Moment to lead

Emphasising India’s transition from a country that sought platforms to one that creates platforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modo said that the world’s consensus is clear that this is India’s moment at the present. In an interview, the PM, while describing how the country, from being a country that used to seek a voice on various platforms, has become a nation that creates new global platforms, said that the presence of India and its contributions are now sought after in global forums. “The latent potential of our nation has been unleashed and India’s presence and contributions are now highly sought after in global forums. The world’s consensus today is clear: this is India’s moment,” the PM said. Speaking about the success of India’s G20 Presidency, the Prime Minister said that India was able to bring focus to human-centric development. “We were able to bring focus on human-centric development to the global agenda. We got the developed and developing world to forge consensus. We revitalised multilateralism,” the PM said. Further, commenting on the impetus towards semiconductor chip manufacture and other critical and emerging technologies in the country, the Prime Minister said, “The Semiconductor mission is something we should have started 30 years back. We are already late”. Discussing the ongoing efforts in this regard.”