Atmanirbhar BharatAbhiyan (Self-Reliant IndiaMission)—A Post-Pandemic Financial Package to Help RestoreEconomic Growth and Make India Self-Reliant.
The vision ofthe Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi of making India a self-reliantnation. The first mention of this came in the form of the 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' or 'Self-Reliant India Mission' during the announcement of the coronaviruspandemic related economic package on 12 May 2020. As part of the Atma NirbharBharat package, numerous government decisions have taken place such as changingthe definition of MSMEs. Boosting scope for private participation in numeroussectors, increasing FDI in the Defence sector, and the vision has found supportin many sectors such as the solar manufacturers sector.
The special economic packagewould be the main component of 'Atma-Nirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)' Modisaid in his fifth address to the nation. “Corona will be with us for a longtime but our lives cannot revolve around corona.
The Prime Minister said emphasizingon migrant workers, several of whom lost their lives while trying to reachtheir native places during the lockdown. Some even staged protests demandingtransport facility to their homes.