- Vocal for local should be the mantra of India, he said
- Aatmanirbhar Bharat is no longer merely a word but has become a mantra and captured people’s imagination, he said
Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ was the centrepiece of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address as he presented a broad outline for spurring India’s growth in diverse sectors and asserted that the coronavirus pandemic cannot halt the country’s march towards self-reliance.
In his seventh straight Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort, Modi made a host of new announcements on Saturday including the launch of a national digital health mission under which health IDs will be given to everyone, connecting all six lakh villages with optical fibres in 1,000 days and promised the holding of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the delimitation exercise is over.
Modi also chose the occasion to deliver a warning to India’s hostile neighbours saying the armed forces have given a befitting reply to those who challenged the country’s sovereignty “from LoC to LAC” in their own language.
Source: livemint
