It was one year of 'corruption free' government: Sitharaman

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IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : May 30 2015 | 7:48 PM IST

Highlighting the achievements of the NDA government in the past one year, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the BJP-led central government was "corruption free".

"The first major achievement of this government is to provide one year corruption free government," she said while participating in a 'Talkathon' session.

The minister said the other achievements of the government are transparency in decision making and work and an accountable government.

"So, the distinctive features of this government are corruption free, transparency and accountable government," Sitharaman said.

In a live programme 'Talkathon', organised by the information and broadcasting ministry, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal along with Sitharaman interacted with netizens.

Twitter users can post questions on the social networking site which would be answered by the ministers in real time.

The Narendra Modi government completed one year in office on May 25.

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First Published: May 30 2015 | 7:08 PM IST

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