Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation through his monthly radio programme, Mann ki Baat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on women in the ninth edition of his radio programme Mann ki Baat. Looking ahead at the coming Raksha Bandhan festival, he asked the people to do something special for women.
"Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, I urge you, please enroll the sisters who work for you, at your homes and in your fields, for the Rs 12 and Rs 330 social security programmes," he said.
The government's flagship life insurance scheme, which was launched last month, offers renewable one year life cover of Rs 2 lakh for a premium of Rs 330. The accident insurance scheme provides coverage of Rs 2 lakh for a premium of Rs 12 per annum.
Referring to an initiative started by a village sarpanch in Haryana, the Prime Minister also asked people to post selfies of themselves with their daughters on microblogging site Twitter under #SelfieWithDaughter.
In this context, he also mentioned the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative, asking people to post interesting tag lines. The most interesting tag line, he said, will be announced in a future edition of Mann ki Baat.
Haryana has the dubious distinction of being one of the states where female foeticide is rampant. In January, the Prime Minister had launched his Beti Bachao Beti Padao (Save the Girl Child, Educate Her) programme in the state.
In the 22-minute address, the Prime Minister also said the people have demonstrated that there is a will to work.
Since his address on the last Independence Day, in which he had appealed that toilets be built in every school, much has been done, he said. It meant building 4.5 lakh toilets - "it was ambitious to hope to finish a year something that had been pending for 60 years," he said.
Kaam Karti Sarkar' - this is how I see events of the past few days," he said. "If we decide to work on the principle of Sarvjan Sukhay Sarvjan Hitay (Universal Happiness, Universal Good) the government also functions well."
Citing examples, he said, "In the past few months, we have launched three welfare schemes. In a short span of time, over 10 crore people have joined them."