, at least not yet. Meanwhile, ignoring the charge of lying, or wishing it away, is not an option. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/pegasus-google-reveals-how-the-sophisticated-spyware-hacked-into-iphones-without-users-knowledge/articleshow/88383175.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Google reveals how the sophisticated spyware Pegasus hacked into iPhones without user’s knowledge</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/budget/news/rupee-is-likely-to-weaken-against-the-us-dollar-in-2022-as-per-experts/articleshow/89218673.cms">Experts say the rupee is likely to weaken against the US dollar this year</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/budget/news/budget-2022-indian-government-can-help-zomato-swiggy-uber-and-ola-can-increase-salary-of-delivery-partners-and-drivers/articleshow/89180404.cms">There’s a way government can prod Zomato, Swiggy, Uber and Ola to increase salaries of delivery partners and drivers</a>

Simply put, the charge on the Modi government is that it lied to the Parliament about buying Pegasus spyware and it must respond

In the first <keyword id="6364850" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mann-ki-Baat">Mann Ki Baat</keyword> session of 2016 yesterday, Indian Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> announced a new mobile number, which would allow people to listen to the broadcast any time on their mobile phones after giving a missed call. 
 
The new number announced by the PM is 8190881908, and it has already received over four lakh missed calls from Indian citizens who want to subscribe to the service. 
 
"We had 4 lakh missed calls till late evening...over 25,000 calls came in the first hour itself after the broadcast ended... the number is rising," a senior government official told ET. 
 
As per sources, the new number is provided so that the reach of the Mann Ki Baat programme can be widened, even to the remote areas of rural India. "If someone is not able to tune in at 11 am on the last Sunday of the month to listen to the Mann Ki Baat, the option the person has is to go to the Internet and listen to the broadcast on a sound cloud. But that presumes a person has a good quality Internet connection. Many in rural India, our farmers, do not have it. But mobile penetration in India is very high. Leaving a missed call on the number will trigger an integrated outbound calling solution with the caller getting a call to listen to the Mann Ki Baat," the official explained. 
 
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New number of PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat receives over four lakh missed calls in a day

PM <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword> in his first “Mann Ki Baat” post the demonetization drive has cited Kenya`s M-Pesa as an example of an ideal cashless economy. 
 
While most of the country still suffers, 20 days after demonetization, it is great to see that alternatives have already started springing up. 
 
From digital wallets bringing up more merchants online to banks declaring turning villages into digital economies, solutions have started being implemented. 
 <keyword id="6354923" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vodafone-India">Vodafone India</keyword> recently took steps to ensure that its 8.4 million M-Pesa customers can encash their digital money from specified outlets. 
 Unlike Paytm wallet, <keyword id="1827369" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vodafone-M-Pesa">Vodafone M-Pesa</keyword> is like a banking agent, which facilitates financial services on behalf of others to enable a customer to go to specified outlets and get cash of same worth if they need it. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Flipkart-retained-its-number-one-position-during-the-sale-period/articleshow/55700624.cms">To avail, customers </a>need to carry an identity proof to their nearest <keyword id="15492" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vodafone">Vodafone</keyword> M-Pesa outlet from where they are able to withdraw money in line with RBI guidelines. 56% of M-Pesa outlets are in rural areas so the impact of demonetsation will be lessened on M-Pesa users. 
 
Vodafone M-PESA currently has the largest business correspondent network in the country. According to the company, the distribution network of M-Pesa is almost equal to the total Banking presence in India. 
 RBI has granted “in-principle” approval to Vodafone M-Pesa for setting up a <keyword id="2324069" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Payments-Bank">Payments Bank</keyword> just like Paytm. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/EXCLUSIVEThe-startup-investor-at-India-Quotient-reveals-the-most-lucrative-sectors-for-investment/articleshow/55703277.cms">ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE:The startup investor at India Quotient reveals the most lucrative sectors for investment</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/cashless-Gujarat-village-Akodara-and-heres-my-takeaway-from-what-I-saw/articleshow/55668912.cms">In emerging market like India, where many consumers have access to mobile devices but no access to a bank account, </a>Vodafone M-Pesa enables financial inclusion and offers convenience of a digital wallet for easy transactions, its unique cash out feature enables users to digitise cash, remit it to family and friends, pay bills and/or withdraw it at their convenience. 
 Vodafone M-Pesa has also partnered with several government bodies for enabling direct transfer of wages and subsidies – M-Pesa is enabling last mile Government Subsidy distribution and is actively engaged with multiple state governments in the direct benefit transfer of subsidy, <keyword id="6354432" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="pension">pension</keyword> and salary disbursement under <keyword id="164903" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Janani-Suraksha-Yojana">Janani Suraksha Yojana</keyword>, MNREGA, Pension Transfers, Health Mission (<keyword id="6392095" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="NRHM">NRHM</keyword>), MNREGA, Pension disbursements in <keyword id="41646" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Haryana">Haryana</keyword> and Tie-up with <keyword id="3496729" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajasthan-Grameen-Aajeevika-Vikas-Parishad">Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad</keyword> (RGAVP) 
 
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Unlike Paytm, Vodafone's M-Pesa is allowing you to withdraw cash using your phone

Modi's stern warning to tax evadersPrime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> on Sunday used his ' <keyword id="6364850" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mann-ki-Baat">Mann ki Baat</keyword> ' radio programme to deliver a stern message - don't evade taxes and come clean by September 30. Modi also used the platform to mount an attack on the <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> to mark the 41st anniversary of the declaration of Emergency. 

