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In 2024, the world increasingly acknowledged India’s pivotal role as a growth engine, a technological innovator, and a leader in sustainability.
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has cemented its position as a global powerhouse. | File Image/PTI
India’s rise in the global arena has not only been transformative but also widely recognised by leaders, economists, and global institutions. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has cemented its position as a global powerhouse. In 2024, the world increasingly acknowledged India’s pivotal role as a growth engine, a technological innovator, and a leader in sustainability. Global experts, industry leaders and organisations have consistently highlighted the country’s achievements.
This success is not only evident in 2024 but has been echoed in global statements over the past few years. For instance, in 2021, Mark Widmar, the CEO of First Solar, said that every country should do what India was doing with climate change. In 2017, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said that PM Modi is always very receptive, he is open, he is very smart. In 2023, Hassan Allam, CEO of Hassan Allam Holdings lauded PM Modi’s leadership and said that under his leadership, India’s private sector grew tremendously especially in the world of infrastructure, engineering, manufacturing. This reflects that global experts and industry leaders have consistently highlighted India’s rapid progress and leadership of PM Modi. This was echoed by several leaders in 2024 as well.
Statements on India and India’s Progress by World Leaders is 2024
Toshihiro Suzuki, President of Suzuki Motors praised PM Modi’s strong leadership and said, “In the past 10 years, under the strong leadership and constant support of PM Modi, for manufacturing industries, the Indian automobile market has been expanding steadily. As a result, India has become the third-largest automobile market in the world.” “Thanks to PM Modi’s progressive approach and India’s growth,” he said, showcasing how governance and vision go hand-in-hand in driving progress.
Borge Brende, President, WEF expressed optimism about India’s trajectory and said, “We think, in the coming decade, we can be speaking about a $10 trillion economy, at least in the coming two decades.” He highlighted India’s thriving digital economy and its booming export of services, stating, “India has been at the forefront due to the digital economy and the export of services. This is a very sweet spot for India. India is growing very fast. There’s a lot of interest in India.”
Leaders in technology and finance have also recognised India’s advancements. Ling Hai, President, International Markets at Mastercard, is optimistic about India’s growth story on the back of its growing small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector as government doubles down efforts on digitisation and financial inclusion. He said, “If you look at the fundamentals like demographics, easing inflation, spending power, export, service sector, a lot of things are going strong for India.”
Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce: “The world is moving into ‘the Indian era’ and the country presents exciting opportunities. And you know it’s a very exciting opportunity,”
Thomas Dohmke, CEO, GitHub: “When I compare India back then and today, there’s incredible energy; things are moving and evolving. There was no Metro then, and now we have multiple lines. The airport is phenomenal, modern and clean. I think that is also a reflection of what’s happening in the software industry. There are a huge number of software developers already in India.”
Jamie Dimon, CEO, JP Morgan: “They have started this amazing trend where every citizen is recognized by hand, eyeball, or finger. They’ve opened bank accounts for 700 million people, and payments are being processed smoothly. Their education system and infrastructure are remarkable, lifting the entire country because of one just and tough man.”
George Kapsch, Chairman and Global CEO of the Kapsch Group: “India is doing very well now, and we are keen to enter the market. We tried several years ago and weren’t that successful, but this time we believe it’s the right moment with the right partners.”
Martin Sorell, Executive Chairman, S4 Capital commended PM Modi’s skilful branding of India as a global leader. He said, “PM Modi is the ultimate master of branding and branding countries. He has done a superb job on positioning India.”
Christopher J Elias, Foundation President, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation lauding India’s growth story said, “Other countries can use India’s successful digital public infrastructure model to help achieve their healthcare and other development goals.” Highlighting the progress of India’s DPI he said, “One area of particular accomplishment in India that I think can be a good model for the world to follow is digital public infrastructure that has helped achieve a lot of progress in financial services, health etc.”
Bill Gates said that he is bullish on the future of India. Lauding PM Modi’s leadership in digital public infra and transforming rural economy, he said, “This idea of digital connections that starts with Aadhaar and the bank accounts that you manage digitally, that’s flourishing. And so we see in agriculture now that they are registering the farmers and giving them advance notice. And so Indian leadership is something other countries should benefit from.”
‘Chip War’ author Chris Miller noted India’s attractiveness as an attractive alternative to China. Praising India’s growth story he said, “I think there is a lot of excitement and focus on chip industry in India. Foreign companies are looking at India as an attractive location. The good news is that every part of the ecosystem in India is growing.”
