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ABP Ideas of India Summit 2022 Day 1 Highlights | India Needs To Become Independent When It Comes To Fuel: Nitin Gadkari
ABP Ideas of India: 'Ideas of India' is a one of its kind summit that will bring together visionary leaders from different walks of professional lives to start a dialogue on the 'Idea of India.
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ABP Ideas of India Live: ABP Network is hosting its first 'Ideas of India' Summit, which will take place in Mumbai on March 25-26. The best minds from various fields...More
On the issue of making "The Kashmir Files" tax-free, Union Minister said, "I'll tell you something, our constitution has a federal character. Every state government has a right either to make the film tax free or to impose a tax on it. We respect that."
On increasing prices of fuels, Union Minister said, "In India, total 80% of energy is imported. Amidst the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the prices of fuels have spiralled up within international markets and we cannot do anything about that. But, what I am talking about since 2004 is that India needs to become self-reliant. With which, we need to make our own fuel."
Speaking about Yogi Adityanath's governance, Union Minister said, "Yogiji showed power as he took strict actions against the goons who were involved in illegal work and established law enforcement within Uttar Pradesh. The problem is that there is no respect or fear towards the law. Because of Yogiji's initiative, the people of UP felt that their lives are secured."
"In the philosophy of BJP, the primary focus is on "nationalism." The second focus lies in good governance and development. The third most important pillar is Antyodaya, under which we try to uplift those who belong to socially and economically backward classes. On the day, when these people will have food, clothes and their own houses, we will feel that our work is done," said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
"Supreme Court has rightly described Hindutva as a way of life. Religion and community are totally different from each other. So, sometimes, the interpretation of Hindutva is being done as anti-christian, anti-muslim. In the last 7 years, any of the scheme initiated by our government was not discriminatory against anyone on the basis of caste, religion, language, and sex. There was no communal approach in any of our schemes," said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
"Sometimes Hindutva is projected under a wrong light. Firstly, we don't accept any discrimination based on caste, religion, language, and sex. The basic principle of Hindutva is 'Justice for all and appeasement of none,'" said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, keynote address on "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas Aur Sabka Vishwas" begins.
'One of my favourite sports minister was Kiren Rijiju. When he was in play, he brought 'Khelo India' into play. 'Khelo India' promotes sports in our country and is the reason that India has seven Olympic medals in Tokyo Olympics," said Leander Paes.
"Make sports education a primary focus. One we are not going to produce champions and two we are not going to inculcate a healthier community. I think that 45 minute or 1 hour period that we have to do three times a week in sports in schools. If during that period, we can have physical testing, medical testing, talent hunt, mental testing. Then if you send your child at the age of 4 to a preschool, the mental makeup of a human being is already developed by the age of 4. Now you have to develop the physical skills, sporting skills, the passion, the expression of the kid. So in that, I feel that the school system is the most important focus to building champions, demarking which sport your boy or girl child should play, and assessing where the talent is," said Olympian Leander Paes.
"If the parent is not ready to send their kids how we can support them. So, it should come from the parents first, and then scientifically we have to look at that kid. First, there is a coach's eye, so we can see and we can tell if he is talented or not. Then we have to scientifically test them and then we need to identify in which event they are good enough," said Olympian Anju Bobby George.
"Firstly you have to have an icon to follow them. If you don't have an icon it's very difficult for youngsters. Once you make an icon then you say they are drifting. The youngster will start picking their new heroes. In our times, Sunil Gavaskar was our hero. We used to look up to him. Then slowly people keep on changing, said Kapil Dev.
'I think most of the people thinks that winning Olympic medals is about physical fitness. I think most people believe that winning world cups is about technique. But actually, as Zafar Iqbal said about 20 minutes ago that the difference between winning and losing is between your two temples. Champions have an innate quality of the mind game. My win-loss ratio is that I had lost 74.1% of matches that I have ever played. But, today, you win 18 grand slams, an Olympic medal. So it goes to show that even if you lose enough, the loss is not in losing, the victory is in standing up every time you fall," said singles Olympic medal winner and 18 time Grand Slam champion Leander Paes.
'Athletics is one of the toughest sports in the world and we can not explain how much difficult is the training. It is an individual game and all the world is fighting for three medals and getting into that podium is something great. When I was in Paris no one expected a medal from me and Bobby. At the top level, luck is also a factor as we are combating with the best of the world," said Olympian Anju Bobby George.
