PM Modi implemented Gandhi's mantra of 'Swachhata hi Seva' through 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan': Shah
New Delhi (PTI): With the power of public participation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has implemented Mahatma Gandhi's mantra of 'Swachhata hi Seva' through the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.
Shah participated in a cleanliness drive in Ahmedabad in response to Prime Minister Modi's appeal to all citizens for "one hour of shramdaan (voluntary labour) for swachhata" on the eve of Gandhi's birth anniversary on October 2.
Wielding the broom, Shah participated in the drive to clean the Ranip bus stop and the surrounding area in Ahmedabad.
"God resides in cleanliness only," Shah said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, in Hindi.
Prime Minister Modi has turned many problems of society into a mass movement and cleanliness is the first among these, he said.
"By infusing the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with the power of public participation, Modi ji has implemented Gandhi ji's mantra of 'Swachhata hi Seva'," the home minister added.
Taking inspiration from the prime minister, every Indian is making an important contribution to the development of the country by making cleanliness an integral part of their lives, Shah said.
"Today, in response to Modi ji's call, I participated in a cleanliness drive in Ahmedabad. Let us all together contribute to building a clean and golden India," he said.
People from all walks of life, from politicians to students, wielded brooms and took part in the 'Swachhata hi Seva' campaign on Sunday in response to Modi's appeal.
According to the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, more than 9.20 lakh sites across the country have been adopted for the mega drive.
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India to get first national security semiconductor fabrication plant
Wilmington (PTI): Under a transformative collaboration with the US, India will get a national security semiconductor fabrication plant that will produce chips for use in military hardware and next-generation telecommunications.
The India-US joint project was announced following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden in Wilmington on Saturday.
A joint fact sheet on Modi-Biden talks said the two leaders "hailed" the semiconductor project as a "watershed arrangement".
It will be the first ever India-US semiconductor fabrication partnership.
It is the first time ever the US military has agreed to do a partnership for these highly-value technologies with India and it is a watershed moment as it is as significant as the civil nuclear deal, people familiar with the matter said.
"President Biden and Prime Minister Modi hailed a watershed arrangement to establish a new semiconductor fabrication plant focused on advanced sensing, communication, and power electronics for national security, next-generation telecommunications, and green energy applications," the fact sheet noted.
It said the "fab, which will be established with the objective of manufacturing infrared, gallium nitride and silicon carbide semiconductors, will be enabled by support from the India semiconductor mission as well as a strategic technology partnership between Bharat Semi, 3rdiTech, and the US Space Force."
The Fab becomes not only India’s first, but one of the world's first multi-material fabs for national security, the people cited above said.
The fact sheet said Modi and Biden praised combined efforts to facilitate resilient, secure, and sustainable semiconductor supply chains including through GlobalFoundries' (GF) creation of the GF Kolkata Power Center in Kolkata.
It said the project will enhance mutually beneficial linkages in research and development in chip manufacturing.
"The leaders welcomed steps our industry is taking to build safe, secure, and resilient supply chains for US, Indian, and international automotive markets, including through Ford Motor Company's submission of a Letter of Intent to utilize its Chennai plant to manufacture for export to global markets," the document said.
It said Modi and Biden commended ongoing efforts to build more expansive cooperation around 5G deployment and next-generation telecommunications.
This includes the US Agency for International Development's plans to expand the Asia Open RAN Academy with an initial USD 7 million investment to grow this workforce training initiative worldwide, including in South Asia with Indian institutions.
