No place for 'middlemen' in my govt, every paisa reaches poor: Modi

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Press Trust of India Jujwa (Guj)
Last Updated : Aug 23 2018 | 4:50 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said every paisa of a rupee released by his government reaches the poor as there is no place for middlemen and asserted that his endeavour is to provide every Indian family a home of its own by 2022.

In an apparent jibe at former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's famous comment about only 15 paise of every one rupee released by the Centre reaching the targetted beneficiary, Modi said, "If one rupee is released from Delhi, the entire 100 paise (now) reach the house of the poor."

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First Published: Aug 23 2018 | 4:50 PM IST

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