India’s strong growth was giving confidence to the world and the government will continue with economic reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he attacked the Opposition and called for the integration of UPI with the payment systems of more countries.
“Such developments showed that the world was confident about India’s growth momentum, macroeconomic stability and structural reforms. Modi spent the day in Gujarat and Maharashtra , first laying the foundation stones, inaugurating and dedicating to the nation development projects worth ₹ 35,000 crore in Vadodara, then addressing the ‘Namo for Viksit Bharat’ programme, and finally inaugurating the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai. Modi said the world was passing through a period of conflict, uncertainty, energy and commodity challenges, and trade tensions, making India’s 7.8% GDP growth in the previous quarter particularly significant. The country’s fintech story would remain incomplete without UPI, which has completed 10 years.
He said the growing global confidence in India was also reflected in sovereign ratings. What appeared impossible a decade ago has become a daily reality for millions of Indians,” he said.
That was the state in which they had left a project meant to transform India’s logistics ecosystem. “In 2014, the people of Vadodara, Gujarat, and the entire nation sent me from Gujarat to Delhi. The previous government remained in power until 2014, you sent me there, and they were shown the door. In 7-8 years, not even a single kilometre of work on the freight corridor had been completed. After 2014, I set about accelerating this work immediately.
Had the country been run according to their methods, who knows, even three or four subsequent generations might have passed without it ever getting done. Reiterating French President Emmanuel Macron’s words, Modi said UPI was not only a tech story but also a civilisational one.
Earlier in the day, he took a dig at the Opposition over the newly inaugurated dedicated freight corridor, saying critics would still complain like a “naraz fufa” (grumpy uncle) and manufacture grievances, while also dismissing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s campaign against the government as “jhooth ki goonj” (echo of lies). Targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi without naming him, Modi said that opponents would always find fault with major infrastructure milestones.