"I would say that yes we have done tremendously good in hockey particularly if you consider 75 at the beginning of 1948 London Olympics games. So, naturally, hockey was on the top in the world also. But at the same time, I would also like to tell you that as far as hockey is concerned there is no doubt about it that in the last thirty years we could not do much but this team is the best team in the last 30-40 years and this team has shown to the world that yes India is coming back in particular in hockey. There is a general increase in the participation in the sports by the people," said former captain of Indian hockey team Zafar Iqbal.
"The most important thing I'll say is that what I have seen in the last forty years is that today the parents bring their kids on the ground and say 'make them a player.' In our time, no parents got time to bring their kids to the ground. Today, they come to us and ask whether they can play IPL? or can they play for India?" said Kapil Dev.
"We Are The Champions: Patience, Perseverance, Practice" session begins with Olympian Anju Bobby George, former captain of Indian hockey team Zafar Iqbal, Captain of 1983 World Cup-winning team Kapil Dev, and singles Olympic medal winner and 18 time Grand Slam champion Leander Paes in a conversation.
On women being labelled Jinxed, Vidya Balan said, 'I think women who are being called 'Jinxed' have gone on to become biggest stars. I do think that women are judged far more easily. You want to blame the ills of the world on them. What is honour killing about? You are basically saying my honour depends on you which is ridiculous. You don't have the legs to stand on and you are putting the onus of your honour on women. Shame on you."
"I do not want to repeat myself in the roles because then I am not being an actor, and as you said then I am a star. I didn't compare to being a star. I knew that stardom was a byproduct of what I did. I enjoy it, but what really gets me going is the acting part of it," said Vidya Balan.
"In Dirty Picture, I remember that I was body conscious because I am someone who doesn't wear short clothes. I wouldn't even wear sleeveless most of the time. So when I was preparing for the film, the director had one room in his office where the choreographer and I would land up. She'll play 'O la la' and she made me dance to it, and I would be so conscious and she would say 'No, More, More,' and I will look at the mirror and say no, no," says Vidya Balan.
On doing the role of Shakuntala Devi, Vidya Balan said, "I wanted to tell the story of mathematical genius through the lens of her daughter and I thought that was very interesting. It was a very troubled relationship. I think all the mothers and daughters have slightly turbulent relationships. But this one was even more so and I found it amazing that Anu, Shakuntala Devi's daughter, was very honest with us about the kind of relationship she shared with her mother."
Film actress Vidya Balan's session about breaking the mould on "The New Heroine: A Screen of her own" topic begins.
Talking about central agencies, Aditya Thackeray said, "As I have said earlier if you see a pattern, in whichever states the elections are coming in, central agencies are being used as a tool to launch the election campaign. Post central agencies, the mud-slinging against certain parties begins."
Aditya Thackeray shares his Idea of India.
Talking about Kashmir Files, Aditya Thackeray said, "In the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, only one man was standing with the entire community and we are still there with them. On the other hand, the issue of making the film tax free in Maharashtra is only relevant when people are not watching the film. But, on the ground, a lot of people are going to cinema halls and watching the film."
"Development and environment walk hand in hand. When we are talking about development, we are including everyone in it, and when we are talking about sustainability, we are again doing it ourselves. If we as a human society doesn't exist then the talks about development is nothing. If we talk about sustainable development, then I think our nation can go ahead," says Aaditya Thackeray, Maharashtra's Minister for Tourism, Environment & Protocol.
Session on cooperative federalism, Aaditya Thackeray, Maharashtra's Minister for Tourism, Environment & Protocol, about "India at 2047: Vision of a young politician" begins.
"What are the steps towards India's development as a nation? First is the transformation of the culture. It is very complex and will take a lot of time. In the end India's sucess in digitalisation will depend on what culture we adopt. As Professor Peter once said, "Culture eats strategy for lunch." The biggest challenge for our country is wheather we Indians can develop a culture of aspiration, national pride, problem-solving orientation, benchmarking with the global best, professionalism, discipline, meritocracy, encouraging english education, hardwork, quality, productivity, pluralism, honesty, and various other attributes for India. Second is the additional training of software professionals to be deployed by software services companies in Indian public governance systems, development, upgradation, and maintainance. Third is creating an incentive scheme for software professionals," says N R Narayana Murthy.
"How digitalisation can accelerate national development? What is national development? National development can be defined by three parameters, all of which helps in improving the quality of life of its citizens and in improving the future of our nation. The first parameter is good, innovative, efficient and honest public governance, the second human development index, and the third is per capital work productivity, innovation, and problem-solving resulting in improving per capita gross national product," says N R Narayana Murthy, Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Infosys.
