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PANAJI
Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday emphasized the need for greater focus on agriculture to ensure that the income of our farmers' gets doubled in the coming years. Unless the farmer is assured of proper remuneration and encouraged to diversify crop cultivation, among others, the agriculture sector will face problems. Concerted and complementary efforts have to be made by all stakeholders to prevent any kind of distress to farmers, he added.
Naidu was addressing the gathering after presenting the India Foundation-Swarajya awards to four recipients from different walks of life in recognition to their talent and merit in an individual at the 4th India Ideas Conclave 2017 at Bambolim on Saturday.
The awards ceremony was also attended by Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar and Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha.
Speaking further Naidu said, "I am delighted to participate in this event and present awards to the deserving recipients from different walks of life. Apart from recognizing the talent and merit of the winners, these types of awards provide inspiration to others. As a matter of fact, recognizing talent and merit in an individual or an organization has been part of India's culture and traditions."
He said, "India in ancient times controlled more than one-third of global wealth and about two centuries ago, the country's GDP was 27% of the world GDP. India was known as ‘Vishwaguru' and savants and knowledge-seekers from all over the world used to come here to study at Nalanda, Takshashila, Vikramshila, Pushpagiri and Valabhi universities." History also shows that India was never an aggressor and always was the victim of invasions, the vice president said, adding, "Every one of us must feel proud of having inherited such a glorious and pacifist past. The time has now come for us to build a New India, which shall again take its rightful place in the comity of nations."
India is set to become the fastest growing large economy again. Only the other day, the UN's World Economic Situation Report projected India's GDP to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2018 and 7.4 per cent in 2019. It said that the outlook for India remained largely positive, underpinned by robust private consumption and public investment as also due to the ongoing structural reforms, he said.
Naidu said that in the coming years, the economy is expected to improve further as a result of various reforms and India is projected to become the third largest economy in the world by 2028. However, every reform must have a human face and the fruits of development must reach all sections, particularly the poorest of the poor.
He stressed upon the need for women's empowerment. The time has come for the country to move forward by providing adequate representation to women in Parliament and legislatures. There should not be any gender discrimination.
He said, there is also a need for undertaking electoral reforms such as conducting simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and the Assemblies. Such a measure would not only reduce expenditure but would also put an end to the frequent spectacle of administration coming to a grinding halt as soon as the model code of conduct comes into effect.
A large number of eminent people including Union Ministers, Chief Minister, CEO's, Scientists, academics, journalists, political leaders and public intellectuals from India attended the event.
Earlier Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha welcomed the audience while Hari Kiran Vadlamani, founder, Indic Academy proposed the vote of thanks.
PANAJI
Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday emphasized the need for greater focus on agriculture to ensure that the income of our farmers' gets doubled in the coming years. Unless the farmer is assured of proper remuneration and encouraged to diversify crop cultivation, among others, the agriculture sector will face problems. Concerted and complementary efforts have to be made by all stakeholders to prevent any kind of distress to farmers, he added.
Naidu was addressing the gathering after presenting the India Foundation-Swarajya awards to four recipients from different walks of life in recognition to their talent and merit in an individual at the 4th India Ideas Conclave 2017 at Bambolim on Saturday.
The awards ceremony was also attended by Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar and Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha.
Speaking further Naidu said, "I am delighted to participate in this event and present awards to the deserving recipients from different walks of life. Apart from recognizing the talent and merit of the winners, these types of awards provide inspiration to others. As a matter of fact, recognizing talent and merit in an individual or an organization has been part of India's culture and traditions."
He said, "India in ancient times controlled more than one-third of global wealth and about two centuries ago, the country's GDP was 27% of the world GDP. India was known as ‘Vishwaguru' and savants and knowledge-seekers from all over the world used to come here to study at Nalanda, Takshashila, Vikramshila, Pushpagiri and Valabhi universities." History also shows that India was never an aggressor and always was the victim of invasions, the vice president said, adding, "Every one of us must feel proud of having inherited such a glorious and pacifist past. The time has now come for us to build a New India, which shall again take its rightful place in the comity of nations."
India is set to become the fastest growing large economy again. Only the other day, the UN's World Economic Situation Report projected India's GDP to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2018 and 7.4 per cent in 2019. It said that the outlook for India remained largely positive, underpinned by robust private consumption and public investment as also due to the ongoing structural reforms, he said.
Naidu said that in the coming years, the economy is expected to improve further as a result of various reforms and India is projected to become the third largest economy in the world by 2028. However, every reform must have a human face and the fruits of development must reach all sections, particularly the poorest of the poor.
He stressed upon the need for women's empowerment. The time has come for the country to move forward by providing adequate representation to women in Parliament and legislatures. There should not be any gender discrimination.
He said, there is also a need for undertaking electoral reforms such as conducting simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and the Assemblies. Such a measure would not only reduce expenditure but would also put an end to the frequent spectacle of administration coming to a grinding halt as soon as the model code of conduct comes into effect.
A large number of eminent people including Union Ministers, Chief Minister, CEO's, Scientists, academics, journalists, political leaders and public intellectuals from India attended the event.
Earlier Union Minister of State, Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha welcomed the audience while Hari Kiran Vadlamani, founder, Indic Academy proposed the vote of thanks.
