Modi flags off Padyatra marking 91st anniversary of Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram
March 12, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off a symbolic foot march (
padyatra) marking the 91st anniversary of the Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930 as part of the India’s freedom struggle.
Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism (Independent Charge) Prahlad Singh Patel led the first 75 kms of Padyatra with 81 social workers from different States.
Salt and self-reliance
Patel walked upto Nadiad in Gujarat and will be part of the yatra till March 16. The remaining 81
padyatris will continue the march and will reach Dandi on April 5 after travelling 386 kms.
Cow a foundation of Indian economy: Gujarat Governor
Cow a foundation of Indian economy: Gujarat Governor
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat said that cow is a foundation of Indian economy as it gives milk for our nutrition and its dung and urine help in agriculture.
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Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat said that cow is a foundation of Indian economy as it gives milk for our nutrition and its dung and urine help in agriculture. Natural farming is entirely dependent on indigenous breeds, he said.
Speaking at the seventh annual convocation of Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, Governor Acharya Devvrat said that cow dung can help farmers increase their income.
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