Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Sarpanchs from across the country on National Panchayati Raj day.
PM Modi said that the biggest lesson COVID-19 had taught India was about the need to be self-reliant.
He said that villages, districts, states should be self-dependent for their needs.
The count of COVID-19 positive cases in India has now crossed 23,000.
India is under lockdown till 3 May, 2020.
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