PM MODI AT WORLD GOVERNMENTS SUMMIT AT DUBAI: AN OVERVIEW OF KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Ananya Sharma
- Feb 24, 2024
- 5 min read
Updated: Apr 5, 2024
Hello, Everyone!
In the 21st century, today our India is at an upsurge of its strategic development and it extensively focuses on all-inclusive development widely spread over economy, energy, financial technology, defense, climate, space, digital and trade, and investment, people’s interests and health especially focusing on women’s overall development. Our country not only focuses on its self-development but its development has also transcended globally in terms of it being the fastest global economy and is poised to become a developed country by 2047 as per Roadmap to 2047.
To forge and deepen strategic ties and to review bilateral cooperation with UAE, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the country on (13-14) February 2024. His visit also marked the inking of seven agreements on 14th Feb 2024 during an official dialogue between him and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
On 14TH February 2024, PM Modi also met Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, PM, and Defense Minister of UAE in Dubai.PM Modi also participated in the World’s Government Summit this year upon his invitation. The summit is held annually in UAE, and Dubai featuring a union of global leaders in government for a global dialogue regarding the process and policies of the government emphasizing the future, technology transformation, and various other matters.
Let us just ponder over the address of PM Modi at the World Governments Summit:-
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1. PM Modi in the World Government Summit; while praising UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, by calling him a leader of vision, resolve and commitment also said that Dubai is evolving as an epicenter of global economy, commerce and technology. As a testament to his statement, he gave examples of EXPO-2020 during the COVID period and COP-28 which were superbly hosted in Dubai, by calling them excellent examples of the “Dubai Story”.
2. According to PM Modi the world’s progression towards modernization and the challenges faced in its process, are going in parallel. As the world is proceeding towards modernization so is an increase in the challenges of the previous century such as Food Security, Health Security, Water Security, Energy Security, Education, and making a society that includes people of all races, gender, class, generation, and geography having equal opportunities while abating discrimination, and to overcome these challenges is the responsibility of every country’s government for its diasporas.
3. PM Modi addressed the technology in positive or negative terms; as a disruptor which means a well-established technology is greatly affected on its respective industries eventually replacing it with a new one. Some of examples of disruptive technology are 5G and its improved connectivity, AI , Automation and robotics ,Cyber security advances, and many more.
PM Modi raised his concerns over terrorism and climate change by calling them the major challenges faced by humanity.
4. PM Narendra Modi also calls for an all-inclusive government; which means a government that significantly takes into consideration serving and participating all people of all races, gender, class, generation, and geography having equal opportunities while abating discrimination, and urges inclusive government to be transparent and corruption free.
He also stressed that governments to be more environment-centric; focusing on aspects of environmental challenges.
According to PM Modi governments should prioritize that its diasporas are living with ease through government’s schemes and programs for renovation and development of providing required infrastructure and services in the cities, have ease of justice which is the right of every individual by government’s persistent efforts to streamline laws and regulate them as per the current scenario, ease of mobility by forging new policies according to the future needs in the mobility sector, there should be ease of innovation by centering on research and development and by supporting adoption of technology in all sectors, and ease of doing business by fostering schemes and policies which are gender inclusive; to serve public.
5. PM Modi stressed that his mantra for governance has always been “minimum government, maximum governance” furthermore as per him there should be least intervention of government in the lives of people. He further stated that in the previous years, the trust of the country's people in the government has significantly become greater and, they completely trust the government’s purpose and undertakings because the government has kept the citizens’ needs and dreams as its topmost priority.
6. While addressing the summit, PM Modi said that government has always emphasized growth headed by women, moreover consolidating the political, social and political backgrounds of the Indian Women. To exemplify this, sanitation drives and campaigns to promote girl education or digital literacy to name a few.
7. Furthermore social and financial inclusion has always been his government’s preference. About 50 Crore citizens have been unified with the bank, who have been lacking the facility of having a bank account and accessing it.
8. Stating on transparency PM Modi stated the importance of digital identity and the interconnection of this digital identity with the banks of the respective people having this digital identity. As a testament to this he said about 1.3 billion-plus, people have their respective digital identities which have, in the last decade aided $400 direct money transfer to the respective bank accounts of the individuals a proven groundbreaking solution to corruption.
9. The Sabka-Saath Sabka–Vikas model of PM Modi’s government has left no stone unturned in ruling out discrimination and corruption. Signifying the importance of this government model he said that the model is based on “Last Mile Saturation” where saturation refers to, no citizen being left out from accessing the benefits of government schemes, furthermore, as proof a study had been conducted which outlays, in India about 250 million people have been uplifted from poverty from the last decade in which this government model had been the cornerstone to achieving this.
10. The Sabka-Saath Sabka–Vikas model of PM Modi’s government has left no stone unturned in ruling out discrimination and corruption. Signifying the importance of this government model he said that the model is based on “Last Mile Saturation” where saturation refers to, no citizen being left out from accessing the benefits of government schemes, furthermore, as proof a study had been conducted which outlays, in India about 250 million people have been uplifted from poverty from the last decade in which this government model had been the cornerstone to achieve this.
11. Regarding clean energy, PM Modi hailed an India-led mass movement called “Mission Life-Lifestyle for Environment”, which aims to endorse and encourage a viable and environment-centric way of living. He also discussed the Green Credit which was detailed in COP-28, in Dubai.
12. PM Modi, also pitched for marking the opinions of the Global –South and also promoting Global-South engagement in the interests of the developing world and in global decision-making.
13. PM Modi calls for forging global protocols to combat the complexities popping up from AI(Artificial Intelligence), cryptocurrency as well as cybercrime.
14. Lastly PM Modi focused on the importance of international law, in the process of emphasizing our own national sovereignty.
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