PM Modi via video conference in the mid of the coronavirus crisis called the auction a major step in making India self-reliant in the energy sector
NEW DELHI| On Thursday Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching the auction of 41 coal mines for commercial mining said India will turn the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity.
PM Modi via video conference in the mid of the coronavirus crisis called the auction a major step in making India self-reliant in the energy sector.
Prime Minister said, “India will turn this Covid-19 crisis into an opportunity. It has taught India to be self-reliant. India to reduce its dependence on imports.”
PM said, “For decades, the country’s coal sector was entangled in a web of captive and non-captive. It was excluded from the competition, and there was a big problem of transparency.”
“After 2014, several steps were taken to change this situation. Coal sector got strengthened due to steps taken,” Modi added.
The prime minister had held a meeting with the chief ministers for two days where he said that instead of lockdown, India now needs to focus on the next phase of unlocking the country and speeding up economic activities. He also reiterated the fact that the economy was witnessing a revival.
He also said that it is the responsibility to every person of the country to make 21st century India’s century. “There is only one way to do this to become self-reliant,” the prime minister had said.
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