NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday marked the quickly to be celebrated tenth anniversary of his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat‘ by praising the success of initiatives taken as a part of his campaigns for water conservation and Swachh Bharat.
Linking the completion of the 10-year journey of those efforts with the festive events of Navratri/Dussehra, the PM hailed it as a “divine coincidence”.
“Ten years in the past Mann Ki Baat began on the day of Vijayadashami on Oct 3. And, what a divine coincidence it’s that this yr on Oct 3, when 10 years of Mann Ki Baat are accomplished, it is going to be the primary day of Navratri,” PM Modi mentioned.
Speaking about folks’s initiatives, he cited examples of native efforts for each water conservation and underneath the clear India mission, which goes to finish 10 years on Oct 2. He talked about how some ladies have given a brand new lease of life to the Ghurari river in Uttar Pradesh’s water-stressed Bundelkhand area and regenerated a pond in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh.
PM Modi additionally expressed his satisfaction over the continuous rise of FDI within the nation facilitating the success of ‘Make In India‘ that accomplished 10 years this month.
He urged folks to take ahead the ‘vocal for native’ marketing campaign by adopting domestically manufactured merchandise. “Any such product, that has been made with the sweat of an Indian artisan, that’s made on Indian soil, is our satisfaction – we at all times should lend glory to this satisfaction,” PM Modi mentioned.
The PM additionally famous the US’ gesture of returning 300 historical artefacts smuggled out of India. “Once we are pleased with our heritage, the world additionally respects it, and on account of that, at this time many international locations of the world are returning to us such artefacts that have been taken away from right here”.
‘Efforts being made to protect languages’
The PM additionally shared in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio programme the inspiring story of Ramjit Tudu from Odisha whose willpower to ship messages in his mom tongue “Santhali” on his mobilephone led him to create a digital platform the place literature associated to the language might be learn and written in ‘Ol Chiki’ – the Santhali script.
He mentioned a marketing campaign has been began to offer a brand new identification to Santhali with the assistance of digital improvements. “Ramjit Tudu, resident of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, is working a marketing campaign to create a web based identification for the Santhali language,” PM Modi mentioned.
