'Never cheat during exams. Cheat is cheap', says Modi in Mann Ki Baat

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held his monthly address to the nation, Mann Ki Baat at 11 am. This is the 28th edition of his monthly radio broadcast programme. Here what he said:

• Indian Coast Guards completing 40 years on Feb 1, 2017; I thank all jawans and officials for serving the nation: PM
• Never cheat during exams. Cheat is cheap: PM

• Root of problems are expectations, it is acceptance that makes things easy: PM
• Competing with others can make you unhappy&jealous. Complete with yourself and you will be energised and more determined to excel: PM Narendra Modi
• The exams that you'll give are a test of this year not of a lifetime: PM
• I will tell all students smile more and score more: PM
• A happy mind is the secret of a good mark sheet: PM Narendra Modi
• Consider exams as festival and pressure will convert into pleasure: PM

• We will observe a silence of 2 minutes on morning of 30 Jan to pay respect to martyrs who gave their lives for the nation: PM
• My condolence to the brave jawans who lost their lives due to avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir: PM

The prime minister talked to the youth of the country. He shared his thoughts with students who will be appearing soon for their board examinations. The exam will commence from March 9, a day after the last vote is cast in the assembly polls. PM Modi, last week, in a series of tweets, urged students, parents and teachers to share their experiences with him. “Urging students, parents & teachers to share their thoughts & exam season experiences. Their views will surely inspire so many others,” he tweeted. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) also said on Twitter that teachers, students and parents can share a memory or record video messages for the PM via MyGov open Forum. It is the first ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme of 2017 and before the budget 2017. In the last edition in December 2016, the prime minister urged the nation to move towards the digital economy and had announced lucky draw for those making digital payments. Election Commission's nod to Modi's radio programme 'Mann ki baat', but with riders The Election Commission has given a go ahead to the next episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann ki baat' programme to be aired on Sunday, with a condition that nothing be said to influence voters in the five poll-bound states. The government had approached the Commission seeking clearance for the regular radio programme as Model Code of Conduct is in force in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur which are going for Assembly polls between February 4 and March 8. The Commission has now cleared the programme, saying it has "no objection" to it from the point of view of the model code that is in force. It has also cleared the pre-broadcast publicity of the programme. The poll body said the clearance is "subject to the condition that nothing be said therein that may be construed as an inducement to voters or as having any impact in the election-bound states." The government had been approaching the Commission for clearance of the radio programme from the poll panel during assembly elections. (With inputs from PTI)