Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has urged young people to embrace ambition, innovation and a spirit of continuous learning to contribute to India’s vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047. Addressing the ‘Young Leaders Discourse Forum’ at Kirori Mal College in New Delhi, he said that today’s youth would play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Highlighting India’s export performance, Goyal said the country recorded its highest-ever exports of $863 billion last year<\/strong> and has set an ambitious target of $1 trillion for the current financial year.<\/strong> Exports grew by 14 per cent to $480 billion during April\u2013September, leaving $520 billion to be achieved in the remaining six months to meet the annual target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its global trade growth projection from 1.9 % to approximately 3.5 %. He attributed India\u2019s economic progress to its skilled workforce, young population, democratic institutions and strong domestic demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emphasizing education and skill development, the Minister highlighted the flexibility offered under the National Education Policy (NEP), which includes credit-based learning and opportunity to switch academic streams. He also noted that India\u2019s 1.1 billion internet users provided young people with greater access to knowledge and career opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Goyal said India had emerged as a trusted global partner, with countries across various regions showing interest in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and free trade agreements (FTAs). He also highlighted India\u2019s contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic, through which the country provided vaccines and humanitarian aid to nations facing crises. Citing a World Bank report, he noted that approximately 500 million Indians have emerged from extreme poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The minister concluded by encouraging students to maintain discipline, respect institutional traditions and pursue larger goals with confidence and courage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (PIB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has urged young people to embrace ambition, innovation and a spirit of continuous learning to contribute to India’s vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047. Addressing the ‘Young Leaders Discourse Forum’ at Kirori Mal College in New Delhi, he said that today’s youth would play a pivotal role […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-1908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-piyushgoyal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1909,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions\/1909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}