Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled a seven-point ‘Sapta Dhara’ reform framework to accelerate India’s journey towards becoming a Viksit Bharat by 2047, calling for sweeping changes in manufacturing, agriculture, technology, infrastructure, defence, the green and blue economy, and India’s global influence.
Now, to build a Viksit Bharat, we need a new current. He called for the entire value chain, from components and design to finished products, to be developed within India. “We will have to reform our traditional systems. We will have to reform our thinking. We will have to reform the way we set our goals.
And therefore, my dear countrymen, we will have to move forward with a clear direction,” he said.
Addressing the nation from the Red Fort on Independence Day, Modi said India needed a new set of streams of strength to drive its development journey, drawing a parallel with the ancient reference to the ‘Sapta Sindhu’, or seven rivers. Modi said India must take its manufacturing sector to a new level and become a trusted hub in global supply chains. “When I speak of the Sapta Dhara, the first stream of strength is manufacturing power,” Modi said. He said Indian manufacturing must compete globally on cost, quality and scale, with zero-defect and precision manufacturing becoming India’s identity.
“Today, I would also like to recall that era when the nation knew, understood, and heard of India’s prowess in the form of the ‘Sapta Sindhu’. Today, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, I invoke the ‘Sapta Dhara’ of strength before the nation,” Modi said.
Calling the initiative a “Reform Express”, Modi said the next five to seven years would be crucial.
