Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged people to reduce dependence on imported foreign goods as the prices have soared due to the war in West Asia.
India spends lakhs of crores of rupees in foreign exchange to import many products from abroad. At the same time, the prices of imported goods are soaring, and global supply chains have also been severely disrupted.
PM Modi said that small efforts would lead to bigger gains and that every drop fills a pot, every small and big effort matters.
He emphasized on the need to use more public transport to save diesel and petrol and to reduce the use of products that come from abroad and avoid unnecessary dependence on imported goods in our daily lives.
PM Modi also appealed to citizens to reduce the burden on the country's resources and to conserve foreign exchange reserves and reduce fuel consumption as global supply chains remain under pressure due to the simmering tensions in West Asia.
