The government lays utmost emphasis on providing basic facilities to the poor, Prime Minister Modi said

The government has embarked upon a programme of 100 per cent empowerment of the poor through the saturation of welfare schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. He pointed out that the government has laid the utmost emphasis on the welfare of the poor and on providing basic facilities to the poor.

Prime Minister Modi was speaking at an event to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development initiatives during ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’ at Khudvel, a tribal region in Gujarat's Navsari.

This includes the inauguration of seven projects, foundation stone laying for 12 projects and Bhumi Pujan for 14 projects. These projects will help in improving water supply in the region, along with boosting connectivity and enhancing the ease of living.

Prime Minister Modi pointed out that in the last eight years, the government had succeeded in linking many new segments of people and regions with the development process and aspirations. He recalled how there was a time when poor, deprived, dalits, tribals, women and other vulnerable sections used to spend their entire lives meeting just the basic needs.

"Earlier, governments did not make development their priority. Most needy sections and regions were deprived of the facilities," he stated. “We treat being in government as an opportunity to serve”, he added.

Lives are changing through infrastructure, education, business, connectivity related schemes in the most far-flung areas, the Prime Minister said.