India sets big targets now, is witnessing rapid progress: PM Modi

Noting that India now thinks big sets high targets and delivers big results Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India has emerged as a driving force propelling global growthSpeaking at the Republic Plenary Summit 2025 PM Modi highlighted the countrys progress in sectors such as solar energyHe said the world today is declaring that this is Indias century Indias remarkable achievements have sparked new aspirations and expectations globallyIndia has now emerged as a driving force propelling global growth forward he saidPM Modi said that over the last decade more than Rs 42 lakh crore has been directly transferred to the bank accounts of the poor through the Direct Benefit Transfer DBT systemEvery rupee sent from Delhi is credited directly to the beneficiaries bank accounts without any intermediaries Ten years ago India had an insignificant solar energy capacity Today the nation stands proudly among the top five countries in the world in terms of solar energy capacity he saidHe said 18 years ago in 2007 Indias annual GDP stood at Rs one lakh crore representing the total economic activity for an entire yearHowever today the same level of activity is achieved within just a single quarter This remarkable transformation highlights the rapid pace of economic growth in presentday India After 65 years of independence India was the 11th largest economy in the world In just a decade we have become the fifth largest economy And with the same speed we are going to become the third largest economyThe Prime Minister also referred to his remarks to bring one lakh youth into politics who are first timersI have been saying for the past few days that I have to bring 1 lakh youth into politicsThose who will go to vote in 2029 do not know what the headlines of newspapers used to be before 2014 They do not know that scams of 1012 lakh crore used to happen And when they will go to vote they will not have anything for comparison he saidThe Prime Minister said his government has opened up the space sector to young innovatorsWhen we made this decision it didnt get much attention But today there are over 250 space startups in the country These startups are now creating rockets A similar change has also happened in the mapping sector he saidThis 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