Narendra Modi Quotes

I have a vision of a Modern India. I have embarked on a huge mission to convert that vision into reality. My mantra is Development.

In a country like India, we need to solve problems at scale.

We need to make India capable, prosperous.

Development must be such that it positively transforms the lives of the common people.

Once we started to urbanize, we put ourselves on this treadmill. We traded away stability for growth. And growth requires change.

The primary task of developing countries is to develop the economy and eradicate poverty. Without economic growth, there would be no material basis for a better life or better environment for the people. But economic growth must not be achieved at the cost of environment or resources. In the absence of proper resource and environmental protection, there could be no sustainable economic development.

In this country, nobody should be talking about unemployment, as there is so much to be done in India.

You will see India as a country of opportunities, unmatched across the world. India can be a role model of growth and cohesiveness for the rest of the world.

I am of the firm belief that the nation should progress on the issue of development. And it is necessary that the country moves forward on the issue of development.

India will be successful when UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and other parts of North East India are strengthened. India cannot develop till the eastern part of the country develops.

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

National governments alone cannot deliver lasting prosperity without a transformation of social and economic development that seeks to minimise risk and seize the opportunity we have.

Perhaps sooner than we think, African innovations will help the rest of the world create lasting social and economic value.

In 2014, Modi's name was there in the minds of people due to the good work he had done in Gujarat as chief minister. He made Gujarat one of the most developed states in India.

We always wanted to be a big infra player in India - in sectors such as energy, healthcare, education, locomotives, etc.

Africa is on the move; a new Africa is emerging!

We are growing the economy in smart ways and rebuilding our infrastructure and investing in science and development and that we stay true to those values that helped to get us here.

With capitalism and prosperity came something new: the idea of progress. This is the notion that things are getting better and will continue to get better in the future.

Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy.

We need to create jobs for 300,000 youth graduating from high school in the next three years. We need to produce growth so we can have an economic system that can turn our natural wealth into a productive system. We need services, because poverty reduction cannot take place without effective citizenship.

The old rules may say we can’t protect our environment and promote economic growth at the same time, but in America, we’ve always used new technologies - we’ve used science; we’ve used research and development and discovery to make the old rules obsolete.

My definition of economic development is economic growth.

I believe that solution to all problems is in development. Development is also the solution to the tension that people talk about.

A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take up - and succeed.

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.