New Delhi (NVI): A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for building a ‘self-reliant India’ and promote local goods, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) canteens in the country will sell only indigenous products from June 1.
He said that around 50 lakh family members of 10 lakh CAPF personnel will use indigenous products, under the initiative to push ‘Make in India’ cause.
The CAPFs include CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB, NSG and Assam Rifles.
“Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for making the country self-reliable and use local products (products made in India) which will definitely pave the way for India to lead the world,” Shah said in a series of tweets in Hindi today.
इसी दिशा में आज गृह मंत्रालय ने यह निर्णय लिया है कि सभी केंद्रीय सशस्त्र पुलिस बलों (CAPF) की कैंटीनों पर अब सिर्फ स्वदेशी उत्पादों की ही बिक्री होगी। 01 जून 2020 से देशभर की सभी CAPF कैंटीनों पर यह लागू होगा। इससे लगभग 10 लाख CAPF कर्मियों के 50 लाख परिजन स्वदेशी उपयोग करेंगे।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 13, 2020
“In this direction, today Home Ministry has taken a decision that only indigenous products will be sold at all CAPF canteens now. This will apply to all CAPF canteens in the country from June 1. Around 50 lakh family members of 10 lakh CAPF personnel will use indigenous products because of this,” he said in another tweet.
Shah also appealed to the people to use products manufactured in the country as much as they can, and encourage others also to do the same. “If every India takes pledge to use products made in India (Swadeshi), then the country’s democracy can become ‘self-reliant’ in five years,” he said.
The Home Minister’s announcement came a day after PM Modi, in his address to the nation said that a ‘self-reliant India’ will be able to overcome the corona crisis. The Prime Minister yesterday announced Rs 20 lakh crore special economic package deal the current pandemic situation and get India ready for post-Covid phase.
