PM congratulates Indian cricket team for their wins against Pakistan & Bangladesh & conveys best wishes for the match today. #MannKiBaat



- PMO India (@PMOIndia) March 27, 2016

I believe that FIFA Under-17 World Cup is a big chance for us to present brand of India on global level: PM Modi #MannKiBaat



- ANI (@ANI_news) March 27, 2016

Full speech: PM Modi's 'Mann ki Baat'

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised India's performance in the World T20 matches and wished the team ahead of its match with Australia.In his monthly radio address ' Mann ki Baat ', the Prime Minister also spoke about hosting the Under-17 soccer world cup next year and said it is a great opportunity for branding the country at the international level, for which immense awareness needs to be created within the nation.During the 30-minute programme, PM Modi talked about how the government is developing all the five places associated with Dalit icon B R Ambedkar on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary which falls on April 14.The Prime Minister, who greeted the nation on the occasion of Easter, spoke about various other issues including asking students to develop some skills during their vacations and urging people to work for defeating diabetes and eradicating TB from the country.With the water table dropping substantially in some parts of the country, the Prime Minister said the government is constructing five lakh 'farming pools' even as he urged people to resort to water conservation methods like creating small reservoirs.He also asked the farming community to use less fertilizers and more modern technology, like the Farmers' App, for their benefit.Under MNREGA also, efforts are being made to conserve water, he said, as he pitched for a people's movement for saving water.