I have tried to adopt the strategy of 'Reform, Perform and Transform'; tried to avoid populism, said the Prime Minister while addressing the nation from Red Fort on the occasion of Independence day. Modi said, his government had managed not only to change people's mindsets towards state-run enterprises but also helped companies like Air India, BSNL and Shipping Corp to make operational profits. "Air India was notorious for incurring losses.

My government succeeded in bringing Air India back to a situation where it is logging operational profits. Public sector companies were always seen as ones that make losses and eventually close down. We changed this mindset. We managed to bring several public sector companies out of the woods," he said. The onus is on the 125 crore people of India to convert this 'Swaraj' into 'Surajya'. From Parliament to panchayats, gram pradhans to the prime minister, everyone has to fulfill their responsibilites. Only then will the dream of surajya come true.

He said that in the case of Shipping Corp of India, no one thought it could ever make profits. The Prime Minister said, his government had decided to complete around 118 projects worth Rs 7.5 lakh crore of previous government which were pending for years. "My government was giving importance to the projects started by the previous government and had created a group to review the pending programmes," he added. It's easy to keep account of the work done by the government, but it is difficult to have in-depth knowledge of those initiatives. Today, more than 'Karya', I want to talk about 'Karya Sanskriti' of the government he said.