Washed utensils in hotel 15 years back, reveals Smriti Irani
New Delhi, Jan 7: Stressing the dignity of labour, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday told a conference of state education ministers that she had washed utensils 15 years back at a hotel in Mumbai.
She referred to Prime Minister's Narendra Modi's emphasis on giving importance to skills and said no one should feel inferior on being a plumber or a mechanic.
"Our credit framework empahsises this that if you want to become a plumber, carpenter or a mechanic, there is no shame in this. Being a minister, I feel proud that nearly 15 years ago, I have washed utensils at a Mumbai hotel. This does not bother because this county is a country of aspirations," she said.
Referring
to
the
'Make
in
India' initiative,
she
said
that
industry
was
keen
that
a
"skilled
India"
should
be
built
first.
"If
we
have
to
have
a
skilled
India,
dignity
of
labour
is
an
important
aspect.
And
the
labour
also
gets
the
dignity
when
the
society
gives
it,"
she
said.
IANS