Modi Urges Nation to Shed Colonial Mindset, Champions High Growth Model

Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for India to overcome colonial mentality, urging the nation to embrace self-confidence. Addressing the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, he highlights India's growth as a global economy driver, challenging the term 'Hindu rate of growth' and emphasizing the country's potential despite global uncertainties.

In a significant address at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi implored the nation to shed its colonial mindset and embrace self-confidence to propel India forward. He highlighted how India's robust economic performance stands as a global beacon amidst widespread uncertainty.

Modi challenged the outdated term 'Hindu rate of growth', criticizing its past implication of slow economic advancement as inherent to Indian civilization. This term, he noted, wrongly characterized India as synonymous with poverty during times of mediocre economic expansion.

Emphasizing India's emergence as a high growth, low inflation model, Modi cited the country's 8.2% growth in the latest fiscal quarter. He underscored India's role as a global growth engine, driving trust and unity in an era marked by fragmentation and crises.

(With inputs from agencies.)