Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges nation to turn Vocal for Local into mass movement

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 villagesThe Prime Minister who inaugurated Sardardham Hostel in Vadodara lauded the entrepreneurial spirit of GujaratConverting change into opportunity adopting new possibilities and preparing for the future in time have been part of Gujarats work culture enabling the state to create new identities across every emerging sector he saidHe 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 exchangePM Modi said that COVID19 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 tooThe Prime Minister said in the earlier decades too whenever the country has gone through war or any other major crisis every citizen has fulfilled their responsibility in the same way in response to the governments appeal He said prices of imported goods are soaring while global supply chains have also been severely disrupted due to West Asia crisisToday too there is a need for all of us to come together and fulfil our responsibility to reduce the burden on the countrys resources India spends lakhs of crores of rupees in foreign exchange to import many products from abroad At the same time the prices of imported goods are soaring and global supply chains have also been severely disrupted Just as every drop fills a pot every small and big effort matters We must reduce the use of products that come from abroad and avoid unnecessary dependence on imported goods in our daily lives and also avoid such personal activities that involve spending foreign exchange he saidThe Prime Minister urged people to reduce use of petrol and diesel to the extent possible and suggested virtual meetings and work from home in government and private officesHe said a huge amount of the countrys money also goes abroad on gold imports and urged people to postpone the purchase of gold until the situation returns to normalI appeal to every citizen of my country to reduce the use of petroldiesel as much as possible Use the metro make greater use of electric buses and public transport and promote carpooling Those who have a car should take more people along in one vehicle Digital technology has now made so many things easy that technologys assistance will also be very beneficial for us It is essential that priority be given to virtual meetings and work from home in both government and private offices he saidA huge amount of the countrys money also goes abroad on gold imports Therefore I would urge all of you my fellow countrymen to postpone the purchase of gold until the situation returns to normal Today the need of the hour is that we turn Vocal for Local into a peoples movement Instead of foreign goods adopt local products Empower the entrepreneurs of your village your city your country he added PM Modi had made a similar appeal in Telangana on SundayHe spoke about Gujarats strides including progress in semiconductor facilities in Sanad with production already commenced at Kaynes Semiconductor PlantHe detailed new semiconductor projects advancing in both Dholera and Surat and articulated the national aspiration for supply chain centralisation identifying regional nodes within global networksGujarat is positioning itself as a critical node in global semiconductor supply chains with Vadodara increasingly playing important roles in this transformation as metro coaches from here already reach international markets he saidHe talked about Vadodaras manufacturing specialisation across diverse sectors while highlighting the citys emergence as a robust hub for engineering heavy machinery chemicals pharmaceuticals and power equipmentVadodara has become a manufacturing powerhouse across multiple sectors with emerging aerospace capabilities suggesting the citys evolution into a globally recognised aviation hub he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever