Panaji, Nov 13:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that more than 50 per cent of MPs told him not to make PAN mandatory for buying jewellery.

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"You'll be shocked to know that many MPs asked me not to make PAN mandatory for purchase of jewellery worth Rs 2 lakh," Modi in a speech after laying the foundation stone of a new airport in Goa.

This was Modi's first public speech in the country after he de-monetized 500 and 1,000 rupee notes last week. (IANS)