Govt not at a standstill due to polls, working to make India a $35 trillion economy by 2047: Piyush Goyal
Piyush Goyal said Friday. The theme of the upcoming general election is Viksit Bharat with a focus on «nari shakti» and «bhrashtachar-mukt Bharat (women power and corruption-free India),» he added.
India's growth will be based on the twin pillars of being inclusive and sustainable and the government wants to ensure that people are free from having to worry about the necessities of «roti, kapda aur makaan».
«We believe that nobody should slip back into poverty. As people's basic needs are being met with free ration and other benefits, they should be free from the tension of daily needs,» Goyal said at a meeting with ET journalists. «We want an aspirational India, which can dream of big leaps and aspire for high quality of life.»
The country's growth story is like no other in the world, said Goyal, also minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution and textiles.
On startups, Goyal said that the Centre's aspiration is to have 1,000 unicorns. «Our startup ecosystem is the third largest in the world and is working smoothly. I wish to see more private sector investments from domestic funds and domestic industry. That's my biggest concern about the startup ecosystem,» he said.
Crowdsourcing Ideas
Referring to a meeting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had with his council of ministers along with secretaries and Niti Aayog to discuss the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, Goyal said that a group of secretaries is working on this target and is crowdsourcing ideas. As many as 1.5 million ideas have already been
