Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes out against appeasement and vote bank politics and says that things have now changed in India. I want to create a neo-middle class to accelerate development.

While addressing Council on Foreign Relations in New York, he said: My government wants to create a balance among agriculture, manufacturing and services. We are bringing labour reforms. Seeing the mandate we have got, we feel it is imperative to take India on the path of development.

I will invite experts on environment from across the world to clean up Ganga.

There is a need to take the challenge of terrorism seriously. Sad that many countries could not understand the ugly face of terrorism.

Replying to questions on trade facilitation issue, he clarified that food security is first for India, but trade facilitation and food security can co-exist.

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