“India's journey is guided by the profound philosophy of Antyodaya, which means, empowering the final particular person within the line,” he stated whereas addressing the plenary session of Second World Summit for Social Growth in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday.
In response to minister Mandaviya, India's progress is a results of a lifecycle-based framework the place a baby receives a wholesome basis, a younger grownup finds assist for schooling and livelihood, a employee will get first rate work, and an aged is assured dignity and revenue safety in previous age.
Mandaviya knowledgeable that 118 million faculty youngsters obtain nutritious mid-day meals, over 800 million residents have been supplied with meals safety, 425 million have gotten well being safety and over 37 million homes have been supplied to these with low revenue.
In addition to, India's unemployment fee has declined to three.2% from 6% between 2017–18 and 2023–24 and ladies's employment fee has almost doubled.
“Tens of millions of girls have been mobilised into self-help teams. Credit score disbursements have supplemented the energy of those women-led native establishments,” he stated.Elaborating on India's social safety protection, Mandaviya stated it has elevated from 19% in 2015 to 64.3% in 2025. “Central to our efforts is the deal with seamless supply of those programmes. By a community of financial institution accounts, cell web possession and distinctive citizen IDs, we've got ensured environment friendly final mile supply via direct profit switch,” he stated.
Mandaviya stated India's improvement trajectory provides an emulative improvement mannequin for the World South and dedicated to share its greatest practices to strengthen world partnerships as these nations collectively chart the long run course of social improvement.
“Our financial progress and social improvement pathways are aligned with the sustainable improvement objectives and our commitments relating to local weather change,” he stated, including India stays steadfast on the 17 Sustainable Growth Objectives agenda of the UN.
On Pakistan
Expressing sturdy objection to sure references made by the president of Pakistan on India in its remarks on Tuesday, Mandaviya stated that is an abuse of a world discussion board to distract the world from specializing in social improvement by peddling disinformation in opposition to India.
“On the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan has undermined its spirit via sustained hostility and cross-border terrorism and has additionally repeatedly misused the Treaty mechanisms to impede India's professional tasks,” Mandaviya stated.
“As regards the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has no locus standi to touch upon India's inner affairs. That is notably so when it indulges in acts of cross-border terrorism in opposition to the residents of India,” Mandaviya stated, suggesting Pakistan would do properly to introspect and tackle its personal critical challenges associated to improvement which has made it depending on hand-outs by the worldwide neighborhood.
Pakistan president, in his assertion, accused India of violating the Indus Waters Treaty and in addition stated Kashmiris have lengthy suffered state terrorism.
