Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, June 14, laid out India’s vision for a sustainable future for the world through innovation and technology, stating that New Delhi is no longer just a consumer of global solutions, but a major contributor to them as well.
Prime Minister Modi’s remark came during the inauguration of the ‘Bharat Innovates’ event in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron in Nice, PTI reported.
“Bharat Innovates is an invitation to the world to co-create the next chapter of global innovation with India,” PM Modi said.
The major event provides a platform to bring together top innovation startups from India, France and other nations.
Prime Minister Modi said India’s young innovators are finding solutions that can benefit all of humanity. Further, he highlighted Indian government’s reform initiatives across multiple key sectors, such as high-technology, defence and innovation.
“India’s ‘reform express’ will not stop, it will continue to run,” he asserted.
He highlighted that the world looked at India as a technology adoptor a decade back, however, the country is now emerging as a technology provider.
“India is innovating for a sustainable future. India is innovating for the world,” Prime Minister Modi said and noted that innovation is in the country’s DNA.
He added, “India has emerged not as a consumer of solutions but as a contributor to solutions in the world”.
Also, he mentioned that India and France share a “special partnership” that has “connection, conviction, innovation, inspiration and shared vision”.