During an interaction with Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Rajeev Chandrashekhar as part of the 'Special Contact Campaign', the innovators said initiatives like Atal Innovation Mission, Start-up India, Stand-up India and Digital India have resulted in Indian transformation. Has happened. economy.

Minister Puri said that India's economy, which was the 10th largest economy in the world in 2014, has now become the 5th largest economy and will soon become the 3rd largest economy.

He said that the number of unicorns has increased from four in 2015 to 130 in 2024.

Speaking at the event, Minister Chandrashekhar said that the expansion of the footprint of the digital economy in the last decade is unprecedented and India has become the fastest growing digital economy in the world.Deepinde Goyal, CEO of the leading online food delivery platform, said, "This government and their initiatives enabled a small-town boy like me to build something like Zomato, which employs millions of people today."

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“Due to the ecosystem provided by the government over the last 10 years, Indi has become a top innovator in cutting-edge sectors like aerospace, space and defence, which was unimaginable in the past,” Anandan said.

Varun Alagh, founder of Mamaearth, said that building a company would not have been possible without the ecosystem provided by the PM Modi government.

Alagh said, in the next five years, the focus will be on creating quality good jobs and focusing on research.Dixon Technologies Chairman Sunil Vachani said that before 2014, we were importing almost 100 per cent of our mobile phones and electronics and now, we are manufacturing almost 100 per cent of our mobile phones.

"With the policies of the current government, we will very soon export mobile phones worth $100 billion," he said.

According to Abhiraj Bhal, Founder of Urban Company, the government played a very important role in helping them in generating certified skilled workforce.

“We now employ 57,000 people across 62 cities. The Startup India initiative helps you brainstorm for hours and create a highly conducive startup ecosystem,” he said.Rohan Verma, CEO, Map My India, said that this government has opened up tremendous opportunities in the space and geospatial sector in the last four years.

“Earlier, it was very difficult to work and all the technology was very restricted in the Geospatia area. But when we reached NITI Aayog, they amended the policies, so that we could serve the country and become self-reliant.''