PM Modi calls on people to buy swadeshi products

Amidst rising trade tensions with the US, India's Prime Minister urges the people of India to use more made in India products to boost local manufacturing.
PM Modi calls on people to buy swadeshi products
FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech at the India-Japan Economic Forum in Tokyo, Japan August 29, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
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Published Sep 21, 2025 | 7:58 AM GMT-04
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"Too many foreign items have entered our daily use, with or without our knowledge," said India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his much-awaited address to the nation the day before the new GST rates take effect. "We need to get rid of them," he added.

The exhortation is significant amidst escalated trade tensions with the US, and ahead of the shopping season — headlined by discounts for online shoppers offered by the likes of American e-tail giant Amazon as well as Walmart-owned Flipkart.

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