The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today interacted with 181 IAS probationers of the 2015 batch.
The Prime Minister exhorted the IAS
probationers to recall Mahatma Gandhi’s talisman of keeping in mind the
welfare of the poorest of the poor, while taking decisions.
Noting that several of the probationers
had worked in the private sector before joining the IAS, he said that
while their earlier assignments were “jobs”, they are now going to
undertake “service.”
Stressing the importance of progress and
connectivity in the North-East, the Prime Minister said that if the
North-East developed, the entire country would march forward.
In response to a question, Shri Narendra
Modi said that his extensive travels across India for over four
decades, and his experience as Chief Minister of a State, had helped him
in his work as Prime Minister.
Your Excellency,प्रधानमंत्री श्री K.P. Sharma Oli जी,
नेपाल से आये मंत्रीगण तथा
संसद सदस्य,
आथिति गण, तथा
मीडिया के उपस्थित प्रधिनिधी।
भारत-नेपाल
मैत्री के इतिहास का आज एक महत्वपूर्ण दिन है।पद-ग्रहण के पश्चात
प्रधानमंत्री ओली जी की इस प्रथम विदेश यात्रा पर मै उनका, तथा नेपाल के
सम्पूर्ण शिष्टमंडल का हार्दिक स्वागत करता हूँ। भारत के प्रति नेपाल की
गौरवशाली जनता के अथाह प्रेम और सद्भावनाओ का भी मैं हार्दिक अभिनन्दन करता
हूँ। साथ ही साथ मै नेपाल के नागरिको की आशाओं और आकांक्षाओ का;तथा उनकी
जागरूकता और विवेक का भी सम्मान करता हूँ। इस अवसर पर मै नेपाल के दिवंगत
नेता श्री सुशील कोइराला जी को भी श्रद्धांजली अर्पण करता हूँ।भारत-नेपाल
मित्रता मे उनका योगदान सदैव स्मरणीय रहेगा।
Friends,
भारत
और नेपाल दो संप्रभुत्व देश है।इन की मित्रता घनिष्ट एवम अदिवितीय
है।हिमालय कि अखंडता तथा गंगा की पवित्रता हमारे सशक्त संबंधो के साक्षी
है। सीमाओं के खुले द्वार हमारी जनता के आपसी सम्बन्धो को परिभाषित करते
है।एक धनी संस्कृति और परंपरा के हम सांझे उत्तराधिकारी है।नेपाल मे
शांति,स्थिरता और उसका आर्थिक विकास हमारा साँझा उद्धेश्य है। भारत-नेपाल
संबंधों के इन सभी पहलुओं पर मैंने और प्रधान मंत्री Oli ने आज विस्तार से
बात की है।
Excellency Oli,
पूरा विश्व इस बात को मानता है
कि पिछले कुछ सालों में नेपाल ने लोकतंत्र और संघवाद के मार्ग पर
प्रशसंनीय प्रगति की है। दशकों के संघर्ष उपरांत, नेपाल के संविधान की रचना
और उसकी घोषणा एक महत्वपूर्ण उपलब्धि है। इसके निर्माण में नेपाल की सरकार
और राजनैतिक नेतृत्व का,तथा समाज के सभी वर्गो द्वारा किये गये योगदान का
मैं अभिनंदन करता हूं।किंतु इसकी सफलता सहमति और संवाद पर निर्भर है। मुझे
विश्वास है कि इन्हीं सिद्धांतों के आधार पर, राजनैतिक वार्तालाप के माध्यम
से, नेपाल के सभी वर्गों को साथ लेकर, आप नेपाल के संविधान से जुड़े सभी
मुद्दों का संतोषजनक निवारण कर नेपाल को प्रगति और स्थिरता की राह पर ले
जायेंगे।
Friends,
नेपाल की आर्थिक उन्नति, विकास तथा संपन्नतामें भारत की
स्थायी रुचि है। नेपाल के इस उद्देश्य की पूर्ति हेतु हमारे संसाधन और
संस्थाएं सदैव एक सकारात्मक साधन रहे हैं और भविष्य में भी रहेगे। इस
सन्दर्भ मे,भारत की आर्थिक प्रगति नेपाल की संपन्नता का एक सहज मार्ग बन
सकतीं हैं। दोनों देशों के बीच के transport corridors विकास के Highways
बन सकते हैं। इसके मध्य-नजर, हमारे देशों के बीच में दो और transit points
खोलने पर आज हुई सहमति महत्वपूर्ण है। इन transit points का खुलना
क्षेत्रीय आर्थिक विकास तथा connectivity को भी प्रबल बनायेगा। मैंने अपनी
नेपाल की 2014 की यात्रा के दौरान कहा था कि नेपाल का hydro power
potential न केवल पूरे नेपाल को रोशन कर सकता है, अपितु भारत की ऊर्जा
आवश्यकताओं को भी पूरा कर सकता हैं।
मुझे खुशी है,कि नेपाल और भारत
