Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday asserted that an eight-fold rise in per capita income needs to be achieved to realise the goal of “Viksit Bharat” (developed India) by the year 2047.
Addressing the second convocation ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi Central University in Bihar’s Motihari, he also expressed hope that the country, which was currently the “fifth largest economy” in the world, would “soon leave Germany and Japan behind”.
Lavishing praise on the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, without taking any names, Dhankhar said, “The last 10 years have been marked by eradication of a culture of corruption and middlemen seem to have been eliminated”.
“The world looks at us with surprise as we keep marching towards getting our due place on the global stage. We are the fifth largest economy as of now but things are looking up and soon we will leave Germany and Japan behind,” said the Vice President.
He was speaking in presence of Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar and local MP and former union minister Radha Mohan Singh.
Dhankhar also pointed out that the nation needs to cover a lot of ground if the goal of “Viksit Bharat” is realized by the time 100 years of Independence is celebrated in 2047.
“I am not likely to live to see that day”, said the 74-year-old Vice President, adding: “The onus is on young people like the students present here. We must strive to raise the per capita income to eight times of what it is today. This would require our youth to make sacrifices.”
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