Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said swadeshi should be everyone’s life mantra, noting his government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative has created a favourable environment for both global and domestic manufacturers.

“I am not concerned about whose money is invested, whether it is dollar or pound, or whether that currency is black or white. But whatever production is done with that money, the sweat should be of my countrymen,” he said.

The PM was speaking after flagging off Maruti Suzuki’s first electric vehicle (EV), the e-Vitara, at the brand’s Hansalpur facility near Ahmedabad in Gujarat. The world will drive electric vehicles that are made in India, he said.