कई hydro power projects पर कार्यरत हैं। इन की कुल क्षमता लगभग 7000 मेगा
वाट है। इन projects का शीघ्र और सफल निर्माण नेपाल की आर्थिक संपन्नता का
प्रमुख मार्ग बन सकता है। मुजफ्फरपुर-धलकेवार ट्रांसमिशन लाइन जिसका हमने
अभी अभी उद्घाटन किया है, यह नेपाल को लगभग 80-MW बिजली immediately उपलब्ध
करायेगी।आने वाले दो सालों में यही लाइन 600-MW बिजली नेपाल को प्रदान
करेगी।
Friends,
व्यापार और निवेश हमारे संबंधों के सशक्त
स्तंभ हैं। इनको और प्रबल बनाया जा सकता है। इसके लिए, integrated check
posts का शीघ्र निर्माण दोनों देशों के हित में है। नेपाल के तराई क्षेत्र
में सड़क निर्माण पर आज हुआ समझौता trade infrastructure को और मजबूती
प्रदान करेगा। पिछले वर्ष नेपाल ने एक भयंकर भूकंप से उत्पन्न त्रासदी का
सामना किया था। आपदा नेपाल पे आयी, किन्तु पीड़ा हर भारतीय को भी हुई।
भूंकप उपरांत नेपाल के पुर्ननिमार्ण की आवश्यकताओं की पूर्ति के लिए, भारत
ने एक बिलियन डॉलर का assistance package announce किया था।इस क्षेत्र मे
आज हुए दो समजौते, एक US $ 250 मिलियन की grant का,तथा दूसरा US $ (U.S.
Dollar) 750 मिलियन line of credit का, हमारी सहभागिता को और आगे ले
जायेंगे। इस सन्दर्भ मे,प्रधानमंत्री ओली की भुज यात्रानेपाल के
post-earthquake reconstruction के कार्य मे लाभकारी सिद्ध होगी।
Excellency Oli,
आयुर्वेद भारत की प्राचीन सभ्यता का ऐसा प्रभावी अंग है,जिसकी छाप आज के
युग में भी प्रबल है। नेपाल भी आयुर्वेद से घनिष्ठ रुप से जुड़ा हुआ है।
नेपाल में आयुर्वेद का विस्तार दोनों देशों के सांस्कृतिक और व्यापारिक हित
में हैं। यदि नेपाल चाहे तो भारत नेपाल में आयुर्वेदिक colleges खोल सकता
है। इनको भारत के आयुर्वेदिक विश्व-विद्यालयों से जोड़ा जा सकता है।
Friends,
यह स्पष्ट है कि नेपाल की स्थिरता भारत की सुरक्षा से जुड़ी हुई
हैं।प्रधान मंत्री Oli और मैं इस बात से भी सहमत हैं कि दोनों देश बढ़ते
हुए अतिवाद और आतंकवाद से उत्पन्न खतरों का मिलकर मुकाबला करेंगे।हम अपने
बीच खुली सीमाओं का terrorists और criminals को दुरुपयोग नहीं करने देंगे।
इस संदर्भ में दोनों देशों की security agencies अपना सहयोग और मजबुत
करेंगी।
Excellency Oli,
नेपाल में शांति,स्थिरता और
सपंन्नता हमारा साँझा हित है। मैं और संपूर्ण भारत नेपाल के आर्थिक विकास
के समर्थक हैं। भारत का सहयोग सदैव सकारात्मक रहा है। इसके अर्तगत लिये गये
actions नेपाल की सरकार तथा जनता की प्राथमिकताओं के अनुरुप रहें हैं।
मुझे पूर्ण विश्वास है कि आपके कुशल नेतृत्व में भारत-नेपाल संबंध और सशक्त
होंगे,और नई ऊंचाईयों को छुएंगे। इन शब्दों के साथ मैं एक बार पुनःआपका और
आपके शिष्टमंडल का भारत में स्वागत करता हूं।
His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Sweden; His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Finland; His Excellency, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Poland; Ministers, Excellencies and Dignitaries from other countries; Governor of Maharashtra; Chief Minister of Maharashtra; Minister of State for Commerce and Industry; Invitees, Industry Leaders, Ladies and Gentlemen!
I am delighted to be part of the celebrations of the “Make in India
Week.” I welcome you all to Mumbai, the commercial capital of India. I
particularly welcome our friends from abroad and thank them for their
active participation. I thank the Government of Maharashtra for hosting
this event. I also thank other States for their active participation.
Friends!
When I look back at the launch of the Make in India initiative over a
year ago, I also recall the aspirations of our youth. 65 per cent of the
population of India is under the age of 35. This youthful energy is our
greatest strength.
