NEW DELHI, Sept 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that the GST reforms kicking in from Monday will accelerate India’s growth story, emphasising that it is a big and important step for “aatmanirbhar Bharat” and linking a boost to ‘swadeshi’ products to the country’s prosperity.
Addressing the nation on the eve of the auspicious Navratri, which will mark the implementation of the revised GST rates, Modi said the reduced prices of items across the board will launch “bachat utsav” for people. Urging people to buy indigenous products, he said swadeshi will render strength to the country’s prosperity in a similar way it powered India’s freedom movement. “We have to make every home a symbol of swadeshi. We have to decorate every shop with swadeshi (goods),” he said
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