Indians to become wealthiest community in world by 2047: Naidu

“Some nations are even depending upon such Indians for their economic growth,” Naidu said while addressing the media in New Delhi on Monday.

Naidu was in Delhi to address the Telugu voters and seek their support to the BJP-NDA candidates in the upcoming assembly election there. He spoke of how the people were talking about Artificial Intelligence and how the Indians were using it in a big way now; and the way they used Information Technology in 1995.

“By using AI, India is going to play a crucial role in the global economy,” he said and added that the people in Davos -- where the World Economic Forum annual meeting was held recently -- were also talking about AI and they also raised concern about global warming and noted that India was strong enough to handle it.

Referring to the Union Budget, Naidu said it would lead India to attain the Viksit Bharat goal by 2047. He recalled how the four growth engines like agriculture, MSMEs, investments and exports were acting as a game changer in Indian economy and claimed that India would become a global hub for food security.

He said Indians were doing extremely well in several fields at global level; and given the demographic dividend, Indians would become entrepreneurs and MSMEs and serve as a game changer.

Maintaining that agriculture would play a key role in the nation’s economic development, he said India had achieved self-sufficiency in agriculture production, in view of the huge production of pulses, vegetables, fruits etc., and claimed that India has become a global hub for farm production.

Naidu claimed that development of IT some 30 years ago powered the Indians to become the wealthiest persons in the world by default. He lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for leading the Indian economy in the path of development and progress in the last 11 years. Hence, he said, the country was receiving investments and nations like Japan and China were “depending on India” for their development.

Turning down the criticism that AP got nothing in the Union Budget, the chief minister said, “We got everything we needed in the budget. AP is going to play a crucial role in national development. Now everybody is talking in my language on AI. However, I am going a bit high by talking about Deep Tech in all walks of life.”

On Delhi issues, Naidu flayed the AAP model of development and called it a failure and cited the presence of slums, lack of proper drainage and drinking water facilities etc. He criticised the Delhi government for its “failure” to implement the AMRUT and Jal Jeevan schemes to get potable water supply. This, he said, was done just to avoid giving credit to the Modi government, by playing the ‘politics of ego’. He

The Chief Minister explained how he developed Hyderabad in 1995 and how its per capita income had gone up tremendously and how the city had become the “most livable place.” He said, “Gone are the days when people used to visit Delhi for employment and other purposes with high hopes of earning money and to live comfortably. Now, they are looking elsewhere for a better life as they are unable to live in Delhi “due to its pollution and lack of amenities.”