Whither Atmanirbhar Bharat?
As recently as 2018, during the Kerala floods, we turned down Rs 700 crore in aid promised by the UAE.
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Express News Service
On May 12, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announced his fivepoint ‘Atmanirbharta Mission’, and defined it thus: “The state of the world today teaches us that (AtmaNirbhar Bharat) “Self-reliant India” is the only path. It is said in our scriptures EshahPanthah. That is, selfsufficient India”. Since then, ‘self-reliance’ and ‘self-sufficiency’ have been the underlying theme of the economic stimulus packages of October and November, last year, and of this year’s Union Budget. But, driven to its knees in the last 2-3 weeks as Covid infections register over 3.5 lakh a day, the government’s ‘Atmanirbharta’ campaign is in tatters. Swallowing its pride the Indian government is lobbying and accepting aid from everywhere.