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‘AATMANIRBHARTA’ IMPLYING SELF-RELIANCE HAS BEEN NAMED BY OXFORD LANGUAGES AS ITS HINDI WORD OF THE YEAR 2020 AS IT “VALIDATED THE DAY-TO-DAY ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COUNTLESS INDIANS WHO DEALT

WITH AND SURVIVED THE PERILS OF A PANDEMIC”. Updated On: 2 February 2021 , 1:57 PM NEW DELHI: 'Aatmanirbharta' implying self-reliance has been named by Oxford Languages as its

Hindi word of the year 2020 as it "validated the day-to-day achievements of the countless Indians who dealt with and survived the perils of a pandemic". The word was chosen by an

advisory panel of language experts Kritika Agrawal, Poonam Nigam Sahay and Imogen Foxell. > THE OXFORD HINDI WORD OF THE YEAR IS A WORD OR EXPRESSION THAT IS > CHOSEN TO REFLECT THE 

ETHOS, MOOD, OR PREOCCUPATIONS OF THE PASSING > YEAR, AND HAVE LASTING POTENTIAL AS A TERM OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. In a statement, Oxford Languages said in the early months of the

pandemic when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India's COVID-19 recovery package, he emphasised the need to become self-reliant as a country, as an economy, as a society and as

individuals, in a bid to navigate the perils of the pandemic. There was a massive increase in the usage of 'aatmanirbharta' following the prime minister's address,

highlighting its increased prominence as a phrase and concept in the public lexicon of India, it said. One of the standout successes of the entire Aatmanirbhar Bharat campaign is the

large-scale manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine in India. During the Republic Day parade, the Department of Biotechnology highlighted the Aatmanirbhar Bharat campaign and showcased the

COVID-19 vaccine development process in its tableau at Rajpath. "In an unprecedented year, 'aatmanirbharta' found resonance with a wide cross-section of people as it is seen

to be an answer to the revival of a COVID-impacted economy," said Oxford University Press India managing director Sivaramarkrishnan Venkateswaran. > AGRAWAL SAID AMID A NUMBER OF 

INTERESTING AND TOPICAL ENTRIES > RECEIVED, 'AATMANIRBHARTA' STOOD OUT BECAUSE IT VALIDATED THE > DAY-TO-DAY ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COUNTLESS INDIANS WHO DEALT WITH AND > 

SURVIVED THE PERILS OF A PANDEMIC. This word "gives a voice to the strength displayed by young and old alike in dealing with extended periods of isolation, lack of familial support,

loss of livelihoods and other difficulties through sheer determination and self-reliance", she said. Previous Hindi words of the year are Aadhar (2017), Nari Shakti (2018) and

Samvidhaan (2019). While the Hindi word of the year has great resonance for the year in which it was chosen, it doesn't mean that the word will automatically go into any Oxford

dictionaries.