N R Narayana Murthy, Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, Infosys speaks on "Leveraging Digital Technology: Bettering India's Future"
'Skilled labour is the key to resolving India's unemployment crisis," says Anand Kumar, Founder of Super 30.
'I think Saraswati comes before Lakshmi. The measure I am really proud of is that we are serving 2 million students and schools specifically because a child spends 6 to 8 hours in school. In India, the main problem is that schools are not delivering the right outcomes. We have been privileged to go to good schools, but the majority in India go to govt schools or affordable private schools and their basic literacy and numeracy are not being delivered. So we thought that if we are able to transform schools in India then we can transform the future," says Sumeet Mehta, Co-founder & CEO, LEAD.
'A lot of experiment is yet to be done within the Indian education system," says Anand Kumar, Founder of Super 30.
A session chaired by Chetan Bhagat on the topic "Revolution 2022: Deepening Democracy or Amplifying the Divide?" will have Anand Kumar, Founder of Super 30, Sumeet Mehta, Co-founder & CEO, LEAD and Phalgun Kompalli, Co-founder, UpGrad talking about online education.
"I think the potential is there. I think there are a lot of leaps that are being taken. It is only a matter of time, once we pass that phase. In the past 25-30 years of globalisation, there was a lot more export of services but now that India started producing more technology and more products it's only a matter of time before being able to go into different categories in a global manner," Abhishek Aggarwal, President - Strategy, Ozone India.
"Technology will play a major role in urban development," Pradeep Aggarwal, Chairman - ASSOCHAM National Council on Real Estate, Housing and Urban Development
"This sort of confidence in consumers has not been emanating usually... all of a sudden the consumer has much more power than brands. It is a lovely journey for brands as well. There's a lot of pride and amalgamation," Ankit Daga, Head of Business Development, McNROE Consumer Products Pvt Ltd said.
"We see the new consumer being much more conscious of the quality of products... New consumer is much more conscious of brands & quality": Abhishek Aggarwal, President - Strategy, Ozone India. "Tier 2, Tier 3 markets are really booming," he added.
A discussion on the manufacturing sector has Ankit Daga, Head of Business Development, McNROE Consumer Products Pvt Ltd; Abhishek Aggarwal, President - Strategy, Ozone India and Pradeep Aggarwal, Chairman - ASSOCHAM National Council on Real Estate, Housing and Urban Development talking on "Make in India: Going Global".
Mahindra & Mahindra CEO Dr. Anish Shah's Advice To Youth
‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ is about the ability to manufacture world-class products in India, it's not just manufacturing in India: Mahindra & Mahindra CEO
Dr. Anish Shah, Managing Director & CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra on 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' campaign: "I think the policy formulation has been very sound and what we're seeing is a tremendous amount of incentives been given to 'make in India' and 'Aatmanirbhar' so from that perspective it will create a much stronger boost and you start seeing the effect of this in the next five to seven years."
Dr. Anish Shah, Managing Director & CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra says, "One thing we have always done well is had a lot of empathy towards our sssociates and have had the ability to meet their needs when they wanted to. Work from home is something that we are looking at closely in terms of what form should take. Should it take a form that everyone can work from home whenever they want? One important thing that is lost there, is the ability to create, to innovate, to meet each other... If I really want to thrive in the organisation, I need to build relationships."
"The world has changed a lot, more so in the last couple of years. In the world today, it has become more important to focus on purpose. I'll go back to the time when our founder started this company in 1945. They put out an ad in Times of India outlining the principles on which the company was born," Dr. Anish Shah, Managing Director & CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra said.
"Those principles talked about dignity of labour, it talked about meritocracy, it talked about the fact that caste, creed, nor colour shall come in the way of someone going ahead. It talks about responsibility to society and it outlined in effect what purpose meant to the organisation," he added.
Dr. Anish Shah, Managing Director & CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra delivers keynote address on "Reinventing Businesses – Purpose vs Profits"
"It's one of the most taxing careers. My success and failure depend on others. I am not allowed to have bad days. That's the price I pay to do the work I want to do," Taapsee Pannu says.
"Pay parity depends on box office collections," Taapsee Pannu says number of "bums on seats" is the film industry's criterion for an actor's pay. Female-driven films have to wait for word of mouth while there are advanced bookings for male stars.
Taapsee Pannu on whether actors' ideology affects them: "I never felt I lost out on films because of my perceived ideology. It has not affected viewership and collections of my films." She calls it "virtual facade".
Taapsee Pannu on her definition of success: "First is when I don't have to scan the menu for the price of food. Second is if I am able to fall asleep peacefully."
"You can't blame the actor, model for positing pictures. Why the onus of thinking of society falls on actors?" Taapsee Pannu said when asked about social media's influence in setting beauty trends.
"I want my social media to be as authentic as possible... you need to change your aspirations if you want to change the way you look at Instagram," she added.
My Choice Of Work Is Independent Of My Personal Life & Does Not Concern With 'Settling Down', Taapsee Pannu says.
"I don't have a plan for it, I want to get married and have a kid. Life is what happens when you are busy making plans," Taapsee Pannu tells Chetan Bhagat.
"It evokes emotional side in a lot of people and hence it helps them connect and receive it in a certain way. It is totally right and subjective," Taapsee Pannu said when asked about the response to 'The Kashmir Files' film.
"There is no film under the sun which has 100% approval from 100% audience," she adds.
Taapsee Pannu says she was disappointed because she had kept the actress (Kangana Ranaut) at a pedestal coming from a similar background.
"She loves me a lot," Taapsee Pannu tells Chetan Bhagat when asked about an actress who likes to talk about her a lot, a reference to 'Thalaiavi' actress Kangana Ranaut.
Earlier, Taapsee mentioned that she does not have any bodyguards saying, "I can take care of my body."
"Since childhood I wanted to be self-sufficient," Taapsee Pannu on not being dependent on people. She says this led to her path in the film industry.
Alpha means, Taapsee Pannu in conversation with Chetan Bhagat says the Alpha female was "missing" in the movies.
"Alpha female is so attractive that it is intimidating," she added.
The session resumed with Taapsee Pannu in conversation with Chetan Bhagat on the topic "Blurring Borders: Rise of the Pan-Indian Actor".
In the next session at 1:40 PM, Taapsee Pannu will be in conversation with Chetan Bhagat on the topic "Blurring Borders: Rise of the Pan-Indian Actor".
"Nothing comes easy," Harsha Vardhan Agarwal on whether it is easier to get wealthy or stay wealthy.
"The right balance of professionalism and family ownership can grow the business much faster. Important to keep both separate," Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director Emami Ltd said.
"Any new business is on a tight rope, you have limited resource, time runway. if you don't act fast, you are definitely doomed, you need to keep optimising, learning, optimising as fast as you can," Kulin Shah, Co-Founder, Onsurity says.
"At a larger organisation, a lot of things are at risk, hence, that fear of failure reduces flexibility. It is important that without giving up flexibility how orgs adapt to changing needs," Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director Emami Ltd said.
"Indian SMEs are not empowered to provide employee health benefits and we are on a mission to democratise health benefits for the 60 million SMEs that are there in India today," Kulin Shah, Co-Founder, Onsurity says.
Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director Emami Ltd. and Kulin Shah, Co-Founder, Onsurity, discuss "Legacy vs Start-ups: Building on the Past or Reinventing the Future?"
"Nation is an extension of a family how can a brother or sister be proud of his wealth when a younger sister is been sold," Sonam Wangchuk said.
Citing the Law of diminishing returns, he said what people can learn from the Ladakh model is, "Buy that new pair of shoes not for yourself but for those running around without shoes that you get that 400,000% satisfaction".
"System was about the thoughtless, insensitive, blanket implementation of things that are irrelevant. We spent 15-16 years of lives there," Sonam Wangchuk said about the schooling system.
"When people choose their professions and business, it should be out of empathy. Businesses that chose empathy are going to be best businesses even their financial bottom line," Sonam Wangchuk said.
"Schools teach you to compete, My village, ancestors, grandmother taught me to think about others," Sonam Wangchuk said.
"Please live in the cities simply so we in the mountains simply live," Sonam Wangchuk said he highlighted climate-related challenges.
"When will we attain this freedom," Sonam Wangchuk asked as he stresses the importance of learning in one's mother tongue. He said learning from his mother in his native tongue played a huge role in his early learning.
"Rhe best school is curiosity, as long as you have curiosity you can learn," Sonam Wangchuk said as he calls it "best learning software".
"India is very diverse but why are we creating Ladakh in Mumbai?" Sonam Wangchuk asked.
"Freedom on the mind and thought remain to be attained as we celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav," he adds as he objects to the "mindset of colonial past".
Sonam Wangchuk, Engineer Turned Education Reformer, speaks about "Managing Nature's Backlash: Recycle, Reuse and Renew.
"Pandemic made us face our demons... Challenge is to keep it going, carrying our lessons for the future," Gaur Gopal Das tells Gul Panag.
