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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on May 13, 2020, described PM Narendra Modi’s May 12, 2020, appeal to the people to make the country self-reliant and use products made in India as a guiding light to make India the Global Leader in future.
In this direction, the Ministry of Home Affairs on May 13, 2020, decided that all the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) canteens and stores across the country will sell only indigenous products, from June 1, 2020. The total purchase value would be around Rs 2,800 crore. With this decision, 50 lakh family members of about 10 lakh CAPF personnel will use indigenous products., according to a PIB release.
The Home Minister also appealed to the people of the country, “You should use the products made in the country as much as possible and encourage others to do the same. This is not the time to be lagging behind, but to turn the crisis into an opportunity.” According to Shah, if every Indian pledges to use products made in India (Swadeshi), the country can become self-sufficient in next five years.
The Home Minister said, “Let us all strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Modi in this journey of making India self-reliant, by using indigenous products.”