PM Modi engages economists on growth, jobs, investments

New Delhi, Dec 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday interacted with a group of eminent economists and thought leaders in preparation for the Union Budget 2025-26 at NITI Aayog on Tuesday.

The meeting was held on the theme ‘Maintaining India’s growth momentum at a time of global uncertainty’.

In his remarks, PM Modi thanked the speakers for their insightful views.

He emphasised that ‘Viksit Bharat’ (developed India) could be achieved through a fundamental change in mindset which is focused towards making India developed by 2047.

The participants shared their views on several significant issues including navigating challenges posed by global economic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions, strategies to enhance employment, particularly among youth and create sustainable job opportunities across sectors, strategies to align education and training programs with the evolving needs of the job market, enhancing agricultural productivity and creating sustainable rural employment opportunities, attracting private investment, and mobilising public funds for infrastructure projects to boost economic growth and create jobs and promoting financial inclusion and boosting exports and attracting foreign investment.

Multiple renowned economists and analysts participated in the interaction, including Surjit S Bhalla, Ashok Gulati, Sudipto Mundle, Dharmakirti Joshi, Janmejaya Sinha, Madan Sabnavis, Amita Batra, Ridham Desai, Chetan Ghate, Bharat Ramaswami, Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Siddhartha Sanyal, Laveesh Bhandari, Rajani Sinha, Keshab Das, Pritam Banerjee, Rahul Bajoria, Nikhil Gupta, and Shashwat Alok.