Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country’s youngsters can provide solutions to emerging global challenges and contribute to India’s overall development as he urged them to “dream big, think differently, and be fearless”.
I urge all of you here to give yourselves a chance to be fearless. Work on your ideas.
Dream big, think differently, and be fearless,” he said in Chennai while participating in the golden jubilee celebrations of Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School. “Today the world is looking for solutions, and you have the potential to provide them… There is infinite opportunity in India today.
Modi stressed that he believed in making state development and national development go hand in hand. “Tamil Nadu’s manufacturing sector, its small-scale industries, and every person working make every Indian proud. SSA is an integrated, centrally sponsored umbrella scheme for school education. Vijay also called for the Godavari-Cauvery river-linking project to be designated a national project, saying it was essential to achieving water equity. He linked Tamil Nadu ’s progress with the country’s development mission and urged people to work together to build a developed state and nation.
Earlier in the day, Modi, accompanied by chief minister C Joseph Vijay, governor Rajendra Arlekar, Union minister L Murugan and senior government officials, virtually unveiled projects worth ₹ 13,000 crore across sectors including railways, roads and ports at IIT Madras. Earlier reporting noted: Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called on students to dream big, think differently and act fearlessly, saying young Indians would be central to building a developed and self-reliant nation by 2047. Earlier reporting noted: Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School here at the Chennai Trade Centre in Nandambakkam, Modi said India’s ambitions included becoming one of the world’s three largest economies, emerging as a global manufacturing hub, hosting the Olympics in 2036 and sending an Indian to the Moon.
“Under the SSA scheme, an amount of ₹ 5,110 crore of the central share is due to Tamil Nadu.
The PM’s visit came a day after Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi visited Chennai and accused Modi of launching a “full-scale attack” on Tamil language, culture and history. Gandhi said that the delimitation exercise was designed to “punish” Tamil Nadu and reduce its voice in Parliament. In his address, Modi said that during his tenure as Prime Minister, he got an opportunity to work closely with several Tamil Nadu chief ministers — J Jayalalithaa, O Panneerselvam, Edappadi K Palaniswami and MK Stalin — to ensure that the state continued to prosper. I request the Government of India to release the amount without any conditionalities,” Vijay said. “Godavari–Cauvery linkage project represents a critical opportunity to augment water resources in southern states, and we request the Union Government to designate it as a national project,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: Modi said collective effort could turn these goals into reality.
Today, the central government initiatives like Make in India and Vocal for Local are bringing benefits to Tamil Nadu as well,” he said.
