Lauding farmers for strengthening the country’s agriculture sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the farm sector is playing a serious role in efforts to create a self-reliant India.
He also said if the essence of Mahatma Gandhi’s economic philosophy was followed, there wouldn’t are needing for the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ campaign as India would became self-reliant much earlier.
Speaking on various issues during his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi said many farmers benefitted after fruits, vegetables were brought out of APMC Act in some states a couple of years ago.
Our agriculture sector has shown its prowess during the COVID-19 pandemic and farmers are playing a serious role in efforts to create a self-reliant India, he said.
Talking about various success stories of farmer groups across states, Modi also said the agriculture sector will benefit immensely with greater use of technology in farming.
The prime minister began his monthly broadcast by talking about storytelling, saying it’s been a neighborhood of our nation for hundreds of years .
“Storytelling is as old as civilisation…These days, stories concerning science are gaining popularity,” Modi said.
He said many of us are making storytelling popular across the country and underlined that India features a glorious tradition of storytelling.
He also interacted with members of the Bangalore Storytelling Society.
Modi also requested all families to line aside a while for storytelling and said it’ll be an exquisite experience for them.
