 You have done very effective work in Manrega, in this Panchayat and I would like to congratulate you for it. 5,000 people have got work here over the last 3 years and you have spent 10 crore rupees under the program and aim to spend 14 crores this year. And you have been innovative, you have done lots of water conservation and helped in building basic infrastructure here as well. So I am very happy to come here and see that you are successfully implementing Manrega. And with your permission, I would like to tell you a little bit about Manrega from the national perspective. You of course see it from a local perspective and you see the impact of Manrega in your daily lives. But Manrega was not an easy thing to achieve. And as you know Manrega was conceptualized, developed and implemented by the UPA government. And I remember when the idea was first mentioned and I was one of the people who was involved from the beginning, there was tremendous resistance to the idea of Manrega. And the arguments that were put forward by the bureaucrats, by big business were basically that this is going to be a huge waste of money. So I want to explain a little bit about what Manrega actually is. In any modern country, the idea of a minimum wage is critical. Meaning what is the lowest cost at which a laborer is made to work? Because as we know that cost, that price determines the dignity of labor. And those of us who were pushing Manrega were pushing the idea that no Indian person should be allowed to work for less than a certain wage, a dignified wage. Before Manrega used to be a minimum wage, but no one really used to bother about the minimum wage. So Manrega provided a floor below which nobody would be asked to work. And this frankly was a revolutionary change in India. But the other idea of Manrega was that Manrega should be an evolving idea. A dynamic changing idea that guarantees a floor below which no Indian person should ever work. The other part of Manrega was that we should use our people to build infrastructure. And the idea was to build India with dignity. So it was designed to protect our people. And in no way was it a dole or charity. I was shocked in the Lok Sabha when I heard the Prime Minister speak against Manrega. And he called it a living monument of the failures of the UPA. He called it a drain on the extractor and a dole to poor people. And it made me realize that the Prime Minister actually had not understood the depth of Manrega. He had not understood that Manrega had forever transformed the Indian labour market. And he had not understood that Manrega was for millions and millions of Indian people the last resort and a huge protection. And I was watching during Covid when thousands and thousands of people were left without work and Manrega saved them. So I felt the Prime Minister did not comment about Manrega then. And he does not comment about Manrega any more. Because it became obvious that what he had called a monument of the failures of the UPA was actually what protected India during Covid. Another very important aspect of Manrega is that it is a partnership. It should be a partnership between the government, between the people and the panchayats. And as I said, Manrega has to evolve with the times. Today with demonetization, with the flawed GST, our economy is crippled. So Manrega becomes even more important in providing protection to our people. And a huge part of Manrega is listening to the people who are involved in Manrega. So the government should seriously listen to the demand of increasing the number of days of Manrega. 200 days of employment. Seriously considering raising the wage of labourers and you are suggesting 400 rupees per day. Expansion of Manrega program to include Paddy cultivation. So as I said, the idea of Manrega has to evolve and it has to be linked to current prices. And I think we also have to think and particularly in the Congress party we have to think about how to apply the principles of Manrega to the urban economy. And the idea must be how do we ensure dignity of labour to our people. If it requires 400 rupees a day for our labour to work in a dignified manner, then that is what we should think about doing. But it is important to realise that Manrega is only one part of the solution. It is like a shock absorber in a car. It can protect you from shock. But if the engine of the car doesn't work then the shock absorber is useless. And the engine is the broader economy. The engine is the creation of jobs. The engine requires harmony in society. And these are some of the challenges that India is facing today. And none of these challenges will be solved through hatred and anger. So we have to work unitedly to solve these problems. I would like to thank you once again for inviting me here and giving me the honour to speak to you. I am very proud of the work that you are doing here and this is actually the work of building the nation. I am proud of the work that you are doing here and this is actually the work of building the nation. Unfortunately our friends in the media would rather show other things on the media than the actual work of building the nation. They prefer to talk about cricket, about bollywood. So thank you very much and all the best and please remember that we are here to support you in any way possible.