Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the countrymen to care for the environment, celebrate Ganesh Utsav in an eco-friendly manner, and encouraged youth to revive the spirit of serving the nation.

In the 46th episode of his monthly radio programme Mann ki Baat , Modi also remembered freedom fighters Lokmanya Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad and appealed to citizens to follow in their footsteps.

He also lauded athletes Hima Das, Ekta Bhyan and Yogesh Qathunia for their accomplishments in the face of adverse situations and conditions. “May you go further than these successes, keep on playing and keep on blooming,” Modi said.

SmartGaon App

Modi appreciated the joint efforts of Yogesh Sahu and Rajneesh Bajpayee, two IT professionals from Rae Bareilly who are now based in the US, in developing a SmartGaon App by using their professional skills.

This App not only connects villagers with the whole world, but now, villagers can obtain any information on their mobile phones.

“This App is actually bringing in a digital revolution in the village. With the help of this App, it has since become easier to record, track and monitor development work being done in the village," Modi said.

It packs in many features, including a phone directory, a news section, an events list, and the health centre and the information centre of the village.

“This App is very useful for farmers, and the grammar feature of the App and FACT rate among the farmers functions like a marketplace for their products,” he said.

Modi highlighted that it was the emotional attachment of these two professionals to their village that brought out the best in them in devising this App as they intimately knew the village and the challenges faced by it.

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