Ahmedabad, Sept. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India's biggest adversary is its dependence on other nations as he raised the pitch for self-reliance, calling for indigenous production of items across sectors, from "chips to ships".

Addressing an event in Gujarat's Bhavnagar, from where he unveiled maritime and development projects worth over Rs.34,200 in different states, Modi said that reliance on others will hurt the country's self-respect.

".Dependence on other countries is our biggest enemy. And together we must defeat this enemy of India, this enemy of dependence. For peace, stability and prosperity in the world, the country with the world's largest population must become self-reliant," he said.

The remarks c...