Ahmedabad:
India cannot afford to remain stagnant at this juncture and it has to become self-reliant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today while urging people to buy locally-made products only.
He said if people use local goods for the next 25 years, then the country will not have to face the issue of unemployment.
PM Modi was speaking after unveiling a 108-feet 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),” PM Modi said.
“I would request the saints of the country to teach people to buy local products only. ‘Vocal for local’ is the in thing. 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.
“We may like foreign-made goods, but these things do not have the feel of the hard work of our people, the scent of our Mother Earth,” PM Modi said, adding, “In the next 25 years, if we just use local products, there won’t be unemployment for our people.”
