<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that country's Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative contains marine resources as a key pillar.<br />''<br />'' Addressing the One Ocean Summit virtually yesterday, the Prime Minister said, India has always been a maritime civilization and emphasised that our security and prosperity are linked to oceans.<br />''<br />''In his address, Mr Modi said, India is committed to eliminating single-use plastic. He said, the country recently undertook a nationwide awareness campaign to clean plastics and other wastes from coastal areas. The Prime Minister said, three lakh young people collected around 13 tonnes of plastic wastes.<br />''<br />''Mr Modi also informed that Indian Navy has been directed to contribute 100 ship-days this year for cleaning plastic wastes from the seas. He added that India will be happy to join France in launching a global initiative on single-use plastic.</span><br />