Srinagar, Aug. 31 -- If we are to build a Viksit Bharat, we must start where life begins-by nurturing the potential of our youngest citizens. It is in the joyful laughter of a child at an Anganwadi centre, in the rhymes they sing and the blocks they build, that the promise of our nation's future takes shape. Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Bharat has placed its youngest citizens at the heart of its development journey. The Prime Minister has redefined our national priorities-not only by investing in universities and digital infrastructure, but by recognising the critical importance of the first classroom a child steps into: the Anganwadi.

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