By Shashwat Bhandari

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Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched for a self-reliant India, saying an amount almost equal to India’s defence budget was being paid to foreign companies for shipping its goods across the world. Addressing a rally in Gujarat, PM Modi said that India is paying nearly Rs 6 lakh crore — which he termed as an amount almost as much as India’s defence budget — to foreign companies for shipping. Hitting out at past governments, PM Modi said that had this amount been invested in building India’s own shipping industry, then today, it would have earned us billions apart from saving our own money. Building upon his argument, PM Modi said that there is no other option for India other than becoming self-reliant (Aatmanirbhar Bharat) if it has to become a developed nation by 2047. From Jeep to Ship building, India has to do everything on its own as there is no other option left. Dependence on Other Nations Is India’s Biggest Enemy In another statement during his Gujarat address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that no nation in this world is India’s true enemy, but the biggest enemy of us is our dependence on foreign nations. “This is our biggest enemy, and we have to together defeat this enemy. We have to repeat this every time that the more we depend on other nations, the more we will lose,” PM Modi said. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from India and around the world.