` ` Aatmanirbhar Bharat-Swatantra Bharat Introduction Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) is the vision of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi of making India a self-reliant nation. The first mention of this came in the form of the 'Atmanirbhar Bharata Abhiyan' or 'Self-Reliant India Mission' during the announcement of the coronavirus pandemic related economic package on 12 May 2020. This self-reliant policy does not aim to be protectionist in nature and as the Finance Minister clarified, "self-reliant India does not mean cutting off from rest of the world". The law and IT minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said that self-reliance does "not mean isolating away from the world. Foreign direct investment is welcome, technology is welcome self-reliant India... translates to being a bigger and more important part of the global economy. Five Pillars of Aatmanirbhar Bharat • Economy-an economy that brings quantum jump rather than inoremental change. • Infrastructure-an infrastructure that became the identity of modern india. • System-a system that is driven by technology which can fulfill the dreams of the 21st century ;a system not based on the policy of the past century. • Demography-demography is an strength in the world’s largest demogacy,our sources of energy for self-reliant India. • Demand-the cycle of demand and supply chain in our economy is the strength that needs to be harnessed to its full potential.
Intiatives
. As part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat package, numerous government decisions have taken place such as changing the definition of MSMEs, boosting scope for private participation in numerous sectors, increasing FDI in the defence sector; and the vision has found support in many sectors such as the solar manufacturers sector. Examples of initiatives helping Atmanirbhar Bharat:
• The growth of India's personal protective equipment (PPE) sector from zero before March, to 1,50,000 pieces a day by the beginning of May, is considered as a fine example of a self- reliant India. The PPE industry in India has become a 7,000 crore (US$980 million) in two months, the second largest after China. • The largest fund in the country worth 21,000 crore was setup by the IIT Alumni Council with the aim of supporting the mission towards self-reliance. • India's own 'Made in India' 5G network was also announced in July 2020 by Reliance Jio. Mukesh Ambani announced in mid-July "Jio has created a complete 5G solution from scratch, that will enable us to launch a world-class 5G service in India, using 100 per cent homegrown technologies and solutions". • For the first time, in July 2020, it was announced that Apple would manufacture one of their premium iPhone models in India
Commentary At least don’t buy Ganesha idols from China.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister 25 June 2020 Atmanirbhar Bharat has been called by some as a re-packaged version of the Make in India movement using new taglines such as 'Vocal for Local'. Other opposition members spoke about how India had enacted policies and built companies since its creation to make India self-reliant - SAIL for steel production, IITs for domestic engineers, AIIMS for medical science, DRDO for defence research, HAL for aviation, ISRO for space, CCL, NTPC and GAIL in the area of energy; criticizing the advertising tactics.Some have re-phrased it to "Fend For Yourself" Campaign.Also, the calls for India to boycott Chinese products (and promote an Atmanirbhar Bharat instead), are practically difficult in the short term for India as India imports $75 billion worth of goods every year from China, to the extent that parts of Indian industry are dependent on China. Following the Galwan Valley skirmish on 15 June 2020 in which around 40 Chinese soldiers and 20 Indian soldiers died, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch said that if the government was serious about making India self-reliant, Chinese companies should not be given projects such as the Delhi-Meerut RRTS.
Education Sector
• A comprehensive initiative called PM e-VIDYA will be launched which wnifies all efforts related to digital online. • This will enable multi-mode access to education and includes;DiKSHA (One nation-one digital platform) which will now become the nation’s digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content in school education for all the states. • TV (one class-one channel) where one dedicted channel per grade for each of the classes1 to 12 will provide access to quality educational material. Reforms for agriculture,Fisheris and Food proceesing sectors • Rs.1 lakh crore agriculture fund for farm gate infrastructure for farmers. • Rs.10000 Crore scheme for formalisaation of micro food enterprises (MFE). • Rs. 20000 crore for fishersman through Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). • National animal disease control programme. • Animal husbandry Infrastructure development fund Rs.15000 crore. • Promotion of herbal cultivation outlay of rs.4000 crore. Conclusion • Aatmanirbhar Bharat has been called by some as are-packed version of the make in India movement using new taglines such as ‘vocal for local’. • It would benefit labourers,farmers,honest tax prayers,MSMEs and Cottage industry. • India’s self-reliance will be based on five pillars economy,infrastructure ,technology driven system ,vibrant demography and demand. • In India’s self-reliance there is a concern foir the whole world’s happiness cooperation and peace.