Youth power vital for developed India: PM

PM said that the capabilities of India's young population will power the country's rise to becoming developed,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the Young Leader's Dialogue, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the Young Leader's Dialogue, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.PTI
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the power of youth will drive the economy and make India a developed nation by 2047.

“As we are entering a 25-year golden period, India will remain the world’s youngest country in the coming decades. The increase in India’s GDP will be driven by the power of youth. I am confident that the Yuva Shakti (power of youth) will translate the dream of a Viksit-Bharat,” Modi said, addressing the ‘Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue’ here.

Lauding the creativity and out-of-the-box thinking of the youth, he said, “The youth of India are not thinking only sitting in closed AC rooms. The range of thinking of the youth of Bharat goes beyond the sky limit.” Describing himself as a ‘param-mitra’ of the youth, Modi said the relationaship is based on trust.

“India will certainly be a Viksit-Rashtra, where the economy will boom and ecology will bloom. Where there will be plenty of opportunities to earn and learn, where there will be the biggest skilled manpower in the world,” he said. “No power can stop India from becoming a developed country if the spirit of ‘Viksit Bharat’ guides its every step, policy and decision,” he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the Young Leader's Dialogue, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.
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The PM said the ideas of the youth will be part of the country’s policies and give it direction. Achieving ambitious goals requires the active participation and collective effort of every citizen of the nation, he said.

The PM cited the rise of the US following its economic crisis in the 1930s and Singapore’s rise from a backward region to a major economic power to stress the need for setting big goals and sincerely working towards them.

“Swami Vivekananda said the young generation find solutions to all problems of India,” Modi said at the event held on Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, observed as the National Youth Day.

Asserting that the Indian economy is on its way to becoming the third biggest in the world, he said it will cross $10 trillion by the next decade.

'Economy will boom and ecology will bloom'

“India will certainly be a Viksit Rashtra, where the economy will boom and ecology will bloom. Where there will be plenty of opportunities to earn and learn, where there will be the biggest skilled manpower in the world,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said addressing the young leaders on Sunday.

“No power can stop India from becoming a developed country if the spirit of ‘Viksit Bharat’ guides its every step,” he added.

Stressing the role of high growth in India's development, Modi recounted how the country's capacity and budget in different fields have risen with the growth of its economy.

The budget for infrastructure has grown six times in 10 years, he said.

Asserting that the Indian economy is on its way to becoming the third biggest in the world, the prime minister said it will cross USD 10 trillion by the next decade.

Earlier in the day, Modi visited an exhibition hosting many of the participants of the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue.

Over 3,000 "dynamic, young leaders" were chosen from across the country to attend the dialogue following a selection process.

The dialogue is being held as part of the prime minister's efforts to bring one lakh youths having no political link into politics.

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