Atmanirbhar Bharat national spirit: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday underlined Atmanirbhar Bharat is not just a government policy but also a national spirit, and said the mantra of self-reliant India is reaching villages of the country.
In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio programme, Modi also called for a 100-day campaign to clean up all water bodies and prepare them for rain water harvesting before monsoon starts.
Stressing the importance of collective responsibility towards water conservation, he said the Union Jal Shakti Ministry will soon initiate a "Catch the rain" campaign with its main theme being "catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls".
Modi said water has been crucial for the development of humankind for centuries and people should understand their collective responsibility towards its conservation.
He said in most parts of India, rainfall begins in MayJune and asked "can we right away start a 100-day cam
paign for the sake of cleaning up water sources around us and conserving rainwater". With this very thought in mind, in a few days from now, ' Jal Shakti Abhiyan Catch the rain' is being initiated by the Jal Shakti Ministry, he said.
"We shall commit ourselves
to the task right now. We shall get existing rainwater harvesting systems repaired, clean up lakes and ponds in villages, remove impediments in the way of water flowing into water sources; thus we shall be able to conserve rainwater to the maximum," he said.
"When we see fighter plane Tejas made in our own country doing acrobatics in the sky, when Made in India tanks, Made in India missiles increase our pride, when we see Made in India coaches in Metro trains in wealthy-advanced nations, when we see Made in India Covid vaccines reaching dozens of countries, then our heads are held high," Modi said. He rued not being able to make enough efforts to learn the world’s oldest language, Tamil.
Babita Rajput, an MP villager, was delighted af ter the PM lauded her for reviving a dried lake by channelising rainwater into it.
Ahead of classes 10 and 12 board exams, Modi advised students to be happy about the exams, saying “become a warrior not a worrier".
PM Modi praised Odisha man who trains youths to join armed forces for free
In the run up to Mann Ki Baat, I was asked if there was something I missed out on during these long years as CM and PM. I feel, it is a regret of sorts I could not make enough efforts to learn the world’s oldest language Tamil. Tamil literature is beautiful.