Mann Ki Baat: Demand for Indian goods is rising in the world, PM Modi says

Addressing his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the demand for Indian goods is rising in the world. India recently surpassed its ambitious export target of $400 billion in March and moved a step closer to being ‘Aatmanirbhar’.

“This signifies India's capabilities and potential. It means that the demand for Indian goods is rising in the world,” PM Modi said. “This has filled us with pride, it signifies the country's potential & capability,” he added.

The PM highlighted that new products from India are being exported to new destinations & that 'Made in India' products are now more visible abroad.

When every Indian becomes vocal for local then it does not take long for local products to go global

-PM Modi

"There was a time when the figure of exports from India used to be 100 billion, at times 150 billion, sometimes 200 billion. India has reached 400 billion dollars," he said. He said that the success of small entrepreneurs is a thing of pride.

"Many fruits and vegetables like Ladakh's apricot, Tamil Nadu's bananas, Himachal's millets are reaching the world. The list of 'Make in India' products are as huge as our potential and hard work of our farmers, manufacturers and industry," said the Prime Minister.

"Right from Bijapur's fruits and vegetables to the black rice from Chandoli we are seeing exponential exports. The best part is that our exports are being supplied to new destinations like Denmark, South Korea, London, Kenya among other nations," he said.

"When each and every Indian is vocal for local, it does not take long for the local to become global. Let's make the local 'global' and augment the prestige of our products further," he added.

Speaking further, the Prime Minister said, "Today our small entrepreneurs are playing a major partnership role in government procurement through Government e-Market place - GeM. A much more transparent system has been developed through technology."

India on March 23, scripted history of achieving its highest ever goods export target of USD 400 billion nine days ahead of schedule. On average, every hour USD 46 million goods are exported, USD 1 billion goods are exported everyday and USD 33 billion every month.

The exports in the financial year 2020-21 were USD 292 billion while the exports in 2021-22 are USD 400 billion with a 37 per cent rise.

PM Modi addressed this radio programme for the first time after winning assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa.

'Mann ki Baat' is the Prime Minister's monthly radio address, which is broadcast on the last Sunday of every month at 11 am. The first episode of Mann Ki Baat was broadcast on October 3, 2014.