00:00I still recall, some time ago, an observation by a famous Indian badminton player, P. V. Sindhu,
00:11on why Prime Minister Modi is a youth icon.
00:15She summed it up as his attitude which moved the nation
00:21from chalta hai tu badal sakta hai to hoga kaise nahi.
00:27A large part of our efforts is to give the right motivation to the younger generation
00:35to accelerate their efforts.
00:38While development itself is a very complex task,
00:43it becomes much easier when we are confident that nothing is beyond us.
00:51I still recall, some time ago, an observation by a famous Indian badminton player, P. V. Sindhu,
01:02on why Prime Minister Modi is a youth icon.
01:07She summed it up as his attitude which moved the nation
01:13from chalta hai tu badal sakta hai to hoga kaise nahi.
01:21Indeed, it is this very spirit which has driven our achievements in recent years.
01:31When confronted by the COVID pandemic, India demonstrated a remarkable resilience
01:38and strong recovery thereafter.
01:41And I remember working with Mansoor Bhai as Health Minister during that period.
01:46The very country that was predicted to go under
01:51ended up supplying vaccines and medicines to the entire world.
01:56A different but equally telling example is what we see in the realm of space
02:04where there is a growing competition internationally.
02:09Our Chandrayaan-3 landing, the Aditya L1 observatory and the proposed Gaganyaan mission
02:18are powerful inspirations.
02:21In a digital era, the scale of UPI transactions speaks volumes
02:29both of our infrastructure and of our mindset.
02:33The new India with 90,000 startups and 100 plus unicorns
02:40has calling cards like Drone Didi, Atal Tinkering Labs,
02:46Hackathons, Green Hydrogen Mission or Nano Fertilizers.
02:51Friends, ambitious visions need strong foundations to be realized.
03:02Our collective prospects are no exception to that rule.
03:07Here again, it is critical to invest in our youth in order to achieve their full potential.
03:16Many of you would be familiar with various campaigns and programs to develop India
03:23undertaken since 2014 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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