Prime Minister Narendra Modi says New India is about rule-based governance model rather than a discretion-based one; In an interview, Prime Minister Modi says systems are same for everyone in the present Government where “processes” matters and not pedigree; Also says India’s demographic dividend is its strength.
In an interview to a website, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that New India is about rule-based governance model rather than a discretion-based one, where processes, and not pedigree matters. Prime Minister said that from the VIP era, country has now moved towards an era of EPI — Every Person is Important. Systems are the same for everyone as there are no special queues.
Prime MInister also said that youngsters from India are doing wonderful things both in India and at global level. Elaborating his points further, PM said that he dreams of a ‘Yuva Shakti’ that is filled with self-belief, and has the power to think big. He added that while on one hand, several nations, including economically prosperous societies, are getting older, India is getting younger.
Emphasizing the role technology was playing in India’s development, Prime Minister said that India is an active contributor to the fourth Industrial Revolution. The nature and degree of India’s contribution will surprise the world. He added that India may have missed the bus during the first three industrial revolutions, but this is a bus India has not only boarded but will also drive.These successes will not happen without the active usage of technology.
Prime Minister said that govt has taken many initiatives for students. He said that a network of hundreds of Atal Tinkering Labs is coming up across the country and helping foster an atmosphere of innovation and inquisitiveness. He added that this will give a solid bedrock for students to help them become innovators of tomorrow.
Prime Minister added that while around 4,000 patents were granted in 2013 and 2014, more than 13,000 patents were granted in 2017-18. Similarly, the number of trademarks registered has also gone up from around 68,000 in 2013-14 to around 2.5 lakh in 2016-17. Besides, he added that, overall funding for startups has shot up year-on-year from $1.6 billion in 2013 to around $13 billion in 2017.
Prime Minister also said that the Government has started several initiatives to empower women. Mudra Yojana has given 14 crore loans out of which close to 10 crores are to women entrepreneurs.
