GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 9th Oct: New Delhi: Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya Scindia, hailed India’s transformation into a global digital and entrepreneurial powerhouse while addressing the Nation Builders Summit at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025.
Scindia highlighted that India has evolved from being a “services country” to an integrated economy that now manufactures high-value products, including semiconductor chips. “India, which could not even imagine manufacturing chips a decade ago, is today building semiconductor fabs from Gujarat to Assam,” he said.
He credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision through flagship initiatives like Digital India, Startup India, and the Semiconductor Mission for driving this transformation. Comparing the digital revolution to the industrial era’s roadways and railways, Scindia said it has connected people, production, and opportunity at scale.
The Minister underscored that India is now the third-largest digital nation globally with 1.2 billion mobile subscribers, 974 million Internet users, and 944 million broadband connections. He pointed out that 46% of the world’s digital transactions are now conducted through India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), amounting to $3 trillion annually.
Scindia also highlighted the boom in India’s startup ecosystem, which has grown from a few enterprises 15 years ago to over 1.8 lakh startups and more than 100 unicorns today. “Entrepreneurial energy is rising from every small town and district,” he said, noting that most listed companies now come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
Addressing gender equity, Scindia applauded the emergence of over 73,000 women-led startups, calling them vital to India’s journey from Amrit Kaal to Shatabdi Kaal. “Every citizen, especially women, must be equal participants in building the New India of 2047,” he added.
Quoting Intel co-founder Andy Grove, Scindia said, “The only constant is change, and only the paranoid survive.” He noted that these principles now define Indian entrepreneurship, supported by a government that acts as a facilitator rather than a regulator.
Calling this a defining decade for India, the Minister concluded, “This is your time. India will not just be vocal for local but local for global — designing in India, solving in India, and scaling for the world.”
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