Dennis Francis, President, UNGA heaped praise on India for using digital means for rapid development. Highlighting how people in rural areas of India, are able to make payments and pay bills just on the touch a smartphone he said, “India has been able to lift 800 million people out of poverty over the last five or six years simply by the use of a smartphone.” He emphasised that rural farmers in India, who never had a relationship with a banking system, are now able to transact all their businesses on their smartphone. They pay their bills and they receive payments for orders. 800 million people lifted out of poverty because there is a high level of internet penetration in India and almost everyone has a cellphone.”
Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam said, “Over the past 10 years, under the leadership of PM Modi, India has become the 5th largest economy in the world, one of the top powers with a significant global role, and has made its mark.”
Gita Gopinath, IMF, Deputy Managing Director also goes bullish on India’s economic growth, she said, “India has become the fifth-largest economy in the world, and is set to be among the top three global economic powers soon.” She said that she is hopeful of India becoming the third-largest economy by 2027.
Paul Romer, Nobel Laureate in Economics, praised India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). He said, “Aadhaar is the most important technological system in the world right now. I think one of the first things is that the other countries in the Digital South should say to themselves, if India can do it, we can do it too. Countries need to have the confidence and the ambition to try something that hasn’t been tried before, the way India did by creating the Aadhaar number.”
Tim Cook, CEO Apple said, “In recent years, India has become one of the handful of countries and regions where Apple has established new revenue benchmarks. After more than 15 years since the unveiling of the first iPhone, the device remains as the most coveted brand in personal technology in India.”
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia praises India’s tech capabilities. He said, “India is home of some of the world’s greatest computer scientists. So, this is great opportunity. Artificial Intelligence is also a new industry, a new manufacturing industry that is very important and so I’m looking forward to partner with India in a very deep way to make that possible.”
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman DP World, praises India’s growth under PM Modi and said, “India is the fastest growing major economy in the world in 2023, this growth is set to continue under the strong leadership of PM Modi.”
PM Dasho Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan lauds India’s cooperatives for its pivotal role in lifting millions out of poverty. He said, “It is fitting that the launch of the International Year of Cooperatives is taking place in India, as there is no better country that exemplifies the enormous transformative power of collective action. The Indian cooperative movement has been spectacularly successful, uplifting millions of people from poverty and enhancing their prosperity.”
Statements on India’s Leadership
John Chambers, USISPF Chairman said, “PM Modi’s 3rd term will set vision for the century, with India poised to become the world’s largest economy—twice the size of China & 30-40% larger than the US.”
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of DP World said, “This Man (PM Modi) is amazing. His energy, his vision is what drive us and inspires us. The policies of PM Modi…is inspiring us and allowing us to do even more in India.”
Keith Svendsen, CEO AP Moller-Maersk said, “A great honour to have the opportunity to have a discussion with the PM about his 2047 vision for the country and how that fits into the maritime sector. It is very exciting to have the opportunity to discuss that with the PM, I must say very inspiring policies and I was very impressed with his knowledge about the details of our industry.”
Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana hails PM Modi as “a champion among leaders,” and said, “It is our greatest honor to have you here. You are a champion among leaders. You have led incredibly.” He PM Modi’s leadership “an incredible light for the developing world and said, “You have shown light to the developing world and created development metrics and frameworks that many are adopting in their own country.”
President Putin praised PM Modi and said he was impressed by how PM Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative for “strengthening India’s position globally. He said, “In all the sectors of the Russian Federation, including in high-tech ones, there is an acute need to expand the opportunities to sell and export their products. I know that Prime Minister Modi has a similar program make in India, and this is a very similar program to ours, and we would be ready to place our manufacturing sites in India also.”
USA President-elect Donald Trump called PM Modi a nicest human being and said, “PM Modi (India), he’s a friend of mine and also the nicest human being. Before him being appointed as the Prime Minister, India was very unstable. On the outside, he looks like he’s your father. He is the nicest and a total killer.”
Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam, expressed confidence in PM Modi’s leadership and said, “We believe that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi in his third consecutive term will continue to bring more benefits to the Indian people, achieve even more splendour of successes in the future and achieve Viksit Bharat 2047.”
US President Joe Biden said, “The United States’ partnership with India is stronger, closer, and more dynamic than any time in history. Prime Minister Modi, each time we sit down, I’m struck by our ability to find new areas of cooperation. Today was no different.”
Ray Dalio, Chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates said “India is at a very special moment for a number of reasons, it be particularly because it is not burdened by excessive amount of debt and it is now at the takeoff point. In my opinion you have a great leader PM Modi.”
Bhutanese PM Dasho Tshering Tobgay called PM Modi “Bade Bhai”. He said, “I am happy because whenever I come to India, I get a chance to meet my “Bade Bhai” (Big Brother) PM Modi.”
From global heads of state to leaders in technology and business, the consensus is clear: PM Narendra Modi’s leadership has been instrumental in redefining India’s global image, fostering international partnerships, and steering the nation towards a brighter future.
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