PM urges youth to undergo Swachch Bharat Summer Internship

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New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi, in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio (AIR) on April 29, 2018, urged the youth to undergo ‘Swachch Bharat Summer Internship 2018’ during holidays.

” The significance of Summer Internship is soaring as it is an altogether new experience in itself. I urge you to undergo a special internship. Three Ministries of the Government of India, maybe four- Sports, HRD, Department of Drinking water have come together to launch a ‘Swachch Bharat Summer Internship 2018’,” the PM said.

” The best out of the best interns who have strived in schools & colleges with excellent work will be rewarded with recognition at the national level. Not just that, those interns who accomplish their tasks well, will be awarded two credit points each by the UGC. You can register yourselves for the ‘Swachch Bharat Summer Internship’ on Mygov. Come. Let us turn this vacation into a learning opportunity, for a totally new experience,” PM Modi said.

The PM said he tries to watch “Good News India” programme on Doordarshan whenever he gets a chance. ” Recently, I saw they were presenting the story of some youth from Delhi who are selflessly working in a dedicated manner to help in educating the poor children. This group of youngsters has started a big campaign in Delhi for providing education to the street children and slum dwellers. Starting with just 15 children from the slums near Geeta Colony in New Delhi, it is now being run at 12 places and two thousand children have been brought under its fold,” he said.

PM Modi said that some farmers from hilly areas of Uttarakhand have become a source of inspiration for the farmers across the country.  In Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, main crops sown are Mandwa, Chaulai, Corn or Barley. This being a hilly area, the farmers did not get a fair price of their produce.” But, the farmers in Kapkot tehsil decided to come out of this situation and adopted a value- addition process and changed the loss incurring equation into a profit-earning one. What they did was that they started production of biscuits from their agricultural produce and sold those biscuits directly in the market. Consequently, Chaulai which the farmers were forced to sell at Rs 25 per kg was now selling at Rs 50 per kg as biscuits,” the PM said.

He also said that water conservation should be a collective responsibility. Adalaj and Patan Ki Raniki Vaav (Baodi) in Gujarat is a UNESCO World Heritage site and its grandeur is to be seen to be believed. Baodis are water temples in a way. ” If you happen to go to Rajasthan, you must visit Chand Baodi. This is one of the biggest and the most beautiful baodis of India and the point to be noted is that this is situated in a water-scarce area. April, May, June and July is the most suitable time when rain water harvesting can be done and if we make preparations in advance, we can reap a rich harvest,” the PM said, according to aPIB release.

PM Modi described India’s performance at the Commonwealth Games as par excellence. At the same time, it was special. Special in the sense that this time there were many pathbreaking ‘firsts’. “Are you aware that out of the wrestlers who represented India, each one of them returned with a medal? Manika Batra won a medal in each of the events that she competed in. She is the first Indian woman to win a gold in the individual table tennis category too. India clinched the maximum number of medals in shooting. Deepak Lather of Haryana became the youngest Indian Weight-Lifter to win a medal at Commonwealth games. Fifteen year old Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala became the youngest sportsperson to win a gold for India, ” he said.

The PM said that this edition of the games was special on one more count- a majority of the medalists was women athletes. The final contest in Badminton took place between two Indian shuttlers: Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu. ” The whole country watched it. I too enjoyed watching the match,” he said.