India in middle of revolution with life-changing government schemes: Jaishankar
FirstpostExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted that the country was going through a socio-economic change in its bid to create a social security net, which would raise the bottomline of the nation Bengaluru: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the nation is in the middle of a revolution with life changing dramatically and democratically due to life-transforming government schemes. The scale of beneficiaries of schemes taken up in the last eight years to connect people to the banking system, electricity, housing, potable water, replacing firewood in kitchen with LPG, and public health will make you understand that India is in the middle of a revolution with life changing dramatically, and this revolution’ is happening democratically,” Jaishankar said addressing students at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, on Atmanirbhar Bharat. Jaishankar said the country would be different in terms of its skills, demand, entrepreneurial and business acumen due to the implementation of Atmanirbhar Bharat. He said the last-mile delivery is being made possible due to a enormous governance change and application of digital technology, which is significantly responsible for the scale of success of government schemes.