Oxford names Aatmanirbharta as Hindi word of the year 2020
In a statement, Oxford Languages said in the early months of the pandemic when PM Narendra Modi announced India’s COVID-19 recovery package, he emphasised the need to become self-reliant as a country, as an economy, as a society and as individuals, in a bid to navigate the perils of the pandemic.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on Aatmanirbharta , implying self-reliance, in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the word has been named by Oxford Languages as its Hindi word of the year 2020 as it validated the day-to-day achievements of the countless Indians who dealt with and survived the perils of a pandemic .