AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT AND GDP WITH INDUSTRIAL GROWTH RATE AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SINCE 2019

Before independence, India was a self reliant country. The British not only made a political slave but also an economic slave to India. That is why their rule over India lasted for a long time almost 200 years i.e. India was theirs for a long time slave. To establish their rule, the British first of all destroyed the handicraft industry of India because India was self reliant only because of its handicraft industry. And they started manufacturing goods using machines in England and selling them in India. Through this policy England made India an exporter of raw material and an importer of finished goods. That is, it made India a supplier of raw material and a consumer of finished goods. India's demand which was for handicraft industry of India was transformed into demand for England's industries. Goods made by machines in England were cheaper and reached the market quickly while goods made by India's handicraft industries were expensive and took more time. Mahatma Gandhi started the Swadeshi movement. People were appealed to buy goods made by Indian industries. Mahatma Gandhi tried to explain through this movement that we first have to get freedom from economics level until we became financially independent, we cannot be free .So use thing made by India only. Not use things made in British factory. After independence five year plans were initiated and the objective of self reliance was set to take India to a new path of economic development. India has not yet succeeded in achieving this objective set in the five year plans. Even today, raw materials and traditional goods have a greater place in our exports, while machines and finished goods have a greater place in the imported goods. Now after covid -19 ,a new campaign has been started by prime minister Narendra Modi to make India a self reliant country " Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan(Self Reliant India Campaign )on 12 may 2020.” This paper reviewed on GDP with industrial growth rate and unemployment rate since 2019 and discussed challenge for achieving the goal Atmanirbhar Bharat & future prespective.