Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the most significant message developing out of the COVID-19 pandemic was for India to be self-reliant and self-sufficient for the majority of its requirements, and that this was necessary for the nation if it faced such a crisis again.
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He was attending to a video conference of sarpanches from throughout the nation on Panchayati Raj Day, throughout which he also released two programmes, e-GramSwaraj, for monitoring of rural facilities works and e-governance, and Swamitva program, which involves mapping of rural real estate and land holdings by means of technology including drones.
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The main focus of the interaction, nevertheless, remained on the challenge posed by COVID-19 and how the Panchayati Raj institutions were dealing with it.
