Despite Pandemic And War, India Remained Global Bright Spot In 2022: PM Modi In Bengaluru

PM Modi said that despite the impact of the pandemic and war, India remained a global bright spot in 2022.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that despite the impact of the pandemic and war, India remained a global bright spot in 2022. Speaking at India Energy Week 2023 in Bengaluru, PM Modi said, "recently, IMF released the growth projection for 2023. The projection states that India is going to be the fastest-growing major economy. Despite the impact of the pandemic and war, India remained a global bright spot in 2022."

Recently, IMF released the growth projection for 2023. The projection states that India is going to be the fastest-growing major economy. Despite the impact of the pandemic and war, India remained a global bright spot in 2022: PM Modi at India Energy Week 2023 in Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/zLoNe3jvBH

— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2023

PM Modi said that India is ready to provide all possible help to the earthquake-affected people in Turkey. While addressing the people, Modi said, "We are all looking at the destructive earthquake that hit Turkey. There are reports of the deaths of several people as well as damage. Damages are suspected even in countries near Turkey. The sympathies of the 140 crore people of India are with all earthquake-affected people," as quoted by ANI.

"India is ready to provide all possible help to the earthquake-affected people," he added. PM Modi unveiled the twin-cooktop model of the solar cooking system, developed by Indian Oil, at the India Energy Week 2023 event, in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

PM Modi said that India which is working with the resolve to become a developed nation has "unprecedented possibilities" in the energy sector. He added that today India had brought great opportunities for investors and other stakeholders in the energy sector.

"The energy sector plays a major role in deciding the future of the world in the 21st century. India is one of the strongest voices today in developing new resources of energy and in the energy transition," PM Modi said.

Since 2014, the whole world is watching India's commitment and efforts regarding green energy, he added. He further said that today India ranks fourth in the world in terms of wind power capacity. We are aiming for 50 per cent non-fossil fuel capacity by the end of this decade, he stated.

India will see a rising number of new cities in the coming time; the findings of the International Energy Association state that India will have the maximum energy demands in the coming decade, he asserted. "In the last nine years, the renewable energy capacity in India has increased from about 70 GW to about 170 GW. In this too, the solar power capacity has increased more than 20 times," he said.

PM Modi also hailed the increasing internet reach across the country, PM Modi said, "The number of broadband users in India has become nine times than it was nine years ago, and the number of internet connections has tripled in the same period." Over 6 lakh km of optical fibre network has been laid to provide internet facilities to the villages, he added.