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Over  successive episodes,    Indian knowledge; be it giving the
        the messages delivered by the     clarion call for becoming 'Vocal
        Prime Minister in the programme   for Local' or inspiring the Indians
        have become mass movements        to take 'Local to Global' resulting
        (Jan Andolans) in a matter of     in rising exports of products like
        few weeks. It can be evinced in   Khadi and Indian honey; 'Mann ki
        the success of some indigenous    Baat' has inspiried the masses to
        industries, whose fame reached    march towards Aatmanirbharta
        far  and  wide  through people’s   in India.
        efforts after the Prime Minister      'Mann ki Baat' has, time
        brought them to light in his      and again, strengthened the
        'Mann ki Baat' addresses. Be      age-old values of democracy
        it the promotion of traditional   in  India.  It  has  brought to  light
        sports like Kho-kho and Kabaddi   the stories of many Indians who
        in the Khelo India Games, or the   have showcased the true spirit
        adoption of UPI in every nook     of Jan Bhagidari for national
        and corner of the country; be     development,   in  their  own
        it encouraging the Indian toy     little ways, and contributed to
        industry and creating a massive   the nation’s success. This is
        demand for the same, even in      first-of-its-kind radio show which
        foreign countries, or highlighting   is hosted by the Prime Minister
        the  traditional  Indian  art  forms   and runs on the ideas, aspirations,
        and genres of storytelling and    hopes, and contributions of the
        attracting masses from across     people of India towards building
        the country to grasp this ancient   the New India of their dreams.

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