PM Modi On Setting Tough Targets And Meeting Them

Fancy cars. Foreign trips. But not paying enough tax? Prime Minister Modi has a message for you.

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00:00We have bought so many cars and so many people are abroad.

00:07The situation is that in our country of more than 130 crores,

00:14only 1.5 crore people pay income tax.

00:30We have joined the few countries in the world

00:40where the Taxpayers Charter, which clearly defines the rights of taxpayers, will also be implemented.

00:50There is no taxpayer charter in the developed countries of the world.

00:58The French government is continuously trying to make the country a tax compliant society.

01:08In the last 5 years, more than 1.5 crore cars have been sold in the country.

01:19More than 1.5 crore, and I am talking about expensive cars.

01:24More than 3 crore Indians have gone abroad for business.

01:36Remember the figure.

01:38We have bought so many cars and so many people are abroad.

01:44But the situation is that in our country of more than 130 crores,

01:53only 1.5 crore people pay income tax.

02:01Now India's goal is to expand its economy to 5 trillion dollars in the next 5 years.

02:11This goal is not easy, but it is not impossible.

02:20Friends, today India's economy is worth 3 trillion dollars.

02:28So many informed people are sitting here.

02:32I want to ask you a question.

02:36Have you ever heard that the country had a goal of reaching 3 trillion dollars?

02:45Never.

02:47In 70 years, we have reached 3 trillion dollars.

02:53In 70 years.

02:55First, no one asked the question, why did it take so long?

03:00And no one gave an answer.

03:03Now we have a goal.

03:05We are also facing questions.

03:08And to achieve this goal, we are willing to sacrifice our lives.

03:18This is also a big difference between the previous government and our government.

03:25It is better to set a difficult goal and try to achieve it than to go ahead in a directionless manner.