New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh Sunday said that India is ready to lead technology driven Diabetes care.

Addressing the 3-day World Congress of “Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics 2023” (DTechCon 2023) here Singh said that India is being looked up to by the rest of the world in the field of healthcare after the successful handling of the pandemic.

Technologically and in human resources, we are much ahead of most other countries, he said.

The union minister said India is fast becoming more and more tech savvy, particularly after Narendra Modi took over as the Prime Minister because he is personally promoting science and technology innovations.

The PM has a natural temper for science and having worked closely with him for the past nine years, the Minister said, he can very well say that Modi gives his team a free hand in developing ideas and getting them implemented.

From 350 Startups to over 90,000

This is evident from the fact that there were just around 350 StartUps before 2014 whereas, now there are more than 90,000 with more than 100 Unicorns, said the Minister.

India is also rated No: 3 in the StartUp ecosystem of the world, he added.

Jitendra Singh said, similarly, Prime Minister Modi opened up the Space sector for private participation leading to more than 100 StartUps in the Space sector within just about three years. Similarly, Biotech StartUps went up from around 50 in 2014 to nearly 6,000 today, he said.

Recently the Union Cabinet approved the launch of the National Quantum Mission which will also boost medical diagnosis and treatment in the country. The Minister said that India is one of the very few countries in the world to have launched a National Quantum Mission.