New Delhi: India would have progressed at a much faster pace if its borders were more secure, defined and not "evicted by adversaries", National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said, underlining that the country's power has grown in the last 10 years. There has been a huge increase.
Delivering the Rustomjee Memorial Lecture organized by the Border Security Force (BSF) on its 21st investiture ceremony, Doval said that if "we had more secure borders, India's economic progress would have been much faster".
"In the near future, I do not think that our borders will be as secure as we need them to be for our rapid economic growth. Therefore, the responsibility of the border security forces has become very, very heavy. They have to be on alert round the clock, they It has to be seen that the national interests of our country are protected.,
Borders are important, he said, because it is the border that "defines our sovereignty".
Doval said, "The possession of the land is ours, the rest belongs to the court and the court, it does not matter to him." Said.
Doval said on Friday the government has paid a lot of attention to border security during the last 10 years, a period in which "our comprehensive national power has grown significantly".
The National Security Advisor said that India is changing very fast and in the next 10 years we will be a US$ 10 trillion economy and the third largest economy, which he termed a major achievement.He said India will have one of the largest workforce and will be a hub for various sectors of high technology artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing and defense and security manufacturing.
Doval said the country, which was an arms importer, exported arms worth US$2.5 billion till March 31, emerging as a major exporter due to the government's self-reliance and self-reliant India policy.
In this changing India, he said, prosperity guarantees some degree of security and increases vulnerability in large areas.
“These are all components of national power or Chinese comprehensive national power,” he said. Your economy, your geographical spread, your geo-strategic position, defense forces, technological achievements, the overall national power of India will be very high.''
Delivering the Rustomjee Memorial Lecture organized by the Border Security Force (BSF) on its 21st investiture ceremony, Doval said that if "we had more secure borders, India's economic progress would have been much faster".
"In the near future, I do not think that our borders will be as secure as we need them to be for our rapid economic growth. Therefore, the responsibility of the border security forces has become very, very heavy. They have to be on alert round the clock, they It has to be seen that the national interests of our country are protected.,
Borders are important, he said, because it is the border that "defines our sovereignty".
Doval said, "The possession of the land is ours, the rest belongs to the court and the court, it does not matter to him." Said.
Doval said on Friday the government has paid a lot of attention to border security during the last 10 years, a period in which "our comprehensive national power has grown significantly".
The National Security Advisor said that India is changing very fast and in the next 10 years we will be a US$ 10 trillion economy and the third largest economy, which he termed a major achievement.He said India will have one of the largest workforce and will be a hub for various sectors of high technology artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing and defense and security manufacturing.
Doval said the country, which was an arms importer, exported arms worth US$2.5 billion till March 31, emerging as a major exporter due to the government's self-reliance and self-reliant India policy.
In this changing India, he said, prosperity guarantees some degree of security and increases vulnerability in large areas.
“These are all components of national power or Chinese comprehensive national power,” he said. Your economy, your geographical spread, your geo-strategic position, defense forces, technological achievements, the overall national power of India will be very high.''
