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Mahatma Gandhi's clean India dream is also ours: Mukherjee
Calling Mahatma Gandhi's dream of clean India "our dream", President
Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday that his vision will guide people to
have a clean, green and self-sufficient 'Bharat'.
Inaugurating an
international seminar here on "clean and capable India of Gandhi's
dream", the president said the country has embarked upon two initiatives
-- Swachh Bharat mission, to achieve a clean nation by October 2, 2019
to coincide with Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, and Make-in-India
campaign, aimed at enhancing the manufacturing capability in the
country.
The president said that according to Gandhi, cleanliness has three dimensions -- clean mind, clean body and clean surroundings.
A
strategy to achieve a clean state would comprise engaging the
citizenry, addressing reduction of waste and improving waste processing,
he said.
The Make-in-India campaign envisages turning Gandhi's dream of a self-sufficient and productive India into a reality.
"It
(dream) aims at India becoming 'Samarth' on all fronts of economic
development by facilitating investment, promoting innovation, fostering
skill development and establishing best-in-class infrastructure," the
president said adding that a comprehensive strategy was required to
usher in a world-class manufacturing set-up in the country.