“Covid has created new problems for us. We never even imagined these problems, but this crisis has also given us new lessons to learn. The biggest lesson from this crisis is that we have to become self sufficient. This is the new direction that this crisis has given us. Our villages have to be self-sufficient and self-sustaining,” he said while addressing village panchayats across the country via video conference on Panchayati Raj Day.

He said that many practices already adopted in villages are good to adopt during this coronavirus crisis. “People should drink kadha, also look at Ayush Ministry’s guidelines on this. People should also use Aarogya Setu mobile app,” . Respect, but also suspect. Do gaj ki doori. Cover your face, even a gamcha works.

PM says that today’s interaction with sarpanchs of various panchayats from across the country must have provided inspiration to everyone across the country. “Even in this crisis, everyone is taking up initiatives.

Mahatma Gandhi used to say, my vision of Swaraj is Gram Sarpanch interacts with sarpanch Palwi Thakur from Hada village in Pathankot district in Punjab. She says that village checkposts are being monitored properly. And while harvesting is going on, people are following the guidelines given by Punjab . Yes we are facing problems and difficulties but efforts are ongoing to propel India in a positive direction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says.

Through the Saumitra Yojana, drone mapping of each property in a village will be done and property papers will also be made available to the residents, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says. This will help solve disputes and aid loan-taking, he says

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The decision was taken days after the government announced election for the Block Development Council, the second tier of the Panchayat Raj system in the state soon.

Asked if the Kashmiri leaders will also be released from detention, Farooq Khan, advisor to Governor Satya  Pal Malik, said, “Yes, one by one after analysis of every person, they will be released,” 

Around 400 political leaders of the state — including former Chief Ministers 83-year-old Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah and People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti — were placed under detention or house arrest as the government announce its move to end special status granted to the state under the Article 370 .

It was part of the stringent security measures – that included prohibitory orders and switching of phone and internet facilities — to prevent any backlash of govt steps.

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