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PM flags off Badarpur-Faridabad Metro Line, says govt fulfilled promise on OROP

India Blooms News Service | | Sep 06, 2015, at 10:00 pm

Faridabad, Sept 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared that the respect for armed forces veterans and those who laid down their lives for the nation is paramount for the country.

Recalling his promise of delivering One-Rank, One-Pension for the armed forces personnel, the Prime Minister said, "The Union Government had fulfilled this promise, with the announcement made on Saturday."

He said that the cost of implementing this promise would be around Rs. 8000 crore to Rs. 10,000 crore, which was significantly higher than some estimates that had been made earlier.

The Prime Minister was speaking after inaugurating the Badarpur-Faridabad Metro Line at Faridabad.

Modi regretted that it had "become a fashion to politicize every decision taken by the Union Government for the progress of the country."

Asserting that no one should mislead the jawans and the people of the nation, Modi said that "The country would progress not through Raj-neeti (politics), but through Rashtra-neeti (nationalist policies)."

The Prime Minister said that a significant proportion of army jawans were from Haryana, and therefore, the announcement of OROP would contribute significantly to Haryana's economy.

Reiterating that development is the solution to all problems, Modi said the Union Government is taking all steps for India's development.

He said the whole world had recently faced economic difficulties, but India's economy had stood firm.

He added that all State Governments and the Union Government had to move forward shoulder to shoulder. He reiterated his Government's resolve for Housing for All by 2022.

The Prime Minister travelled from Central Delhi to Faridabad, and back, by metro.

In the course of the journey, he interacted with several people, especially youth, who were also travelling on board the metro train.

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