Chandigarh / Auckland [New Zealand], May 3: President of New Zealand Guru Ravidas Sabha, Ram Singh Chonkria said that the nine years of PM Modi s leadership have marked the new dawn for the growth and development of Dalits and backward communities in India. PM Modi during the last nine years has provided have taken a number of policy decisions that have led to the socio-economic development of these communities in India. Long pending issues of various minority communities like the opening of the Kartarpur corridor and abolition of triple talaq were resolved. The government has introduced the Central Sector Scheme of National Overseas Scholarship to facilitate students belonging to SC/ ST categories study in top universities abroad, said Ram Singh Chonkria.