Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the world has a lot of hopes from India and India has hopes from its youth.
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Addressing the inaugural session of the state-level youth festival organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Jaipur at a private university near, Thakur said the youth of the country are its strength.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's belief in the potential of youth has resulted in India having more than a lakh startups today and the third largest startup ecosystem in the world, Thakur, the Union Youth Affairs and Sports minister, said.
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"Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that when the world sees the potential of India and India's youth, the world sees its future in India. The world has a lot of hopes from India and India has hopes from its youth,” he said.
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The youth will have to play a big role in the country's development process, he said.
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"When the youth of the country would be aware, the future of India would be in safe hands,” he said asking youngsters to take a pledge to make India a developed country, take pride in its cultural heritage, maintain unity and togetherness, and perform their duties as citizens.?
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He also said that Jammu and Kashmir is and will always be an integral part of India.
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"After the Modi government has come to power, you can see India's strength in the way that when attacks like Pulwama happen, a befitting reply is given with a surgical strike," he said.