Atmanirbhar Bharat , which translates to 'self-reliant India', is a phrase the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and his government used and popularised in relation to the country's economic development plans. … See more

Prime Minister Modi used the phrase "self-reliance" in June 2014 in relation to defence manufacturing for self-reliance in national security. He reiterated this over the years; in 2018, … See more

By mid-2021 a number of global policy experts and those in the Indian diaspora acknowledged Atmanirbhar Bharat is a good initiative while acknowledging doubts the initiative still carries. In June 2021, Vinai Thummalapally, former US ambassador to Belize See more

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• Nehru, Jawaharlal (1994) [1946 by The Signet Press, Calcutta]. The Discovery of India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press – via Internet Archive. See more

Political self-reliance and self-rule
India saw a promotion of political self-reliance for swaraj (self-governance or self-rule) during the independence movement. … See more

In the context of India, the concept "self-reliance" was first defined during the Nehru era. The concept of self-reliance has twice been re-defined; the first occurred during the … See more

• Swadeshi movement
• Make in India
• Autarky
• Human capital flight
• Import substitution industrialisation See more