New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday in the Parliament that he would never end the MNREGA scheme as it was a living example of the previous UPA government's mistakes.

Here are the highlights from his speech:

Corruption has ruined the nation and we shouldn’t discuss this issue through a political prism
MNREGA living example of UPA's mistakes
We trying to address "old" problems which we inherited
I don't claim that whatever work has been done was done in 9 months only
SC directed to form SIT on blackmoney,wasn't formed for 3 years even after SC's ruling, we passed proposal in our 1st Cabinet meet
No one should think we are talking about black money because we are vindictive
Issue is not whether names of schemes have been changed or not, but the issue is problems which need to be addressed
We should encourage our farmers for soil testing, this will also increase employment opportunities for youth in laboratories
Per drop, more crop" is what we want to focus on
Our retired Govt employees are supposed to give proof of their living for pension, can't we change such systems?
We announced Jan Dhan Yojana on August 15, we completed the project well in time
There is a need of 4.5 lakh toilets in schools, out of which 1.5 lakh new toilets need to be built
Lot of discussion is going on land acquisition. When the act was made we walked shoulder to shoulder with youIn an era of co-operative federalism can we become arrogant? Should we not listen to the CM of all the States?
If you think there is anything anti-farmer in the Land Acquisition Bill, I'm ready to make changes.
Scope of development in the Northeast is immense. It can become organic capital. I am visiting the Northeast very often