"When we don't pause in our lives, we miss the spectacles. We are just rushing without a pause. Pandemic made us pause," Gaur Gopal Das tells the gathering at ABP Ideas of India Summit.
"Religion with a spirit is a spirituality, without it, it is a set of rituals," Gaur Gopal Das said.
"Religion and faith have boundaries, spirituality is beyond any boundaries of faith," Gaur Gopal Das said.
Gaur Gopal Das shares an acronym for individual responsibility. CAR: Change what you can change, Acceptance, Remove yourself from situations you can't accept or rise above them.
Gaur Gopal Das speaks to actress-entrepreneur Gul Panag about the relevance of religion in the contemporary world. He cites individual responsibility after collective happiness.
"Change what you can change, do what you can," he said.
"Collective happiness means good governance," Gaur Gopal Das as he speaks about book titled 'Happy as a day'.
"Problems happen, happiness you have to make it happen," says Gaur Gopal Das.
"Take off of the journey begins with when we are born and ends with our death, it is absolutely beyond our control. In between, is a lot of turbulence," Gaur Gopal Das said.
"Every single day we are going to have triggers that disturb our peace and happiness," he added.
Azadi ka Amritmahotsav delivers deliberation & celebration, Gaur Gopal Das stressed as he said that celebration alone will restrict the nation in "happy go lucky mode."
Gaur Gopal Das, a monk, lifestyle, and motivational strategist delivers a keynote address on "The World and its Worries: How to deal with Life's Challenges"
ABP Ideas of India Summit 2022 Day 1 Live: Kailash Satyarthi sings 'Ae Mere Pyaare Watan'
"Medal should not affect your thinking," Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi on not keeping his Nobel Prize. He said he dedicated his Prize after he heard former President Pranab Mukherjee lamenting that India did not have it after Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize was stolen.
"I was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi on the issue of casteism," Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi on changing his surname. He said he rooted out casteism and discrimination by changing his surname to Satyarthi, to begin with.
"The New Education Policy is very good, it frees us from old biases. Students will benefit from it," Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi in conversation with ABP's Sumit Awasthi.
"I firmly believe we all are the solution, India is a nation that is known for solutions and not its problems," Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi in conversation with ABP's Sumit Awasthi.
Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi in conversation with ABP's Sumit Awasthi says his inspiration for this welfare work is Mahatma Gandhi.
Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel peace laureate in conversation with ABP's Sumit Awasthi on "Surakshit Bachhpan, Surakshit Bharat".
Sanjeevani Bhelande sings Vande Mataram
ABP Network CEO delivered the inaugural address of 'ABP Ideas of India Summit 2022', saying "while we believe in numbers, we also believe in doing the right thing. We don't go by TRPS but touching people's hearts. We don't measure you, we treasure you."
From the entertainment industry, there will be veteran Usha Uthup and new age artistes Papon and Jasleen Royal among the singers, violinist L Subramaniam, film directors Kabir Khan, Anand L Rai, Nagesh Kukunoor and Ramesh Sippy, and actors Tapasee Pannu and Aamir Khan.
Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, vice-chairman & MD-designate, Emami Ltd; Neerja Birla, founder & chairperson, Mpower; and Ritesh Agarwal, Founder & Group CEO, OYO, will be among the business minds sharing their vision.
Among the keynote speakers will be Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, innovator Sonam Wangchuk, motivational speaker Gaur Gopal Das, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, renowned journalist Fareed Zakaria, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Union minister Nitin Gadkari.
Representing the world of education, there will be Super 30 founder Anand Kumar, LEAD CEO Sumeet Mehta and upGrad co-founder Phalgun Kompalli, while Kapil Dev, Zafar Iqbal, and Leander Paes will talk about sports.
As we complete 75 glorious years of Independence, it's time to celebrate the strengths that make India the thriving nation that it is, and deliberate on ideas that drive India and will take it forward.
Conceptualised with the theme of ‘Open-Minds Open Minds’, the conclave will have at least 10 sessions every day with different personalities representing their fields of expertise.
The sessions will begin at 10 am on both days.
ABP Network is hosting its first 'Ideas of India' Summit, which will take place in Mumbai on March 25-26. The best minds from various fields will talk about India's 75-year journey and the future it holds.
'Ideas of India' is one of its kind summit that will bring together strong and visionary leaders from different walks of professional lives -- culture, sports, and cinema to technology, business and politics -- to start a dialogue on the 'Idea of India. The summit will focus on topics that are contemporary, relevant, and forward-thinking.
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