Can't afford to remain stagnant, self-reliance must, says PM Modi
New Delhi, April 16
India cannot afford to remain stagnant at this juncture and it has to become self-reliant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while urging people to buy locally made products only.
He said if people use local goods for the next 25 years, the country would not have to face unemployment.
108-ft statue of Lord Hanuman unveiled
- This is the second of the four statues being set up in four directions across the country as part of Hanumanji Char Dham project
- The first statue in the series was set up in the north in Shimla
Push to ‘Made in India’
If people use local goods for the next 25 years, the country will not have to face unemployment. — Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Modi was speaking after having unveiling a 108-ft-tall statue of Lord Hanuman in Gujarat’s Morbi via video link on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. “India cannot afford to remain stagnant today. Whether we are awake or asleep, we cannot continue to remain where we are. The global situation is such that the entire world is thinking on how to become ‘aatmanirbhar’ (self-reliant),” Modi said.
“I would request the saints of the country to teach people to buy local products only. At our homes, we should only use things made by our people. Imagine the high number of people who will get employment due to this,” he said, adding, that “in the next 25 years, if we use only local products, there will be no unemployment”.
The Prime Minister inaugurated the statue of Lord Hanuman at the Ashram of ‘Param Pujya Keshvanand ji’ at Morbi in Saurashtra region. This is the second of the four statues being set up in the four directions across the country as part of Hanumanji Char Dham project. The Prime Minister said the project of establishing four such statues in the four corners of the country is a reflection of the resolve of “Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat”.
