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problems. The 'land of the snake
charmers' is now charming the
world with its transformative and
timely service delivery. Today,
every village in India is open
defecation free and has electricity
connection. Ninety-nine per
cent of the villages have been
provided with clean cooking fuel.
The entirety of India is connected
with 'One Nation One Ration Card'
which has been instrumental in
providing free rations to over 80
crore poor people in the last two
years. Moreover, 40 per cent of
digital transactions in the world
are from India and extensive
efforts are being made to bridge
the digital divide with initiatives
like 'Digital India'.
With the mantra of ‘Reform,
Perform and Transform’, India’s
supremacy is an echo roaring
worldwide. Today, India features
among the top 50 innovative
economies globally. It has the
third-largest start-up ecosystem
in the world. Given India’s vast
area, diversity, heterogeneity
clock, India is proudly dictating
and it being a leader in disaster
management, the world looks the changing times today with
up to India for global challenges grit and grace. The sense of duty
such as climate change. that comes from belonging to
one of the greatest democracies
A democratic republic with the
advantage of a demographic in the world will propell India to
dividend coupled with an unfailing even greater heights as we enter
Government working round the the 'Amrit Kaal'.

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