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President's Address Nation
entire world. When the world has been battling the
GOOD GOVERNANCE IS AT THE CORE economic consequences of the great crisis, India
OF TRANSFORMATION WITNESSED IN got its act together and is now moving forward. India
HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, ECONOMY AND is among the fastest-growing major economies in
the world.
SEVERAL OTHER RELATED SECTORS
LEARN ABOUT FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES
The aim of these and many other similar efforts is to
Democracy not only grew roots in this soil, it was provide basic amenities to all, particularly the poor.
enriched too. The keyword for India today is compassion; for the
downtrodden, for the needy, and for those on the
ENCOURAGED THE BEST PRACTICES OF margins. Some of our national values have been
DEMOCRACY incorporated in our Constitution as the Fundamental
In most other well-established democracies, women Duties of the citizens. I appeal to every citizen to
had to wage long-drawn struggles to get the right know about their Fundamental Duties and follow
to vote. But India adopted universal adult franchise them in letter and spirit so that our nation reaches
right since the beginning of the Republic. Thus, the new heights.
makers of modern India enabled each and every
adult citizen to participate in the collective process
of nation-building. IT IS OUR RESOLVE THAT BY THE YEAR 2047,
WE WILL FULLY REALIZE THE DREAMS OF OUR
'AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV' DEDICATED TO
THE MASSES FREEDOM FIGHTERS.
In March 2021, we began the ‘Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav’ with the re-enactment of the Dandi WOMEN ARE MOVING AHEAD OVERCOMING
March. This way, our celebrations began with a EVERY HURDLE
tribute to that watershed event which had put our Gender inequalities are reducing and women are
struggle on the world map. This festival is dedicated moving ahead, breaking many glass ceilings. Their
to the people of India. increasing participation in social and political
processes will prove decisive. At the grassroots
15 NOVEMBER- TRIBAL PRIDE DAY level, we have more than 14 lakh elected women
Forgotten for long were many heroes and their representatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions.
struggles, especially among the peasant and tribal They can achieve great success if given the right
populations. The government’s decision last year opportunities. Our daughters are the biggest hope
to observe 15th November as ‘Janajatiya Gaurav for the nation. From becoming fighter pilots to
Divas’ is welcome because our tribal heroes are not space scientists, our daughters are scaling great
merely local or regional icons but they inspire the heights.
entire nation.
TAKE A PLEDGE TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS SURPASS THOSE OF FOR THE NATION
MANY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES When the environment is facing new challenges, we
We launched the biggest vaccination drive in human must remain determined to preserve all that makes
history with vaccines manufactured in the country India beautiful. Conserving water, soil and bio-
itself. Last month we crossed the 200-crore mark diversity is our duty towards our children. Whatever
in cumulative vaccine coverage. In combating the we have got today is because of our motherland.
pandemic, our achievements have been better than We should pledge to give everything we can for the
those of many developed countries. The pandemic sake of the safety, security, progress, and prosperity
has uprooted lives and also economies in the of our country.
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