Prime Minister Narenndra Modi on Tuesday addressed the US-India Business Council in Washington where he showcased India's economic prowess and invited AMerican business leaders to invest in India.
Here are the highlights of PM Modi's address:- You all have honoured me and welcomed me. I am grateful for that.
- India has a population of 125 crore and it is necessary that the world pays attention to it
- India is marching ahead with a renewed confidence
- For any government, an experience of 3-4 months is not enough
- Even with this small experience, I can say there's no reason for India to stay behind
- India is moving ahead with great speed... times have changed, our intentions have changed and our motives have changed
- Money runs in the blood of Gujaratis, we instinctively know business and commerce
- Businesses don't want any concession from a government - they need effective governance, ease of business
- Whether they get red carpet or not, they do not want red tape
- A government should not be in business, its job is to facilitate
- The economic system should have vibrancy, the tax system should be easy
- We have given priority to all these things after coming to power
- Sometimes the government likes making new laws but I haven't done that. I have set up a committee whose job is to do away with all laws that are useless. We should come out of the web of laws, systems should be simple
- We live in a digital world, it has become fast... the common man's life has also changed with technology
- A government should be two steps ahead of societal needs, can't be ten steps behind
- We have taken the initiative of digital India, our country should have mobile governance
- The 'Make-in-India' campaign I've started is linked to Digital India... anyone who wants to transact with the government should be able to do it from his mobile phone
- We want to use technology for good governance, effective governance
- We want to take everyone with us, we want people's feedback on policies to make them more people-friendly
- Come to India, it is a win-win situation
- We are all together on the march of progress, India's economy is rapidly changing and you must come make use of that opportunity
- My trip was very successful... this is my last engagement and after this I'm going straight to the airport