THE IDEA OF ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT : MAHATMA TO MODI
Abstract
The ideal of atmanirbharta has been eternal goal of all nations including India. Our leaders have been working and suggesting as how to make and keep India as self –sufficient and self-reliant i,eatmnirbhar. The ideal acquired centre stage during freedom struggle when Mahatma Gandhi appealed for consumption of swadeshi and bycott of videshi products. It was a clarion call for local in the most aggressive manner. It was in colonial context to attain political independence and achieve atmanibharta subsequently .Presently the atmanirbharta under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan (ABA)has been reinvented and re-emphasised since 12th May,2020 in context of Covid-19 by Our Prime minister Sh Narendra Damodar Das Modi.Thestimumlous packages too are being announced to realise the goal of self sufficiency .However its attainment appears a distant reality.