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Addressing a joint sitting of both Houses, President Droupadi Murmu said Tuesday: "By 2047, we have to build a nation that will be connected to the pride of the past and which will have all the golden chapters of modernity. We have to build an India that will be 'Aatmanirbhar' and capable to fulfill its humanitarian duties."

'Garibi Hatao is not just a slogan anymore': President Murmu

While addressing a joint sitting of both Houses, President Droupadi Murmu said Tuesday: "Garibi Hatao is not just a slogan anymore. My government is working to have a permanent solution to the problems of the poor and empowering them. My government has awakened the aspirations of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Now that basic facilities are reaching them, these people are able to see new dreams."

'More than Rs 27 lakh crore have been provided to crores of people': Murmu

"With complete transparency, more than Rs 27 lakh crore have been provided to crores of people. A World Bank report states that with such schemes and systems India was able to save crores of people from dropping below the poverty line during Covid," President Droupadi Murmu said while addressing the joint session of Parliament.