The Minister of State for Road, Transport and Highways VK Singh has said that highways and infrastructure can spur India’s Gross domestic product (GDP) growth. He said the workforce is back at pre-COVID levels, which is a healthy sign. He added that good quality road network leads to ease of doing business, goods transportation and economic growth.
Singh said ‘we all need to think, walk and sleep on this theme, because as we prosper, the country prospers’. He noted that Aatmanirbhar Bharat is about self-reliance in not only about what to produce but also on delivering it effectively to the world market.
The minister mentioned that Chinese market supply volumes are high and sold in entire global market yet the quality is not sustainable. This is something he highlighted as an opportunity for India needs to tap. He said that Self-reliance is not isolation, but about plugging into the global market and economy and realizing and working on our domain of excellence.