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we all will be able to take full
advantage of world-class
technology and products
prepared in our own country.

My dear countrymen, I
saw a post on NaMo app by an
engineer, Vijay ji from Telangana.
In this, Vijay ji has written about
e-waste. Vijay ji requests that
I discuss this in ‘Mann ki Baat’.
Earlier too in this programme
we have talked about ‘Waste to
Wealth’ i.e. ‘Kachre se Kanchan’,
but come, today, let’s discuss
e-waste in this light.
Friends, today devices like
Mobile Phone, Laptop, Tablet
have become common in every
household. Their number will be
in billions across the country.
Today’s latest devices are also
the future’s e-waste. Whenever
tremendously and now it has someone buys a new device
th
reached 40 position, while in
or replaces one’s old device, it
2015, India was behind even
becomes necessary to keep in
th
the 80 position in the Global
mind whether it is discarded
Innovation Index. I want to tell
properly or not. If e-waste is
you one more interesting thing. not disposed of properly, it can
For the first time in the last 11
also harm our environment.
years in India, the number of
But, if done carefully, it can
Domestic Patent Filing was seen
become a great force in the
more than Foreign Filing. It also
Circular Economy of Recycle
shows the growing scientific and Reuse. It was mentioned
prowess of India.
in a United Nations report that
Friends, we all know that
50 million tonnes of e-waste is
knowledge is paramount in
the global economy
st
of the 21 century. I
believe that the dream
of India’s Techade will
definitely be fulfilled
on the strength of our
Innovators and their
Patents. With this,
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