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PM exhorts India to go swadeshi at fests
Mint Bangalore
|September 01, 2025
Modi's call to the nation comes amid India's negotiations with the US for a bilateral trade agreement
choing his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday used his Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast to urge Indians to embrace "swadeshi" or locally-made products during the upcoming season of festivals—from gifts and clothes to decoration items—linking the call to his vision of making India a developed nation by 2047.
This story is from the September 01, 2025 edition of Mint Bangalore.
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