‘Go local, not gold’: PM Modi stresses economic self-reliance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for making `Vocal for Local` a mass movement and urged people to adopt local products instead of foreign goods, and empower the entrepreneurs in cities and villages. The Prime Minister, who inaugurated Sardardham Hostel in Vadodara, lauded the entrepreneurial spirit of Gujarat. “Converting change into opportunity, adopting new possibilities, and preparing for the future in time have been part of Gujarat`s work culture, enabling the state to create new identities across every emerging sector,” he said. He said the government is making relentless efforts to ensure that impact of West Asia war crisis on citizens is kept to an absolute minimum and urged people to reduce consumption of imported products and avoid personal activities that incur expenditure in foreign exchange. PM Modi said that COVID-19 pandemic was the greatest crisis of this century, then the situation arising from the war in West Asia is one of the major crises of the decade. He said just as the country collectively tackled the pandemic, “we will undoubtedly overcome this crisis too”. …