	 
	"In our big cities, when we see some of the houses that are worth crores, there seems to be some discord. Some people make well over 50 lakh rupees a year, but don't declare it. They do this to avoid paying their taxes. I am calling on all of them to come forward and declare their true incomes and pay their taxes by September 30," said PM Modi in the radio address. 
	 

	"There will be no leniency after that," he added. Modi also touched upon criticism that his 'Mann ki Baat' programme has been facing, saying such criticism was possible only in a democracy. He then attacked the Congress over the Emergency, calling its declaration the darkest moment for India's democracy. "All the rights of citizens were taken away. The country was turned into a prison. Many political leaders like <keyword id="6385361" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jayaprakash-Narayan">Jayaprakash Narayan</keyword> were thrown in jail," he said. 
	He then said democracy was India's biggest strength and called for it to be strengthened. 
	 

	PM Modi touched on a number of other topics in his monthly radio address. He expressed pride over the three lady officers who have become the first batch of women fighter pilots. 
	 He expressed pride over the fact that none of them were from the metro cities, or even the capitals of their respective states.He also congratulated ISRO for its achievement of launching 20 satellites in a single stroke, and expressed pride over the SATYABAMASAT and SWAYAM, the microsatellites built by the students of Chennai's <keyword id="3444822" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="satyabama-university">Satyabama University</keyword> and Pune's College of Engineering respectively. He also praised the country's scientific community for its efforts in working towards a better India.

Come clean by September 30: PM Modi's stern warning to tax evaders

Prime Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Why-Indias-New-Prime-Minister-Is-The-Most-Impressive-Person-Of-2014/articleshow/45629784.cms">Narendra Modi</a> wants to know your <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/5-best-SelfieWithDaughter-from-the-pages-of-history/articleshow/47866598.cms">Mann ki Baat</a> for his next <keyword id="6364850" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mann-ki-Baat">Mann ki Baat</keyword> episode to be aired on Prasar Bharati on July 26. The popular programme started this January has talked on issues like child foeticide to raksha bandhan. 
 
At Business Insider, given the opportune moment of the ongoing Monsoon session of the Parliament, we list for you 5 issues that should most definitely be discussed. 
 
1.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Its-not-the-era-of-golden-silence-PM-Modi-Speak-up-before-it-istoo-late/articleshow/48018074.cms">Vyapam scam</a> -More than 25 people died mysteriously in two years, not a single person convicted! What is more shocking is <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>’s deafening silence around all of it. Will Vyapam case ever be solved with the head of the country showing a tight-lipped attitude towards it? We want to know what is in your ‘Mann’ about this. 
 
2.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Happy-and-Gay-in-India-Sec-377-could-soon-be-abolished/articleshow/47878073.cms">Gay marriage</a> - After Greenland, Finland and Ireland, United States became the fourth country in 2015 to legalise gay marriage and in all the 50 states. Individuals to big brands and companies celebrated this as a red letter day in US history. That reminds us that we are still far behind in liberating LGBTQ community from the shackles of the ruthless society. This can only happen if we start talking about it. We are waiting to know your Mann ki Baat on it. 
 
3. Digital India- Narendra Modi bedazzled all on July 4 by launching a portal in a stadium, a first in the whole world. What was sad the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Challenges-of-Digital-India-Some-heads-up-for-Narendra-Modi/articleshow/47959238.cms">challenges</a> of the “e-governance projects lying dormant for years repackaged as #DigitalIndia” remained unaddressed at the end of the day. It is an earnest request to Modi to please tell the world how they are going to solve the challenges so that this noble initiative is not added to the list of fake promises made by Prime Ministers. 
 
4. Road safety Bill- With Modi’s Rs. 14000 crore road connectivity plan, road safety bill still awaits to be passed. Trapped in the bureaucratic battle of the different players in the game are the citizens who use this death trap for commuting. The nation is becoming impatient; we want some confirmation of actions now! 
 
5. Reservation in education- Since Modi has come across as a Prime Minister who is exploring those areas which his predecessors dared to think, education quotas would be the perfect issue to work upon next. It is high time that you appeal to the citizens to face the brutal truth that quotas are pulling down the progress in education and take necessary steps. Talking about quotas, caste quotas are not the only one by the way, there is the whole ruckus of management quota as well. 
 
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5 Topics that MUST be discussed by Modi in ‘Mann ki Baat’

"I have an exam tomorrow," Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> said today referring to presentation of General Budget in Parliament as he gave a pep talk to motivate students appearing for board exams for which he even roped icons like <keyword id="6354267" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sachin-Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</keyword> and Vishwanathan Anand. 

