India adaptable and agile even in middle of pandemic: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India as a nation is adaptable and agile while commending the startups and the private sector in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

"We in India implemented huge reforms across sectors, be it mining, space, banking, atomic energy and more. This goes on to show that India as a nation is adaptable and agile, even in the middle of the pandemic," the Prime Minister said at the fifth edition of VivaTech on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister invited the world to invest in the country as he said "India offers what innovators and investors need." Modi invited the world to invest in India based on five pillars of talent, market, capital, ecosystem and culture of openness.

Speaking of the digital expansion in India, the PM said this expansion is being powered by state-of-the-art public digital infrastructure. Around 523,000km of fiber optic network already links our 156,000 villages and many more are being connected in the times to come, Modi said.

VivaTech, one of the largest digital and startup events in Europe, is held in Paris every year since 2016. The event is jointly organised by Publicis Groupe —a prominent advertising and marketing conglomerate — and Les Echos, a leading French media group.

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