Our land has been an engineering laboratory : PM

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New Delhi : In his 47th episode of  ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on AIR, PM Narendra Modi on August 26, 2018, said that every language has its own significance, sanctity. India takes great pride in the fact that Tamil is the most ancient of world languages. We Indians also feel proud that from Vedic times to the modern day, Sanskrit language has played a stellar role in the universal spread of knowledge.

The PM said Sanskrit language and literature encompasses a storehouse of knowledge pertaining to every facet of life. Science & technology, agriculture and health, Mathematics & Management, economy and environment, the entire spectrum has been touched upon. It is said that our Vedas have detailed reference on Mantras,  on ways and means to counter the challenges of global warming. “You will be pleased to know that even today, residents of village Mattur in Shivamoga district of Karnataka use Sanskrit as their lingua franca,” PM Modi said, according to a PIB release. The PM extended his my best wishes to all countrymen on the occasion of Sanskrit Week.

“I was looking into the suggestions received for “Mann Ki Baat”. The subject about which most of the people from across the country have written is “Our revered Atal Behari Vajpayee,” the PM said.

As soon as the people in our country and abroad heard of the demise of Atalji on 16^th August 16, 2018, everyone drowned in sadness. He was a leader who gave up his position as Prime Minister fourteen years ago. In a way, he was cut-off from active politics for the last 10 years. He was neither seen in the news nor in public life. Ten years is a huge gap but on August 16 our country and the whole world witnessed that there was not a gap of even a single moment in the commonman’s heart. The wave of love and faith that spread across the nation is an indicator of his great personality, PM Modi said. People remembered him as the best member of Parliament, sensitive writer, best orator and most popular Prime Minister and will continue to remember him. The country will ever remain grateful to Atalji for bringing good governance in the main stream, he said.

” India will remain ever grateful to Atalji for bringing the 91^st Amendment Act, 2003. This change brought about two important changes in India’s politics. First one is that the size of the cabinet in states was restricted to 15% of the total seats in the state Assembly. And the second one is that the limit under the Anti -Defection Law was enhanced from one-thirds to two-thirds. Besides, clear guidelines were defined to disqualify the defector,” the PM said.

“It was during his tenure that the timing of presenting the budget was changed. Earlier, as was the British tradition, the Budget used to be presented at 5 pm because in London, Parliament used to start working at that time. In the year 2001, Atalji changed the time of presenting the budget from 5 pm to 11 am. One more freedom-the Indian Flag Code was framed in Atalji’s tenure and it came into effect in 2002,” he said.

“The monsoon session of Parliament ended just a few days back. You will be glad to know that the productivity of Lok Sabha remained 118 percent and that of Rajya Sabha was 74 percent. All the members rose above party interests to make the Monsoon session most productive and this is why Lok Sabha passed 21 bills and in Rajya Sabha fourteen bills were passed. A number of important bills beneficial to the youth and the backward classes were passed during this session,” the PM said.

“All of us have seen houses and buildings being constructed of bricks and stones but can you imagine that about twelve hundred years ago, a giant mountain which was a single stone mountain was given the shape of an elegant, huge and a unique –temple –this may be difficult to imagine, but this happened and that temple is Kailash Nath Mandir in Ellora, Mahrashtra. Would you believe if someone tells you that about a thousand years ago, an over sixty metres tall pillar of granite was built and another granite rock weighing about 80 tonnes was placed over its top. But, Brihdeshwar temple of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu is the place where this unbelievable combination of Engineering and Architecture can be seen. Anybody will feel overawed on seeing Rani Ki Vaav of the 11^th Century in Patan in Gujarat. Our land has been an engineering laboratory, ” the PM said.