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'Mann ki Baat' : Jan Samvad


                                 se Atmanirbharta





                                          inspirational success stories of
                                          the real changemakers of India
                                          impacting the lives of the people
                                          of India.
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                                              Recently, on 26  April 2023,
                                          I got an opportunity to attend
                                          the   National  Conclave   on
                                          'Mann ki Baat'@100 conducted
                                          by the Ministry of Information
                                          and    Broadcasting.   During
                                          the  panel  discussion  on  ‘Jan
               Ravi Kumar Narra           Samvad se Atmanirbharta’, I
                                          was delighted beyond words
         National President, Dalit Indian
                                          to witness the real impact of
          Chamber of Commerce and         the monthly addresses of the
                Industry (DICCI)          Prime Minister through ‘Mann
                                          ki Baat’. Being an entrepreneur,
                                          the inspirational journeys of
                                          contributors at grassroot levels
            ‘Mann ki Baat’ is a first-of-  towards economic growth and
        its-kind  initiative  in  India where   development  have  always
        the Prime Minister of India, Shri   motivated me. The success of
        Narendra  Modiji  has  created  a   ordinary people creating new
        social interactive platform on AIR   business  and  employment
        for direct communication with     opportunities instils a self-belief
        the citizens of India, speaking   that if aspirations are directed
        on  themes  and  issues  that     by the right actions, they too can
        matter to the nation. The idea    achieve them.
        is to understand the aspirations      This belief becomes more
        and challenges of the citizens    significant  when  the  Prime
        across the nation to build a new   Minister speaks of the nation’s
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        Atmanirbhar Bharat in the 21      development through inclusive
        century.                          growth encompassing the 25%
            30 th  April  2023  marked    population of the Scheduled
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        the 100  episode of ‘Mann ki      Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes
        Baat’  creating  history  as  the   (STs) population. The economic
        Prime Minister directly spoke     development scenario of SC/
        to the people of India for 100    ST communities can be clearly
        months,   consecutively.  From    divided  into  the pre-2014  era
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        3  October 2014 till the 100      and the post-2014 era.
        episode, the Prime Minister           Under     the    dynamic
        has highlighted hundreds of       leadership of the Prime Minister,
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