India’s External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs
minister Sushma Swaraj exhorted the Indian youth diaspora to connect, celebrate
and contribute to the transformational change being witnessed in India in the
making of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshth Bharat’.
Inaugurating the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)
in Ahmedabad Swaraj said, the Indian youth diaspora can become ambassadors of the
new India as you have retained a bit of India in your heart and each one of you
have a bit of Bharat in you.
The Minister said that Youth PBD was not just about
interacting with the young people of this country but has emerged as an
important platform for the diaspora to discover and nurture their roots.
She appealed to the youth to connect with the young
generation of Indians as over 50% of the Indian people were under 25 years.
Youth PBD, she said, was an occasion to celebrate India’s traditions, art and
culture, even as the country strives to empower its youth with technology.
What excites the world today is India’s growth
story, Swaraj said and pointed to the government’s success in bringing about a
complete transformation of the business sentiment in the country. This, she
added, was the outcome of the numerous steps undertaken by the government to
improve the ease of doing business.
Swaraj said the diaspora could contribute
significantly to the development of India through programmes such as ‘Make in
India’, ‘Digital India’, creation of smart cities and other physical
infrastructure.
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