We launched the Make in India campaign to
create employment and self-employment opportunities for our youth. We
are working aggressively towards making India a Global Manufacturing
Hub. We want the share of manufacturing in our GDP to go up to 25 per
cent in the near future.
We were also aware that under the
pressure of this campaign, the government machinery will be required to
make a number of corrections on the policy front.
We are committed to make India an easy place to do business.
We want to present to the world the enormous opportunities that India
offers as a base for manufacturing, design, research and development.
Make in India week is an opportunity to take stock of how we have performed. And what could be the road ahead.
This event will show-case different aspects of the progress that we
have made. This is the biggest multi-sectoral event and exhibition ever
held in India. I encourage all of you to see for yourselves the
direction that India is taking.
Let me take this opportunity to share my thoughts.
In a year’s time, Make in India has become the biggest brand that India
has ever created. Both within and outside the country, it has captured
the imagination of people, institutions, industries, media and the
political leadership.
This is because:
It reflects our collective desire to engage in productive activities;
• It also reflects the global need to produce things at lower cost. • It is forcing us to make corrections and increase efficiency; • It has emboldened us to integrate with the world on equal terms. • Let me give you some concrete examples of what we have done:
Today, India is perhaps the most open country for FDI. Most of the FDI sectors have been put on automatic approval route.
Our FDI inflows have gone up by 48 per cent since the day my Government
came into office. In fact, FDI inflow in December, 2015 was the highest
ever in this country. This is, at a time, when global FDI has fallen
substantially.
We have carried out a number of corrections on
the taxation front. We have said that we will not resort to
retrospective taxation. And I repeat this commitment once again. We are
also swiftly working towards making our tax regime transparent, stable
and predictable.
We have laid all round emphasis on Ease of
Doing Business. In the manufacturing sector, we have taken decisive
steps to simplify processes and rationalize provisions. This includes
licensing, cross-border trade, security and environmental clearances. We
have announced attractive schemes in several sectors including
electronics and textiles.
We have made substantial policy
corrections in the defence sector. From licensing to offset regime and
export regime, we have given what the defence industry was looking for.
Smooth and transparent allocation of natural resources is another
example. The advantages from this are two-fold: On one hand the
production of such resources has gone up. On the other hand, the
transparent regime that we have established provides a level playing
field among users and stake-holders.
This year, we will record
the highest ever coal production. Also, 2015 was the year when India’s
highest ever generation of electricity was recorded.
On the
issue of safety of properties and rights, we have already enacted a law
for fast tracking of arbitration proceedings. We are establishing
dedicated Commercial Courts and Commercial Divisions in High Courts. The
formation of the Company Law Tribunal is at the final stage.
Soon we shall be putting in place an effective IPR Policy and patent
regime. We hope to pass the bankruptcy law which has been tabled in
Parliament.
Hence, on the front of policy and procedure, we have made our systems cleaner, simpler, pro-active and business friendly.
I believe in Minimum Government and Maximum Governance. Therefore,
almost on a daily basis, we are trying to remove the bottlenecks that
were affecting investments and growth.
It is good to see that
changes and corrections are taking place not just at the level of the
Federal Government but also at the state level. States are now in
healthy competition to provide ease of business and infrastructure
linkages.
The results have been encouraging.
India has become the fastest growing
large economy in the world. We will end this fiscal year with well over
seven per cent growth in GDP. IMF, World Bank, OECD, ADB and other
institutions have projected even better growth in the coming days.
In 2014-15, India contributed 12.5 per cent of global growth. Its
contribution to global growth is 68 per cent higher than its share of
the world economy.
Let me also mention some other indicators:
India has consistently been ranked as the most attractive investment destination by several global agencies and institutions.
• We have jumped twelve ranks in the latest global ranking by the World Bank on ease of doing business. • India has improved its UNCTAD ranking of investment attractiveness, from fifteenth, to ninth. • India has jumped sixteen places on the World Economic Forum’s global competitive index. • Moody’s has upgraded the rating of India as positive.
• The momentum of the Make in India campaign has given us confidence.
It motivates us to make our policies and processes easier and
friendlier.
With this background, I invite and encourage you to make India your work place; and also your home.
Friends!
We are particularly keen to scale up investments in
next generation infrastructure. This includes roads, ports, railways,
airports, telecom, digital networks and clean energy.
We are
also investing in our social, industrial and agricultural infrastructure
to give better income and quality of life to our people.
So
far, it was our implementation capacity that was the biggest bottleneck.
We have speeded up processes. The result is faster turn-around of
projects. India’s highest ever kilometers of new highway contracts
awarded was in 2015.
Similarly, the increase in railway capital expenditure was the highest this year.
