New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to states and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to play a key role in boosting the domestic manufacturing sector with globally acclaimed quality products that will fuel India's pursuit of prosperity on the back of a swadeshi movement.

In a televised address to the nation, Modi also said the middle class, the 250 million people who have come out of poverty in the last 11 years-a neo-middle class-as well as the poor will benefit from the goods and services tax (GST) rate reduction taking effect on Monday on a host of products and services.

People will find it easier to realize their dreams of buying aspirational goods, building houses, and travelling on acco...