In the last 6-7 months, more than 60 industries have been set up in Odisha and an investment of more than Rs 1.8 lakh crore has been made. This has led to the creation of more than 1 lakh jobs, he further said.
Speaking during an interaction with noted economists and experts at Niti Aayog, the Prime Minister called for an out-of-the-box thinking.
In early independent India, we still had a traditional model with a strong Gandhian ethic. But later we strayed from that ethic, even though we like to trade on it. But India can still draw from it to create a better development model. We need to create a system where public institutions are more community-based, community-governed, and community-led, as Mahatma Gandhi advocated. We need to unleash these traditional processes so that they have a life of their own or have a multiplier effect
