New Delhi, April 26 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India's fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic is people driven.

Here are the key highlights from PM Modi's address to the nation:

* In future when it will be dwelt upon in hindsight; when ways and means will be reflected upon, I do believe that India’s people driven fight will also be touched upon

* A vast country such as India, with its proactive endeavor on the path of development is fighting a decisive battle against poverty. This is the only medium it possesses to fight the Corona and triumph over it

* All of you are tuned into this episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat ‘during the lockdown. Matters close to your heart; your own Mann Ki Baat, comprising a number of issues has reached out to me

* Collective applause, Thaalis, lamps, candles are reflective of a rising sentiment that has inspired countrymen to be altruistic, motivating each and everyone on the way

* From food for the underprivileged, arranging rations, ensuring lockdown, arrangements in hospitals to manufacturing medical equipments indigenously.. the entire country is marching ahead together in the same direction, towards a single common objective

* Everyone is putting up a fight, as per one’s capacity and ability. There are some who are waiving off rent; there are others depositing entire amounts received through prizes and pension in PM Cares Funds

* Friends, the feeling that emanates from the core of your heart when you help others , that touching, benevolent emotion takes the form of inner strength in India’s fight against Corona, making it people driven in every sense of the term

* These days we regularly see on the social media that during the lockdown, people are not only remembering these colleagues and helping them with their needs, but are also writing about them with great respect

* We feel that during the fight against this pandemic, we have been accorded an opportunity to look at our lives, our society and the happenings around us, with a fresh perspective. There is a far-reaching change in the viewpoint of the society