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2022: Year of Willpower Cover Story
AATMANIRBHAR

THINKING OF THE BEST INDIA WITH THE
NEW CONCEPT OF TRICOLOUR
The self-reliance arising out of the national policy BHARAT
filled the sense of nationalism in the people of
the country because the future of new India has
been prepared with the new concept of three Corona put a brake not only on life but also on
colours of tricolour, the identity of Indianness. the pace of economic progress of the country,
Prime Minister Modi says on the importance so Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced
of the tricolour, “Saffron colour now inspires the AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package to
us to work hard for national security. White speed it up again. Finance Minister Nirmala
colour is now synonymous with 'Sabka Saath, Sitharaman presented the complete blueprint
Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, and Sabka Prayas' of AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package 1.0 worth Rs
and the green color today symbolizes India's 20.97 lakh crore in 5 phases from May 13 to
larger goals for renewable energy, to protect May 17, 2020. After this, on 12 October 2020,
the environment. From green energy to green AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package 2.0 of Rs 73
hydrogen, from bio-fuel to ethanol blending, thousand crores, and on 12 November 2020,
from natural farming to the cow Dhan scheme, AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package 3.0 of Rs 2
everything is becoming a reflection of this. And lakh 65 thousand and 80
the blue circle in the tricolor is today synonymous crores was announced.
with the blue economy. The immense marine The total worth of the
resources available to India, the vast coastline, three packages was
and our water power are continuously giving 29 lakh 87 thousand
impetus to India's development. crores. This is about
Continuing with effective measures in every 15 percent of the
general budget with long-term thinking and in country's total The total worth
every policy approach is the basis of the golden GDP. Many other of the three
and powerful India of 2047. Infrastructure is countries also
being modernized with the PM GatiShakti, issued economic AatmaNirbhar
and cities and villages are getting modern packages to Bharat packages
facilities. If the railways get new momentum, give a boost to was 29 lakh 87
then the movement on the mountains is being the economy. thousand crores.
facilitated by the mountain range projects. Japan released
Looking at the future with initiatives like digital an economic
education, PLI-Make in India, and keeping health package equal
in totality, the target has been set to keep people to 21.1% of its GDP, America 13% of its GDP,
healthy. AatmaNirbhar Bharat has got a new Sweden 12%, Germany 10.7%, Spain 7.3%,
base from the introduction of indigenous and and China 3.8% of its total GDP during this
modernization in the defense sector, from long- period. It is the result of the foresight of the
term solutions in agriculture. As this feeling central government in difficult times that after
becomes the character of every Indian, the the strict lockdown, when the GDP growth
future of India will become brighter and the call rate had gone down to -23.9% and economic
of AatmaNirbhar Bharat will take the resolve of a experts from all over the world had expressed
developed India towards fulfillment in the same apprehension of recession in our country,
way. Let us know how in the year 2022, how India that GDP growth rate in the third quarter with
is moving forward by taking the resolutions of a figure of 0.4%, it returned to positive figures
self-reliance towards accomplishment… while recovering in 'V shape'.

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