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PM Narendra Modi to change 'scam India' image to 'skilled India'

New Delhi: In his first speech in a Parliament discussion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today presented his plan to change the country's image from "Scam India" to Skilled India." The leitmotif was inclusiveness.Speaking extempore in

The prime minister indicated that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) could be restructured for better management of agricultural produce.

On the issue of corruption, the prime minister said the state must be policy-driven and non-discriminatory. He said there should be minimum grey areas in policy and maximum use of technology.

He said FIRs against MPs should be decided within a period of one year with the help of the Supreme Court so that the guilty can be convicted and the innocent absolved - and the stain is removed from the august Houses of Parliament. Indicating his Government's resolve in this regard, he said an SIT on black money, which had been pending for two years, had already been formed.

Referring to the speeches made during the two-day debate in the Lok Sabha which lasted over 12 hours and saw participation of 52 members, Modi said use of modern technology in farming and proper management with the help of real-time data will help curb food inflation.

Modi said Mahatma Gandhi had converted the urge for freedom among people into a people's movement.

"There is need to make a people's movement for good governance," Modi said and added that everyone should feel that the task he or she was doing was "for the country."