Mann Ki Baat: PM highlights public health gains, grassroots change, dwells on Emergency anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today highlighted India’s public health milestones, growing grassroots participation and women-led development efforts, while reflecting upon the 50th anniversary of the Emergency.

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In the 123rd edition of his monthly talk show Mann ki Baat, PM Modi recalled the nationwide enthusiasm surrounding the 10th International Yoga Day, observed on June 21. He noted in detail the wide-scale participation across the country and abroad, with the headline events in Visakhapatnam witnessing three lakh people perform yoga, and 2,000 tribal students conducting 108 Surya Namaskars.

Similar events were held in Telangana (featuring 3,000 Divyang participants), on the Chenab Bridge in J&K, aboard Indian Naval ships, and in cities across the world including New York and Paris, Modi said while stressing that “this time the theme was also very special, 'Yoga for One Earth, One Health’. This is not just a slogan; it is a direction which makes us realize the essence of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'. | am sure, the grandeur of this year's Yoga Day will certainly inspire more and more people to adopt yoga.”

He lauded the World Health Organisation's recent declaration of India as Trachoma-free, attributing the achievement to improved sanitation and access to clean drinking water under initiatives such as the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Jal Jeevan Mission.