Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the coronavirus pandemic threw a host of challenges and upended lives, but it also taught India...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the coronavirus pandemic threw a host of challenges and upended lives, but it also taught Indians an important lesson of self reliance.
In this year of the pandemic, people consciously shifted to “Made in India” products, the prime minister said in the last episode of his “Mann ki Baat” radio programme for 2020. “This is a big change in the thought process,” he added. “This is a living example of a major transformation.”
“There were challenges, but we learnt new lessons,” the prime minister added. “We saw the spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat [self-reliant India] in 2020.” Modi said the people of India took many steps to become vocal for local. “Our manufacturers are also thinking about making top quality products. This will boost the efforts towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat.”
The prime minister urged citizens to find Indian alternatives for foreign products. “I appeal to you to make a list of goods of daily use and analyse which imported articles have unconsciously become part of our lives and made us their captive,” he said. “Let us find out their Indian alternatives and resolve to use products produced by the hard work of Indians.”
Modi gave the example of Jammu and Kashmir, where he...
