{"id":176629,"date":"2022-03-29T21:08:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=176629"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:08:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:38:42","slug":"a-contributor-not-consumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-contributor-not-consumer\/","title":{"rendered":"A contributor, not consumer\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p aria-level=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">News<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Recently, A book named Atmanirbhar Bharat: A vibrant and Strong India was published which analysed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s call for an Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) in May 2020.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What kind of self-reliance should India pursue?<\/span><\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">India\u2019s Atmanirbharta should neither be <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">protectionist<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> nor be <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">isolationist<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. It should be a self-reliant India. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">India should be able to engage with a tension-filled world order. This can help build India\u2019s national identity which is pivotal to the fortune of modern states.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It should address the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">existential challenge<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>s<\/strong> that are internal to India like, addressing the conflicting aspirations and expectations of different states. <strong>For example<\/strong>, the aspirations of the Dravidian model of development should be synchronised with regional-specific aspirations and the holistic concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat. In the absence of cooperation, the fundamental issues such as the sharing of Cauvery waters and coal for energy, which are important for self-reliant India, will remain unresolved.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Western model of development<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> cannot work for a country as diverse as India. It is evidenced by the catastrophic financial crisis of 2008. It is not human-centric.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">India\u2019s atmanirbharta model should be based on civilisational pride, experience and a self-belief that will help India be a <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">contributor to the world<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> rather than <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">only a consumer. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">It should be a <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">human-centric model<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> i.e., the growth model be based on equity and humanity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The politicians and leaders in India should realise that this is not a time for narrow political gains. It is a time to come together for the sake of the nation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Atmanirbhar Bharat envisages a self-reliant India working for\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Vasudaiva Kutumbakam<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: The post is based on an article \u201c<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Contributor, bot consumer<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d published in <strong>The Hindu<\/strong> on <strong>29<\/strong><\/span><strong>th<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong> March 22<\/strong>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, A book named Atmanirbhar Bharat: A vibrant and Strong India was published which analysed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s call for an Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) in May 2020.\u00a0 What kind of self-reliance should India pursue? India\u2019s Atmanirbharta should neither be protectionist nor be isolationist. It should be a self-reliant India. India should&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-contributor-not-consumer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A contributor, not consumer\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10498],"class_list":["post-176629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}