Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India is about to start the world’s largest vaccination program, a day after the country formally approved the emergency use of two vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). .
“The whole country is in debt to all the scientists and technicians,” Prime Minister Modi said while addressing the National Metrology Caucus by videoconference.
Prime Minister Modi also dedicated the National Atomic Time Scale and Bhartiya Nirdeshak Dravya to the nation, laying the foundation stone for the National Environmental Standards Laboratory. The Union Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, was also present on the occasion.
Launching the Make In India program, PM Modi said: “We do not want to fill the world with Indian products, but we must win the hearts of all Indian products customers in all corners of the world. We have to make sure that ‘Made In India’ must have global demand and acceptance ”
PM Modi also asked scientists from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to discuss and talk with students from educational institutes in the country and share their experiences. “CSIR scientists must interact with more and more students in the country, share their experiences from the coronavirus period and the work done in this field of research with the new generation,” said PM Modi.
This will help them prepare a new generation of young scientists in the coming tomorrow, he added.
The Prime Minister praised India’s position among the top 50 countries in the world in the Global Innovation Ranking and said that basic research is also emphasized in the country today. “In any progressive society, research is key and effective. Its effects are commercial, social, and help broaden our focus and thinking. The past teaches us that the more a country concentrates on science, the more its technology becomes stronger. This technology in turn helps new industries and promotes research. This cycle takes the country forward, “said Prime Minister Modi.
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