	Modi said he was "full of confidence" ahead of his "examination" by 125 crore people, a trait which he wanted students to emulate when they appear for their examinations for Class X and XII starting Tuesday. 
 In his monthly radio programme '<keyword id="6364850" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mann-ki-Baat">Mann Ki Baat</keyword>', he emphasised that students should appear for the exams with a "positive approach" having free and calm mind without any anxiety. He also asked parents not to put pressure on them. 

	In this context, he cited his example in the context of presentation of Budget which all the countrymen closely monitor and analyse.
 

	"Friends, your exams are starting. I too have exam tomorrow. The country's 125 crore people are going to take my examination," the Prime Minister said, while pointing out that Budget is being presented tomorrow.
 

	"But you must have seen how healthy I am feeling, how full of confidence I am. Let my exams take place tomorrow and yours day after and may all of us succeed so that the nation succeeds...Move ahead with a free mind, without any tension of success or failure," he said in his 35-minute programme.
 

	To lay stress on a positive and tension-free approach, Modi roped in Sachin, Anand besides Bharat Ratna scientist C N R Rao and spiritual leader Murari Bapu, whose messages were played during the programme. They gave their own examples of how they approached their exams in their respective fields, keeping tension aside.
 

	Underlining that "positive approach" and "positive frame of mind" help in all aspects of life, the Prime Minister talked about himself and said when he comes across some issues which he is not familiar with, he concentrates to deal with them.
 

	"Sometimes I feel tension within. Then I feel that I should relax a bit so that I feel good. So I have developed my own technique. I do some deep breathing. I take deep breath three times, five times. It may take a few seconds but my mind becomes ready to deal with the situation with a calm mind. This may be my experience but this may help you too," he told the students.
 

	Modi, a practioner of yoga, also referred to this art and mentioned how it helps in improving concentration and strengthening inner peace. 
 

	To motivate the students, the Prime Minister also invoked Thomas Alva Edison, who invented electricity, and J K Rowling of Harry Potter fame, saying their success had possibly come after many failures.
 

	"There is success in failure too" if there is a positive approach, he said, while asking students to have dedication, determination and diligence to achieve success. 
 

	Giving example of Sachin, Modi asked students not be burdened by expectations of others but set their own targets with "free thinking, free mind and independent capability".
 

	He told students that nobody can stop them if they set out to break their own records.
 

	The students should link their efforts to acheive big goals like Sachin and even if the targets are not achieved, do not be demoralised but try harder, Modi said. 
 

	Sachin, in his message played during the programme, said, "I understand that exams are starting in a few days. Many of you must be tense....I want to say that your thinking needs to be positive, then positive results will follow. So be positive. God will give you good results... Write the exams with free mind and results will be good."
 

	He said there will be many expectations of the students from their parents, teachers, family members and friends who all will keep enquiring about their preparations and their expected percentage. 
 

	"I will only say that you yourself set your targets and don't come under pressure of expectations of others. Work hard but set a realistic achievable target and try to achieve it," said the cricket icon.
 

	Giving his own example, he said, "When I played cricket, there were many expectations from me. In the last 24 years, there have been many tough moments and at times good moments also. But people's expectations kept rising with time. So I had to find a solution. I thought that I will keep only my expectations and set my own targets.
 

	"If I am able to achieve those targets, then I am able to do some good for the country... I always focussed on the ball and with time my targets were achieved.
 

	Emphasising that students should have sound sleep before appearing for exams, the Prime Minister said himself sleeps less, which was his "shortcoming" and he was trying to rectify it.
 

	"I agree that sleeping on time and deep sleep are as important as other activities during the day. I am lucky that I sleep less but I have deep sleep. This helps," he said.
 

	Underlining the need for discipline and focus in life, Modi gave the example of world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand, saying his concentration is always intense when he plays the game and checkmates others, like Arjun's target of the eye of a fish.
 

	Anand asked students to have good sleep, eat well and be calm when they appear for examinations. 
 

	"It is important not to put too much pressure on yourself, don't keep your expectations too high. Just see it as a challenge... Don't be over-confident. But don't be pessimistic either," he said.
 

	Modi added that if a person lacks confidence, then there is no peace within, which affects work. 
 

	Rao asked students to decide what they want and try to achieve it through their "doggedness, dedication and tenacity. With all these qualities, you will succeed in all examinations and all other endeavours."
 

	The Prime Minister noted that the country today celebrates the National Science Day to commemorate the announcement of Nobel Laureate C V Raman's discovery 'Raman Effect' in 1928.
 

	This year's theme is 'Make in India Science and Technology Driven Innovations', he said as he pitched for innovation.
 

	He also said that Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) was being established in India, becoming only the third country in the world to have it.
 

	He lauded the Indian scientists for being part of the recent discovery of Gravitational Waves which had confirmed Einstein's theory.

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