In his latest ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address for 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to make a New Year’s resolution to replace foreign-made products with indigenous products in 2021 “for the good of the country. “.
Mr Modi also called on manufacturers to ensure that products made in India meet global standards, as part of the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat or the independent push from India and the “Vocal for Local” campaign.
He reiterated his earlier call for indigenous people to make a list of the products that are used daily, identify which ones are made abroad and look for indigenous substitutes.
“… think of things manufactured abroad that have infiltrated our lives without knowing it, in some way, that chain us. Let’s discover their substitutes made in India. and decide that from now on we will use products made with the hard work and sweat of the people of India. You make New Year’s resolutions every year … this time you have to make a resolution for the good of the country, ”Modi said, according to an English translation of his government-released speech.
Cashmere saffron
Later in his speech, he urged people to buy Kashmir saffron, which he said had a unique flavor.
Modi said that while there were many challenges in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country had learned a lesson with each crisis. He said that due to the pandemic, the issue of single-use plastic was not discussed much this year, but ridding India of single-use plastic should be another resolution by 2021.
Amidst continued agitation by Punjab farmers over agricultural laws, the Prime Minister spoke of the sacrifices of Guru Teg Bahadur, Mata Gujari, Guru Gobind Singh and their sons, remembered as the four Sahibzade, and Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh. , adding that it was this type of sacrifice that kept the structure of India intact.
Modi also spoke of the leopard population increasing from 7,900 in 2014 to 12,852 in 2019.
Referring to the “uniqueness” of the Bhagvad Gita, the Prime Minister reminded listeners that it was Gita Jayanti two days ago. He praised the efforts of a couple, Anudeep and Minusha to clean up Karnataka’s Someshwar Beach, and the different areas of the Himalayas for Pradeep Sangwan, but said it was necessary to ask why so much plastic and trash ends up in these places to begin with.
.
