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79th Independence Day | NATION

Amrit Mahotsav
celebrations on 75

years of independence Meri Maati Mera Desh
The ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ campaign is an example of
To celebrate 75 years of independence how the youth of India can unite and achieve every goal.
with grandeur, the Azadi Ka Amrit Under this campaign, youth from every village, every
Mahotsav was started from Sabarmati street joined, and countless Indians put the ‘Maati’ of
Ashram on 12 March 2021, inspired their courtyard and farm in the Amrit Kalash. Eight and
by the Dandi March. The festival a half thousand Kalash from across the country reached
concluded on 31 October 2023, on the the Kartavya Path on 31 October 2023. Under this
birth anniversary of Sardar Patel. Indian campaign, crores of Indians took the pledge of Panch
expatriates and people from more than Pran.Why only ‘Maati’? A poet has said-
150 countries also participated in the
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for more than 2 years. Under the festival, जि�सके बल पर आमि�� यग से,�ानव चलताा आया।
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about 2.25 lakh small and big programs यह तारी सभ्यताा संस्केमिता, इस पर ही अवलमिबता,
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Modi had said, ‘Move forward for Make in India. in the world, while loans worth more than Rs 60 lakh
We will not make such a product that has defects, crore have been given in Standup India to promote
so that it is not recalled from the world market. We entrepreneurship. In 2016, the Pradhan Mantri
will make such a product that has zero effect or no Ujjwala Yojana was launched to provide free LPG
negative effect on the environment.’ Keeping in mind connections to the poor. This scheme has proved
the need to give emphasis to manufacturing, Make to be a big step in providing smoke-free kitchens to
in India 2.0 was started after a review. To provide more than 10 crore beneficiaries. Even after 70 years
access to financial streams to poor citizens of the since independence, there were 18,000 villages
country, Prime Minister Modi started the Pradhan where there was no electricity. Electricity has been
Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana, the objective of which was provided there. The government is moving forward
to open bank accounts for every Indian. The trinity on the promise of giving a concrete house to crores
of Jan Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile made it easier to send of people, and till now, the Prime Minister’s vision of
benefits directly to the account. ‘Housing for All’ is being fulfilled by giving more than
In the year 2015, Startup India and Standup India 4 crore houses.
were also announced by PM Modi in his Independ- Not only this, it was ironic that even after 7 decades
ence Day address. Today, with more than one lakh of independence, only 3.23 crore rural houses had
startups, India is the third-largest startup ecosystem tap connections. A large population in the villages

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