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AatmaNirbharta: A mantra for
the masses
Self-reliance is giving leverage to our resolve to
make India a developed nation, which has now
become a mass movement.
We have to become self-reliant in the energy
sector. We should be self-reliant in the fields Today is also the birth anniversary of
of solar energy, wind energy, and various Maharishi Aurobindo. But we need to remember
other renewable energy sources like Mission the great man who gave a call for ‘Swadeshi to
Hydrogen, biofuel and electric vehicles. Swaraj’ and ‘Swaraj to Suraj’. This is his mantra. We
all need to think how long we will be dependent on
other people of the world. Can we outsource when
Speaking of the one lakh crore our country needs food grains? When the country
rupees PLI scheme people from decided that we will meet our food requirements, did
around the world are coming to India the country demonstrate it or not? Once we take a
to try their luck. resolution, it is possible. And, therefore, ‘AatmaNirbhar
Bharat’ becomes the responsibility of every citizen,
every government and every unit of society.
‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ is not a government agenda or a
government programme. This is a mass movement of
society, which we have to take forward.
For the first time after 75 years, the Made in India
cannon has saluted the Tricolour from the Red Fort.
Today natural farming is also a way Will there be any Indian who will not be inspired by this
of becoming self-reliant. Today the sound?
factories of Nano Fertilizer have I salute the way the army jawans have shouldered this
responsibility of self-reliance in an organized way and
brought new hope in the country. But with courage. The resolution of our country is not small
natural farming and chemical-free when the armed forces make a list and decide not to
farming can give a boost to self- import 300 defence products.
reliance. Today, new employment The nation's consciousness has been awakened. I
have heard from countless families that 5-7 year old
opportunities in the form of green children tell their parents that they do not want to play
jobs are opening up very fast in the with foreign toys. When a 5-year-old child makes such
country. India has opened up 'space' a resolution, it reflects the spirit of self-reliant India in
him.
through its policies. Be it the manufacturing of electronic goods or mobile
-Narendra Modi, Prime Minister phones, today the country is progressing at a very
fast pace. Which Indian wouldn't be proud when our
Brahmos is exported to the world? Today the Vande
Bharat train and our metro coaches are becoming
objects of attraction for the world.
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