Modi said the "jan mann" (the attitude of people) had changed over the last 10 months since he took over and there was now an "atmosphere of trust" which was making things happen like the voluntary participation in Clean India campaign, rich people giving up LPG subsidy and bank accounts being opened for the poor.
Addressing a gathering of Indian community where Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife were also present, Modi exhorted the Indian diaspora to contribute to their home country's development by sharing their expertise and experience.
Taking an apparent dig at the previous governments, Modi said he had started a cleanliness drive in the country.
"Jinko gandagi karni thi, woh gandagi kar ke chaley gaye, par hum safai karenge (Those who had to create a mess, they have done so and left. We will clean it up)," Modi said, without elaborating.
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"Earlier, the country was known as 'scam-India'. We want it to be known as 'skilled-India'," he said while talking about the various initiatives taken by his government.
He said the people of the country have enough potential but they only needed an opportunity.
Modi said it was with the aim of strengthening the hands of the people of India that he was asking various countries to share their expertise and technology.
He said the march of development has already started over the last 10 months in a "transparent and corruption-free" environment.
In this context, the Prime Minister said while earlier two km length of road was being built per day, now 11 km is constructed in a day.