India, June 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday outlined his vision for the country and its place in the world, urging states to compete with each other and citizens to step up, even as he blamed the Congress for hurting development during its decades in power.

In an address at a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to mark his government completing 12 years in power and he himself becoming India's longest continuously-serving elected Prime Minister, Modi underlined his government's agenda for the middle class, stressed on the reforms undertaken by his administration and said that the current dispensation's India-first agenda had enabled quick decision making and futuristic planning, especially in critical sector...