Shri Sanjay Jaju ji, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Shri Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group and author of this book

Shri Gursharan Dhanjal, Vice Chairman, SKOCH Group

Shri Rohan Kochhar, Founder, SKOCH Law Office

Ladies and gentlemen, namaste to you all. I am very happy to participate in this program to launch our Honorable Prime Minister's book Modinomics. This is not a book. This is a journey of history and it is a legend continuously 25 years he is occupying the public office early first of Chief Minister of Gujarat and second of as a Prime Minister of this big country. So I must congratulate to the organizers and author to release such a kind of book on the occasion of our Honorable Prime Minister's 75th year of the birth birthday.

So the nation is celebrating our Honorable Prime Minister's birthday from 17th to October 2nd. As in Seva Pakhwada for the two weeks the people are participating or they are organizing such of blood donation camps and medical camps and various activities. The entire 15 days they are taking place. One side is a party, one side is government. Another side volunteers and another one side for the NGOs so various kind of works they are all taking participating.

So this our Sameer Kochhar ji’s releasing Prime Minister's contribution to the economy. This book is a journey of the legend of our Honorable Prime Minister. So friends, while we talk about the economics we all everyone thinks that one is for it is in trade or commerce or exchange or here the economies is inclusive economy. Our Prime Minister's first major concept is inclusive. While we started he started in 2014 for Jan Dhan account early people doesn't know I am coming from a rural background. People doesn't know even my father, my mother doesn't know how to go to the bank. After 2014 only the people come to know to the bank is facilitating. Bank is giving accounts. Bank is giving free account. And bank through bank the government schemes are coming to the beneficiary. So this revolution is happened in 2014 through the Jan Dhan account.

After the Jan Dhan account you know the Bima Suraksha Yojana and Suraksha for the accident benefits. And also the girls children child for the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Like so many schemes came up for the welfare of the public. One side we are talking about the 2047 is for our Viksit Bharat. If we go to the Viksit Bharat. One side our Honorable Prime Minister is working for the nation’s development for the infrastructure development. Another side our Honorable Prime Minister is developing the social development.

So the Pradhan, Kisan, farmers, youth, Mahila and as well as the 4 these 4 category people has to come up the simultaneously that is the our Prime Minister's concept. For that Prime Minister's Kisan Samman Nidhi for the youths New Bharat, Ang Bharat, My India. So the force facilities and for the Garibs Prime Minister's Awas Yojana, Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, Prime Minister Swachh Bharat Mission like various schemes are taking place because of the last 10–12 years our Prime Minister's initiative in the social sector 25 crore people are come from came from to the poverty line to the upper level. So this first time it is happening in the country. Our people are pride. They are happy. 25 crore people are coming up from the poverty line. So this is a major achievement in the aspect of economic area.

And also recent days we are seeing our country's growth is in 7.8 percentage. While after the COVID in the global level all countries they are all going back in the economy and we are marching forward. Our economy's growth is tremendously. We are growing in this our Prime Minister's continuous steps. Now we are the biggest fourth economic in the world. So these achievements are happening. This our Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji's era. That and all we are very happy.

And apart from this we are seeing our in infra one side infrastructure tax revolutions recent days GST how it is in getting our before 22nd another two days is there the rates are going to implement. But some of few companies like Anand Mahindra and now ITC they are all came forward. They reduced the rate. They are not waited for the up to 22nd they are reduced the rates. Now you see morning you take the newspapers. You are seeing the reduce all companies. All corporate companies are producers advertisement that reduced prices are available. So this GST revolution is one side our economies, our people's participation economies and our the money or whatever the transaction is taking place.

And while we talk about the economies and the same time we are I mentioned about the banks and the same time the digital transaction. While the discussion was there in Parliament my Tamil Nadu person only he criticized. Our P. Chidambaram was criticized. Already Kochhar ji mentioned the paralysis of the early government. Like his mindset. He told the people doesn't know. The people are not educated. The people doesn't know to operate the mobile phones or Internet. How they will participate in the digital transaction.

I want to tell one example also here in my personal experience. You are all aware that one in Tamil Nadu one district is Erode district. Erode district Sathyamangalam. Sathyamangalam is the deepest forest area. In that forest area I visited that village. I want to visit some area. I traveled through that one roadside vendor was there. He sold that cucumber. So I purchased. Because of that time summertime everywhere in roadside Tamil Nadu they sell this time I purchased the cucumber and I asked how to pay. He recognized me. He initially he told no you don't pay. No, no no. We are all used to pay how you pay. You tell me that. He told Google Pay. Anna, you give Google Pay. He told his number and I. So you see how it is. The digital transaction is reached the common man layman that is the. We our Honorable Prime Minister trusted the citizens. So for that result we are getting and now everywhere in the street vendors everywhere. The digital transaction, the cash transaction is very less. No? You see in this hall you ask anyone to give 100 rupees. I think no carry money cash.

So this is the. This is the status now the people are transforming and government is trusting the people. The people also trusting the government. So this under our Honorable Prime Minister's dynamic leader he is taking our nations towards the Viksit Bharat 2047. We are all seeing the highways, express highways, modern highways, industrial highways like corridors like one side railway is taking a huge infrastructure development. Airports like this one side and another side the social sector is getting ready to go to the celebrate Viksit Bharat 2047 while we celebrate 100th year of our independence we will be our Abdul Kalam former President. He is also from Tamil Nadu. He told you dream your dream will be fulfilled. That dream is Viksit Bharat. Our country will be the progressive country. So we all work together. We will take our nation as a Viksit Bharat.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Once again I congratulate the organizers to initiate this such. Thank you very much.

Participants at the Digital Assets of India: Sovereignty and Security