BHOPAL: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that textile, tourism and technology --three Ts -- will be the key drivers of India’s developed future as the sectors will create crores of new jobs.
Inaugurating Madhya Pradesh’s Global Investors Summit-2025 (GIS-25) in Bhopal, Modi said India, with rich tradition, skills, and entrepreneurship in textiles, is the second-largest producer of cotton, silk, polyester and viscose.
“MP being the cotton capital of India contributes around 25 per cent of the country’s organic cotton supply and is the largest producer of mulberry silk. The state’s Chanderi and Maheshwari sarees have received GI tags. Investments in this sector will significantly help MP’s textiles make a global impact,” he said.
Modi said technical textiles such as agro-textiles, medical textiles, and geotextiles are being promoted, and a national mission has been initiated for this purpose. He said seven large textile parks were being developed across the country, including one in MP.
The PM said India is enhancing the tourism sector, recalling MP Tourism campaign, ‘MP Ajab Hai, Sabse Gajab Hai’. He highlighted the development of tourism infrastructure around the Narmada river and tribal areas of MP. He also spoke about the immense potential for health and wellness tourism.
He said the ‘Heal in India’ mantra is gaining global popularity, and investment opportunities in the health and wellness sector are increasing. “The government is encouraging public-private partnerships in this area. India’s traditional treatments and AYUSH are being promoted on a large scale, and special AYUSH visas are being issued,” he said.
Underlining the importance of GIS-25, the PM said ‘Viksit MP’ is necessary in the journey towards ‘Viksit Bharat’. “MP is the fifth largest state in India by population and one of the top states for agriculture and minerals. It’s also blessed with the life-giving Narmada. MP has the potential to become one of the top five states in India in terms of GDP,” Modi said.
“Two decades of BJP rule has focused on governance and ushered in sea change. Two decades back, people were hesitant to invest in MP, but now the state has evolved into one the top investment destinations in the country. The state which once struggled with poor roads is now among the leading states in the country’s EV revolution. By January 2025, around two lakh electric vehicles were registered, which demonstrates that MP is becoming an excellent destination for new manufacturing sectors,” he said.