Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his aim is to make India a global growth engine and expressed confidence that the country will soon emerge as an economic powerhouse of the world.
Speaking at an event to mark 20 years of success of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, PM Modi said they sowed small seeds of a “Vibrant Gujarat” 20 years ago, and today it has developed into a big tree.
PM Modi also said that Vibrant Gujarat became a success at such a time when the previous central government (UPA dispensation) was “indifferent” to the industrial progress of the state.
“We organised Vibrant Gujarat to make the state a growth engine of India. The country has seen this imagination becoming a reality. In 2014, when I was given the opportunity to serve the country, my aim was to make India a global growth engine,” Modi said addressing a gathering of industrialists and businessmen.
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state BJP president C R Paatil were also present on the occasion.
“We are standing at such a phase that India will soon emerge as a global economic powerhouse,” PM Modi said, adding that global agencies and experts are today talking on similar lines.
“In a few years, India will be among the world’s top three economies. This is Modi’s guarantee,” the PM said.
He appealed to the country’s industry to think of sectors where India can explore new possibilities or strengthen itself, and how Vibrant Gujartat can give momentum to this mission.
PM Modi highlighted how from a humble beginning, the Vibrant Gujarat events have turned into an institution and many states later followed it by organising their own investment summits.
Swami Vivekananda said that every work passes through three stages- first it is mocked, later it faces opposition and finally it is accepted, especially when the idea is ahead of time, PM Modi noted, comparing the success of Vibrant Gujarat and how it passed through different stages.
Today the world can see the success of Vibrant Gujarat, he said.
Amid the success of Vibrant Gujarat, there is no time to pause, PM Modi said, as the next 20 years are more important than the past 20 years.
“This is the time for India to make a roadmap to become a developed, self-reliant country. I am certain that you will all think in this direction and take steps for the same,” he said.
