Covid-19 failed to impact aspirations, ambitions of 1.3 billion Indians: PM Narendra Modi at US-India Summit

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday delivered the keynote address at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum. The Special Key Note Address at the USISPF 3rd Annual Leadership Summit happened through video conference. The Theme of the 5 day Summit that began on the 31st of August is “US-India Navigating New Challenges”. The theme covers various subjects such as India’s potential in becoming a Global Manufacturing Hub, Opportunities in India’s Gas Market, Ease of Doing Business to attract FDI in India, Common Opportunities & Challenges in Tech Space, Indo-Pacific Economic issues, Innovation in Public Health and others.

The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is a non-profit organization that works for the partnership between India and the U.S.

Here is everything what PM Narendra Modi said during his Special Key Note Address at the USISPF 3rd Annual Leadership Summit:-

- 1.3 billion Indians have embarked on one mission to make an 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliant India). 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' merges the local with the global. It ensures India's strengths act as a global force multiplier: PM Modi at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum

-India, a country with 1.3 billion people and limited resources, has one of the lowest death rates per million in the world. The recovery rate is also steadily rising: Prime Minister Narendra Modi 

- India scaled up its COVID-19 facilities in record time; current situation demands a fresh mindset which is human-centric: PM Modi

-The current situation demands a fresh mindset. A mindset where the approach to development is human-centric: PM Modi delivers a special keynote address at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum's 3rd Annual Leadership Summit

-When 2020 began, did anyone imagine how it would pan out? A global pandemic has impacted everyone. It's testing our resilience, public health system & economic system. The current situation demands fresh mindset where the approach to development is human-centric: PM Narendra Modi

-India, a country with 1.3 billion people and limited resources, has one of the lowest death rates per million in the world. The recovery rate is also steadily rising: Prime Minister Narendra Modi 

-The pandemic has impacted several things but it has not impacted the aspirations and of ambitions of 1.3 billion Indians. In recent months, there have been far reaching reforms. These are making business easier and red-tapism lesser: PM Narendra Modi

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Meanwhile, the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has invited the US business and industry to work with their Indian counterparts to take the bilateral trade to greater heights. Addressing the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) through a virtual conference on Wednesday. 

Goyal said that the two democracies share deep commitment with each other, at the Government, Business and people to people levels. Both countries believe in free and fair trade, and the US is India’s largest trading partner. He said that going beyond the trade, in this interconnected world, the two nations can be the resilient trusted partners in global value chain.