India fastest growing major economy: Rajnath Singh

India has showed that there is no irreconcilable tradeoff between growth and distributive justice and the government is making all efforts to further boost the countrys position as a growth engine Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on SaturdayIn an address at the annual general meeting of FICCI Singh said India as the fastest growing major economy in the world has now reached a position to trigger a positive impact on the growth of other countriesIndia showed that there is no irreconcilable tradeoff between growth and distributive justice That means providing fair opportunities to all citizens and accelerating the growth rate and both can be achieved simultaneously he saidThe government is making all efforts to further strengthen Indias position as a growth engine But you know that the government cannot do this work alone For that we also need the support of the wealth creators and thought leaders of this country he told the industry captainsSingh said there the industry leaders have a special responsibility to help the government write the next chapter of the Indian growth storyIf India is the growth engine of the global economy then all of you wealth creators and thought leaders are the motor of that growth engine he saidTherefore there is a special responsibility on all of you to help the government write the next chapter of the Indian growth story by integrating the needs of everyone from the engine to the last coach Singh addedHe also referred to the governments focus on infrastructure development especially to expand connectivityThe way we have done infrastructure development in farflung areas in India the way we have laid a network of connectivity under the PM Gati Shakti Yojana be it the remote NorthEast or small cities or towns we have connected everyone he saidMoving on from the growth pole I would like to call this the growth web he notedThe defence minister said the government is investing at the bottom of the pyramidBe it the farmers of the country tribals or street vendors or Vishwakarma brothers by implementing schemes for these people we have ensured that we also pay attention to the bottom of the pyramid he notedThe defence minister also highlighted induction of women in various positions in the three servicesIf I talk about the defence sector you see that we started the admission of girls in Sainik School Women officers of Army Air Force and Navy are also training in National Defence Academy he saidWomen pilots are being appointed in fighter aircraft in the Air Force Today women are working on big posts in the Army also A large number of our girls are joining the armies through the Agniveer scheme he saidSingh also spoke about the governments priority on human resources developmentThe most important resource of any country is its human resource Under human resource upgradation the work done by the government in the last decade or so to promote education and health is amazing he saidThe longevity of our citizens has increased Infant and maternal mortality rates have decreased The per capita income of our citizens has increased their lives and their living standards have improved he notedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever