Mann ki Baat completes 50 episodes Sunday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio broadcast 'Mann ki Baat', which completes 50 episodes on Sunday, has in its previous episodes covered issues of social, national as well as international implication: education of the girl child, tackling exam stress, climate change and drug menace.

In October 2014, in the very first episode of the programme, PM Modi urged citizens to use at least one khadi product, saying it would help poor weavers.

A statement from the Prime Minister's Office issued Friday said that after the episode was aired, the sale of khadi products went up by 120 per cent.

The 'Mann ki Baat' programme is broadcast every month on the last Sunday on the All India Radio and the Doordarshan
PM Modi and then US President Barack Obama shared some personal stories and accounts and answered questions like "what makes you smile after a long day at work? or "did you ever think you would reach the position you have reached today?"