Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday led the Dussehra celebrations in the national capital and urged all Indians to take 10 pledges to help the country achieve its potential during its journey towards a 100 years of Independence, sketching a detailed framework that focuses on social and economic progress, fitness, health and sustainability.

Speaking at the Ramlila Maidan in Dwarka before firing the ceremonial arrow at the effigies, Modi laid out 10 resolutions for a “developed, self-reliant India” – saving water; pushing digital transactions; keeping one’s town clean; going “vocal for local”; doing quality work; touring all of India before embarking on foreign trips; promoting natural farming; making millets part of one’s diet; giving primacy to fitness and uplifting at least one poor family.

Vijayadashami is a festival of victory of justice over injustice, of humility over arrogance and patience over anger. It is also a day of renewing pledges,” Modi said in a speech in Hindi.

“As long as there is even a single poor person in the country who does not have basic facilities, no house, electricity, gas, water, no treatment facilities, we cannot sit in peace,” he said.

The Prime Minister underlined that India needed “to be cautious”, even as its fortunes rise after it completed 75 years of Independence.

“We have to keep in mind today that the burning of Ravana should not just be an effigy-burning. It should burn down every deformity that deteriorates societal harmony,” he said.