No human being has had greater impact on my life than my beloved father. He passed away beside me a few weeks ago, hours before his birthday.
This is a redacted transcript of my speech at Papa ji’s funeral, which will give you an insight into the man he was & the devta he remains: https://t.co/wr4Du2u2qZ
The artwork below is derived from a photo of his funeral cortege.
🌍 Top 10 contributors to global real GDP growth (2026)
1.🇨🇳 China — 26.6%
2.🇮🇳 India — 17.0%
3.🇺🇸 United States — 9.9%
4.🇮🇩 Indonesia — 3.8%
5.🇹🇷 Türkiye — 2.2%
6.🇳🇬 Nigeria — 1.5%
7.🇧🇷 Brazil — 1.5%
8.🇻🇳 Vietnam — 1.6%
9.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — 1.7%
10.🇩🇪 Germany — 0.9%
📌 China + India alone = 43.6% of global growth
📌 Asia-Pacific accounts for ~50% of total growth
Source: IMF
Joined government as Principal Economic Advisor in Feb 2017. It is now nine years! The bank NPA issue was the very first policy problem handed to me by then Finance Minister late Arun Jaitley-ji. Yesterday saw this image from latest Economic Survey: NNPA is now down to 0.5% - seemed like an impossible goal at that time. Cannot believe it!!
#WATCH | Delhi: On India-EU FTA, Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas says, "... I think the feeling in the room is really genuine, genuine interest for building trade relations, but also other issues when it comes to geopolitical picture as well. Because we see superpowers wanting to rewrite the multilateral order, where everything is divided... Coming from a small country, I can honestly say this is not in the interest of small and medium-sized countries. India is not a small country. But still, I think, there is room for cooperation in Europe. The European Union and India also have a relationship regarding foreign policy..."
This Republic Day, I have penned a 2-minute piece as to how ancient India, not Greece, templated & gifted the post-modern system of constitutional democracy to the world:
https://t.co/t89VPbtN9n
#RepublicDay#RepublicDay2021#RepublicDayIndia
Europe and India are making history today.
We have concluded the mother of all deals.
We have created a free trade zone of two billion people, with both sides set to benefit.
This is only the beginning.
We will grow our strategic relationship to be even stronger.
To build a strong Nation, we must nurture it with clear vision, commitment, and the courage to take the right action. It takes each one of us for Bharat to grow into the most vibrant Nation on the planet. #RepublicDay#SadhguruQuotes
It is the honor of a lifetime to be Chief Guests at the Republic Day celebrations.
A successful India makes the world more stable, prosperous and secure.
And we all benefit ↓ https://t.co/boeqFGv15Q
INSV Kaundinya carries a replica of a 5000 yr old Harappan stone anchor. We used it & works well. Nautical Archaeology & Forensic Naval Architecture represent an entire unexplored scientific frontier to rediscover India's ancient shipbuilding legacy.