Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on June 29 that 42 lakh senior citizens voluntarily gave up their railway concession in the past nine months, while 1.25 crore families surrendered their gas subsidy since his request in 2015. He said this indicates that people were coming forward to contribute to nation-building amid an environment of honesty. In March 2015, Modi had urged the well-to-do people to give up the LPG subsidy voluntarily. He had said that doing so would enable the Union government to benefit the poor more.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on June 29 that 42 lakh senior citizens voluntarily gave up their railway concession in the past nine months, while 1.25 crore families surrendered their gas subsidy since his request in 2015. He said this indicates that people were coming forward to contribute to nation-building amid an environment of honesty. In March 2015, Modi had urged the well-to-do people to give up the LPG subsidy voluntarily. He had said that doing so would enable the Union government to benefit the poor more.