Ministers call for global ambition, ethical enterprise, dwell on economic future

B V Naidu pointed to India’s booming youth population, its 20 billion monthly UPI transactions and its expanding startup and GCC ecosystems as indicators of the country’s accelerating digital transformation. But with employability levels still below 40 percent, he emphasised the need for large-scale skilling and for moving economic hubs beyond major metros. Concluding, he said India’s aspiration to become a $40 trillion economy by 2047 would require collective commitment from industry, government and academia, and urged every stakeholder to contribute to the nation’s growth story.