PM's new meaning for National Flag.

The Prime Minister's definition for our National Flag

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, the book, “Getting India Back on track – an action agenda for reform”. The book is published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

     He said, in infrastructure, the focus needs to shift from highways to “i-ways”, and optical fiber networks. He said cities in the past were built on river-banks. They are now built along highways. But in future, they will be built, based on availability of optical-fiber networks and next-generation infrastructure. The Prime Minister said urbanization should not be treated as a problem, but as an opportunity. If we have to generate employment and change for the better, we plan to build 100 smart cities.

        The Prime Minister cited the three colours of the National Flag, to suggest revolutionary agendas of futuristic growth.

Beginning with green, he said we need to bring about a second green revolution – focusing on increased agro-productivity, value addition, agro technology, and decentralization of warehousing.

Referring to white, he said a white revolution must now focus on increasing milk productivity, and developing a support system for ensuring cattle health.

The Prime Minister said, saffron colour represents energy – and we need a saffron revolution that focuses on renewable energy sources such as solar energy, to meet India’s growing energy demand.

Inspired by the blue colour of the Ashok Chakra in the National Flag, he said the blue revolution should focus on the fisheries sector, including ornamental fish.

Shri Modi also stressed on the need for water conservation, and emphasized the importance of micro-irrigation, which would lead to “per drop, more crop.” He said that micro-irrigation had been successful in improving productivity and quality in crops like sugarcane in Gujarat.