National Security Advisor Ajit Doval told the Prime Minister Narendra Modi that businesses and trade in India will have to learn to change faster than the change itself if they want to succeed.
Speaking at the Swami Vivekanand Memorial Lecture 2021 organized by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), the National Security Advisor explained that it is important that to succeed Indian companies will have to remain a step ahead of others.
“By 2030, 600 million people will be living and operating from their homes. The new urban complexes will have to ensure that the industrial economy from residential centers can adjust. Also, many people are moving back to the villages. Can we ensure that these villages are developed into new hubs for economic activity? Can they be equipped with better connectivity and infrastructure,” he said.
Doval stated that the most enduring message of COVID-19 is that only the well-being of all will ensure our survival. “Those who have funds and are better off should expand their outlook so that it touches the lives of everyone. This is what Swami Vivekanand also said, that if you want to find God, you need to serve man,” He pointed out.
He mentioned that Swami Vivekanand took a very holistic view of life. “For him a person playing football would be nearer to heaven than one chanting the Bhagavad Gita. He understood that every Individual and nation needed to take care of its basic material requirement to exist and progress. No spiritual alleviation or growth was possible when the basic survival was threatened,” he said.
Doval further explained that multitudes of reforms are brought by the government that will benefit in the long run. “‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ is a new window of opportunity for India. We have to become global leaders in the future. Let us all join hands and build a new and strong India,” he said.