Thus, whether it is physical or social infrastructure; we are executing it much more efficiently than ever before.
Another bottleneck was financing. To enhance financing, we are trying
innovative ways. We are opening up our Greenfield and Brownfield
projects for Public Private Partnership. With strong fiscal discipline,
and by plugging leakages, we are trying to provide more resources for
infrastructure.
We have also set up the National Investment and
Infrastructure Fund. We have come up with the mechanism of Tax Free
Infrastructure Bonds for projects in rail, road and irrigation sectors.
We are working with a number of countries, financial markets and funds
on these financial instruments.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
India is a land of immense opportunities. Fifty of our cities are ready
for setting up Metro Rail Systems. We have to build fifty million
houses. The requirement of road, rail and waterways is enormous. There
is no time for incremental changes. We want a quantum jump.
We
have also decided to do this in a cleaner and greener way. That is why,
we have made a commitment to the world community at the recent COP-21
meeting in Paris. Hence, we are going for renewable energy in a big way -
175 Gigawatts.
I lay great stress on zero defect and zero
effect manufacturing. We place high emphasis on energy efficiency, water
re-cycling, waste to energy, clean India and river cleaning. These
initiatives are directed at improving quality of life in cities and
villages. These initiatives provide you additional avenues for
investment in technologies, services and human resources.
Friends!
India is blessed with three Ds. These are: Democracy, Demography and
Demand. To this, we have added the fourth D that is Deregulation.
Today’s India is this four dimensional India.
Our judicial systems are independent and time tested.
You will not find all these elements in any other country.
With these strengths, India offers you a solid platform to test and
launch your making and designing capabilities. In addition, our maritime
location makes it easy to market products in several other continents.
We are trying to further enable and harness this vast potential with
path-breaking initiatives. Campaigns like Digital India and Skill India
have been designed to prepare people to take part in this process. We
have launched financing schemes which are dedicated to promote
entrepreneurship. We are giving loans through MUDRA Bank without any
collateral. I have also impressed upon the Banks to particularly finance
young entrepreneurs belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes as
well as women entrepreneurs.
Only this will realize the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi who wanted industries to be run in Villages and Cottages.
• Only this will realize the dreams of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar who
advocated the need to move surplus labour from agriculture to other
occupations.
• We are soon going to strengthen this process further under the banner of Stand-up India.
I feel that today, our domestic industry and investors are feeling much
more confident and optimistic in spite of an uncertain global
situation.
When we started the Make in India campaign,
manufacturing growth in the country was 1.7 per cent. This year it has
improved substantially. In the current quarter, manufacturing growth is
expected be around 12.6 per cent.
The composite PMI output index has climbed to an eleven month high of 53.3 per cent in January 2016.
• The total number of investment proposals during the last eight months is higher by 27 per cent. • We have recorded the highest ever production of motor vehicles in 2015. • As many as fifty new mobile phone factories were set up in the country during past ten months. • Electronic manufacturing has grown six-fold to 18 million. • 159 Electronic System Design and Manufacturing units, popularly known as ESDM units were established in India in 2015.
• As per estimates of certain agencies, the Indian job market is now on
a strong footing. For example, the Monster Employment Index for India
stood at 229 in January 2016 which is up by 52 per cent over January of
last year. • Similarly, on the trade front: India’s highest ever software exports were recorded in 2015.
• Also in 2015, our major ports handled the highest ever quantity of cargo.
• These are very good signs. I would like to give our industry some
friendly advice. Don’t wait. Don’t Relax. There are immense
opportunities in India. You should take advantage of the renewed
interest of Global Players to work in India. Many of them are looking
for technological and financial collaborations with Indian partners.
This includes high-tech sectors and high-value areas like defence
production. I assure you that if you take one step; we will walk two
steps for you.
In a competitive world improving managerial and
technological capacity is essential for survival and growth. From space
shuttles to pollution control; from health to education; from
agriculture to services; our young entrepreneurs and start-ups are
showing us newer and faster ways for enterprise and delivery. My
Government is committed to support them and tap their energy fully. We
want our youth to become job creators rather than job seekers. That is
why, we have launched the Start up India Campaign.
We are keen to find ways in which:
Our minds are able to empower the hands;
• Our hands are able to master the machines; • Our machines are able to make the best; • Our products are able to beat the rest.
• Make in India is a drive to fulfill unmet demands of the common man.
It is also an effort to engage and empower the unemployed. I also
emphasize on Make for India; so that human and sectoral needs can be
fulfilled. I have heard several global companies talk about their
localization plans. Thus, this campaign has the capacity to boost the
Indian economy and also brighten the global scenario.
Friends!
I have been saying that this century is Asia’s century. My advice to
you is to Make India your center; if you want this century to be your
century. I invite everyone sitting here and also those not here, to be a
part of India’s unfolding story.
