New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government has been trying to create an environment for ordinary youths to become entrepreneurs. He was talking about the spirit of entrepreneurship in the country while inaugurating the Global Patidar Business Summit (GPBS) in Surat via video conferencing. “It is the constant effort of the government through its policies and its action that such an environment should be created in the country that even the youth of ordinary families become an entrepreneur, dream and take pride in entrepreneurship,” he said. He said that schemes like Mudra Yojna were giving strength to those people to get into business who never dreamed about doing so. He said that Startup India was helping in realization of innovation, talent and dreams of Unicorn which appeared inaccessible earlier. “Production Linked Incentive is infusing new energy in the traditional sectors and creating new possibilities in new sectors.” Modi said that despite the challenges of the pandemic, the MSME sector of the country advanced rapidly. “With massive financial support, lakhs of employment in the sector were protected. Now this sector is creating many news avenues of employment,” he said. Modi asked the Patidar community to create groups consisting of both experienced and young members to work on issues of national interest and document ideas, global good practices and government policies. The Prime Minister also asked the summit to explore ways of modernizing agriculture and bringing investment in agriculture. He suggested that teams can be created to study Gujarat for suggesting new ways of agriculture and new crops. Sardardham is organizing GPBS under Mission 2026 to provide an impetus to socio-economic development of Patidar community. The Summit is organized every two years. The first two Summits were held in Gandhinagar in 2018 and 2020. UNI ASU MR
