In his last ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address for 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to make a New Year resolution to substitute foreign-made products for indigenous goods in 2021 “for the sake of the country”.
Mr. Modi also asked manufacturers to make sure that Indian-made products were up to global standards, as part of the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat, or self-reliant India, push and “Vocal for Local” campaign.
He reiterated an earlier appeal to Indians to make a list of products used daily, identify which were made abroad and look for Indian substitutes.
“Think of things manufactured abroad that have permeated into our lives unknowingly, in a way, shackling us down. Let us find out substitutes made in India and decide that henceforth we shall use products made with the hard work and sweat of the people of India. You make New Year resolutions every year…this time, one has to certainly make a resolution for the sake of the country,” Mr. Modi said, according to an English translation of his address released by the government.
Mr. Modi said while there were many challenges in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country had learnt a lesson with every crisis. He added that the topic of single-use plastic was not discussed much this year, but ridding India of the material should be another resolution for 2021.
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