PM Modi calls for 'Lab to Land' to take make India Self-reliant

New Delhi, March 01: On the occasion of the National Science Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the citizens of the country to adopt the Lab to Land approach to raise the country's productivity and make India self-reliant.

 

 

Prime Minister said while addressing his monthly radio program 'Mann Ki Baat', "When we talk of science then many a time people restrict it to physics-chemistry or labs, but the spread of science is much more than that. And there is a lot of contribution of the power of science in the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Campaign’."We have to move science forward with the mantra of Lab to Land."

 

The Lab to Land concept of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research was adopted in 1979 by the government to improve farm output and economic conditions, especially small and marginal farmers through the dissemination of scientific knowledge and technology.

 

 

Modi also talked about self-reliance. He said the first condition for the goal is to have pride in the things of one`s own country, to take pride in the things made by people of one`s own country "When every citizen of the country will spread the spirit of science in his life and every field, avenues of progress will also open up and the country will become self-reliant too," he said.

 

 

 

He further asserted, "Self-reliant India doesn`t remain just an economic campaign but becomes a national spirit when we see fighter plane `Tejas` made in our own country doing acrobatics in the sky, when Made-in-India tanks, Made-in-India missiles swell our pride, when we see Made-in-India coaches in Metro trains in wealthy and advanced nations when we see Made-in-India Covid vaccines reaching dozens of countries, then our heads rise higher. And it is not that only bigger things will make India self-reliant."

 

He also reminded that Sunday happens to be theNational Science Day' too, Modi said the day is dedicated to the discovery of the 'Raman Effect' by the great scientist Dr. C.V. Raman/ The National Science Day is dedicated to the discovery of ‘Raman Effect’ by Dr. C. V. Raman. Remembering the scientist, Modi said, "The way we know of other scientists of the world, in the same way, we should also know about the scientists of India. I definitely would want that our youth know, understand and read a lot about the history of the science of India; about our scientists as well."