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It is not only the big things that

will make India self-reliant.
Indian-made clothes, handicrafts,
electric appliances, mobiles, and
similarly in every single field, we
have to raise this pride. The first
condition of self-reliance is to be
proud of the things of our country,
to be proud of the things made by
the people of our country. When

every countryman takes pride,
when every countryman joins,
then self-reliant India becomes
a national spirit, not just an
economic campaign.
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT CAMPAIGN LENDS
VOICE TO INDIAN ASPIRATIONS

India's resolve for the AatmaNirbhar Bharat
campaign is best visible in India achieving
self-reliance in PPE kits and N-95 masks
production. At the time of the onset of the
PROMOTION OF SWADESHI IN Covid pandemic, both these things were not
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT produced on a mass level in India. But after
Prime Minister Modi made a call, alongwith
THROUGH GEM PORTAL. ABOUT the help of the private sector India emerged
1.5 LAKH WEAVERS AND 28000 as the second-largest producer of PPE kits

CRAFTSMEN ARE REGISTERED ON IT. in the world. N-95 masks, which we used to
earlier buy from other countries are sold on a
large scale. Today India is the second-largest
producer of mobile in the world.
Indeed, in the new world that has emerged
after the Covid crisis, India has taken a
resolve to carve a niche for itself through the
path of self-reliance. In such a situation, while
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