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News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses to the third leadership summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and talked about tackling the current crisis with a fresh mindset.
He said “We were also among the earliest to create public awareness campaigns about social distancing. Starting from one testing lab in January, we now have close to 1,600 labs across the country. The outcome of these efforts has been that a country with 1.3 billion people and limited resources, has one of the lowest rates of deaths per million”
He further added While looking at the way ahead, we should keep our focus on ramping up our capacities, securing the poor, future-proofing our citizens. This is the path India is taking”
He said that the government is providing free food grain to nearly 800 million people, a figure that he said would be approximately double of the US population.
“India Inc has helped in dealing with the Covid-19 challenges, I thank them.
Pandemic has not affected the ambitions and aspirations of 1.3 billion Indians.
We should keep our focus on ramping up our capacities, securing the poor and future-proofing our citizens.
The current situation demands new mindset, spirit of co-operation among everyone.
India scaled up its Covid-19 facilities in record time; current situation demands a fresh mindset which is human-centric.
You have a government which believes in delivering results.
You are looking at a government which believes in ease of doing business as much as it does on ease of living.
You are looking at a government with commitment to democracy.
Aatmanirbhar Bharat merges the local with the global. It ensures India’s strengths act as a global force multiplier.
India has undertaken far-reaching reforms to make business easier and red-tapism lesser”
