PM
sets
global
goals
o
I-Day
NEW
DELHI:
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
o
Satu day
u ged
I dia’s
mic o,
small
a d
medium
e te p ises
(MSMEs)
to
seize
the
oppo tu ities
c eated
by
the
cou t y’s
f ee
t ade
ag eeme ts
(FTAs)
a d
take
I dia
p oducts
to
ma kets
ac oss
the
wo ld.Add essi g
the
atio
o
the
occasio
of
I dia’s
80th
I depe de ce
Day,
PM
Modi
said
I dia’s
g owi g
global
statu e
a d
the
FTAs
sig ed
with
a ou d
40
cou t ies
si ce
2014
had
ope ed
majo
oppo tu ities
fo
domestic
busi esses,
pa ticula ly
MSMEs.”We
have
to
each
the
wo ld.
Eve ythi g
that
I dia
p oduces
should
each
the
wo ld
ma ket,”
PM
Modi
said,
highlighti g
textiles,
machi e y,
pha maceuticals
a d
seafood
as
secto s
with
co side able
pote tial
to
expa d
thei
global
footp i t.The
P ime
Mi iste ,
howeve ,
st essed
that
I dia
busi esses
would
eed
to
meet
i te atio al
sta da ds
a d
focus
o
quality
if
they
we e
to
compete
successfully
i
global
ma kets.Poi ti g
to
the
scale
of
I dia’s
ambitio s,
PM
Modi
called
fo
a
g eate
umbe
of
I dia
compa ies
to
eme ge
as
global
leade s.
He
asked
why
I dia
should
ot
have
50
compa ies
i
the
Fo tu e
500
withi
the
ext
decade
a d
said
the
cou t y
should
aim
to
have
a
I dia
ba k
amo g
the
wo ld’s
top
five.
He
also
set
out
ambitio s
fo
I dia
pha maceutical
compa ies
to
featu e
amo g
the
wo ld’s
top
five,
while
calli g
fo
globally
leadi g
I dia
fi ms
i
secto s
such
as
law,
ati gs,
co sulti g
a d
accou ti g.PM
Modi
said
the
cou t y’s
textile
i dust y,
st etchi g
f om
Ludhia a
i
Pu jab
to
Ti upu
i
Tamil
Nadu,
had
the
pote tial
to
sig ifica tly
expa d
its
global
p ese ce.
He
also
poi ted
to
I dia’s
fishe ies
a d
seafood
secto
as
a othe
a ea
that
could
be efit
f om
the
expo t
oppo tu ities
c eated
by
FTAs.The
P ime
Mi iste
said
I dia
had
the
tale t,
capabilities,
li guistic
st e gth
a d
a
lo g
histo y
eeded
to
compete
o
the
global
stage.
He
u ged
busi esses
to
build
b a ds
that
could
ea
i te atio al
ecog itio
a d
tu
I dia’s
eco omic
ise
i to
a
st o ge
global
co po ate
p ese ce.
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“I dia’s
tech ology
compa ies
should
be
a
sco eboa d
i
the
wo ld,”
he
said,
st essi g
that
the
c eatio
of
globally
ecog ised
I dia
b a ds
should
be
t eated
as
a
atio al
goal.The
PM
also
highlighted
I dia’s
stable
political
ma date,
vib a t
democ acy,
st o g
judicial
system
a d
co stitutio al
f amewo k,
sayi g
these
facto s
had
co t ibuted
to
the
cou t y’s
g owi g
ecog itio
a d
espect
a ou d
the
wo ld.