Neither development without self-pride nor self-pride without development are desirable. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for Aatmanirbhar Bharat or a self-reliant India on 12 May 2020 goes beyond mere economic self-reliance. The Covid-19 pandemic brought forth India's unhealthy and unsustainable dependencies on imports, by it of goods, armaments, technology or even ideas. India, thus, needs a course correction, which the Aatmanirbhar model provides.

ISBN 13: 9788173056543

ISBN 10: 8173056544

Year: 2021

Language: ENGLISH

Pages etc.: viii+470p., ind., 23cm.

Binding: Hardbound

Subject(s): Politics