New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday delivered a special Key Note Address at the USISPF 3rd Annual Leadership Summit through video conference. Union Ministers also participated in the Virtual Summit.
PM Modi said taht Covid-19 pandemic is testing resilience, public health system and economic system and the current situation demands fresh mindset where the approach to development is human-centric.
“When 2020 began, did anyone imagine how it would pan out? A global pandemic has impacted everyone. It’s testing our resilience, public health system & economic system. The current situation demands fresh mindset where the approach to development is human-centric,” PM Modi said during his keynote address at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum’s 3rd Annual Leadership Summit.
He said India has one of the lowest death rates per million in the world due to COVID-19.
“India, a country with 1.3 billion people and limited resources, has one of the lowest death rates per million in the world. The recovery rate is also steadily rising,” he said.
Participated at G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting. To facilitate more cross-border movement of people, proposed that we standardise-testing procedures & universal acceptability of test results, quarantine procedures and movement and transit protocols: EAM S Jaishankar pic.twitter.com/9D5VcHA1m8
— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2020
Delivering the keynote address at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USIPF), PM Modi said that the pandemic has not been able to impact the aspirations of 1.3 billion Indians.
“The pandemic has impacted several things but it has not impacted the aspirations and of ambitions of 1.3 billion Indians. In recent months, there have been far-reaching reforms,” he said.
PM Modi also stressed upon ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and underlined the initiatives taken by his government to make India an attractive investment destination.
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— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2020
# The current situation demands a fresh mindset. A mindset where the approach to development is human-centric: PM Modi delivers a special keynote address at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum’s 3rd Annual Leadership Summit
# When 2020 began, did anyone imagine how it would pan out? A global pandemic has impacted everyone. It’s testing our resilience, public health system & economic system. The current situation demands fresh mindset where the approach to development is human-centric: PM \Modi
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