'India is a land of opportunity for those who want to connect and collaborate'

July 08, 2016 23:51

"Your desire to connect with the land of your forefathers may be an emotion urge, but you don't need to limit to that."

Referencing India's growth story, the prime minister said, "India, today is a land of opportunity for those who want to connect and collaborate, produce and engineer."

"India registered a healthy growth rate of 7.4 per cent this year. We are a bright spot on global economy," PM Modi in Africa.

"Transformation that aims to uplift India's 1.25 billion people, its 500 cities and its 600 thousand villages," the prime minister boasted.

"Our Govt engages with its citizens, a society relates to its old and new structures," he added.

"We want it to be driven by infrastructure, that does not only provide basic needs," the PM stated, "but also engineers a modern mode network of roads, ports, railways to serve as gateway for economy progress."

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