TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said uplifting backward districts of a region will transform the entire state and urged government officials to challenge themselves by taking postings in those districts.
Modi said that by creating success stories in such backward districts — which he dubbed the aspirational districts — an environment of confidence would be created among people who would start believing that anything is possible.
“Once the people of India decide to do something, nothing is impossible,” Modi said at a conference on “Transformation of Aspirational Districts”. “Serving in less developed districts may not be glamorous but it provides a massive opportunity to bring a positive difference through innovative means.
“On April 14, we celebrate the jayanti of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Let us devote these coming three months to pioneering innovation in the less developed districts and transform the lives of the poor,” Modi said.
He said that relative backwardness of some regions is an injustice to the people of those regions. In that context, he added, this effort to develop 115 backward districts, is in keeping with the vision of Dr (B.R.) Ambedkar, who worked for the upliftment of the under-privileged.
