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health and transportation exploit these technologies and
infrastructure and providing a India, fortunately, has them in
business-friendly environment. larger numbers. In the coming
India is also well-placed on years, we must not just be a part
both food and energy security but a leader of this change.
sectors which are rightly among Another important aspect
our foremost policy goals. We from the economic point of view,
have made impressive progress is that we must let imports flow
in solar and wind energy. But in freely. To pay for those imports,
addition to this, we must focus we will automatically export. We
on Green Hydrogen and millets- must lower the barriers to trade
based nutrition in order to and join like-minded countries in
proclaim absolute victory in this free trade agreements.
domain. Lastly, I cannot emphasize
A robust and highly enough on the fact that we
accessible digital infrastructure, need to return to liberalizing
of which digital payments our economy. No nation has
system, data democracy are achieved 8 to 10% growth without
a part of, has been a major opening the economy thereby
accomplishment of India in embracing globalization.
recent years. We are now This must be the way forward
in a good place to build on for India to march forward into
this infrastructure as new the 'Amrit Kaal' and attain the
developments in areas such as true status of self-reliance in the
AI sweep through the world. The economic sector.
advent of the digital and AI age
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