SME Times News Bureau | 04 Jan, 2022
Minister
for Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal today exhorted the youth to “dream
big and aim high.” Addressing a group of university students affiliated
to Vadodara based ‘Chhatra Sansad’ who are on the ‘Intern Nation
Leadership Tour 2022’, a ten-day Good Governance tour, Goyal said
youth are the agents of positive change.
Citing
their role in the Independence Movement and the Fight Against
Emergency, Goyal said, “Mass movements are created on the back of
the youth of the times.”
“Students
bring energy that brings great changes. We need to give up on ‘Chalta
hai’ (Let It Go) attitude to ‘Kuchh karna hai’ (Let’s do It). The Josh
and excitement that youth bring to the table is vital to achieve great
results. Please dream big…Don’t think in terms of small aims,” said Shri
Goyal, in his address during the video conference.
“Koshish karne walon
ki kabhi haar nahin hoti,” he quipped.
“When
we aspired for $400 billion exports, people would laugh away at us But
now here we are at $300 bn in the first nine months (of the current
Financial Year.),” said Shri Goyal, adding, “Even in the pandemic we
dreamt big about exports and making India vibrant with bound less
business opportunities.”
Goyal said the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is an inspirational
leader for the nation’s youth, who has brought about sweeping changes in
India’s history such as ‘Swachh Bharat’ and ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ by
involving all the people with his motto of “Sabka Prayas.”
Goyal said we are having the world’s biggest Food Security programme, -
NFSA, and food grains are being given to almost 80cr people to ensure
no one goes hungry.
Goyal said the civil society should not only work on improving social
conditions but also work towards improving political processes as well
which encourages honesty in Governance.
“Integrity,
transparency and honesty is the need of the hour which the civil
society is now beginning to see from initiatives of Government. Civil
society should always be proactive and bring dignity to vulnerable
sections of society. We must decide about the positive outcomes and go
all out with full force about it,” he said.
Responding
to a question by one of the participants about how he manages to arrive
at good management solutions, Shri Goyal said it's important to hear
and listen to all the views with honest intentions without getting
biased and prejudiced about anything. “Solutions emerge when such an
approach is implemented,” he said.
The Minister gave the example of
implementation of the jewellery hallmarking which was stuck for many
years for the lack of deeper insights.
Goyal said the Indian Youth has made a great impact on the global
scale. International organizations now look up to India and Indian youth
to make changes and bring growth.
“We
are celebrating 75 years of Freedom, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, and it's
time the nation achieve the global status it rightly deserves,” said
Shri Goyal.
Pointing
out that India has started leaving its mark on the global stage
including the Olympics and Paralympics, Shri Goyal said, “Today no
international organisation or event is possible to be conceived without
India.”