New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said India has emerged on the world stage with a new self-confidence and that they are looking at our country with new admiration.
Addressing a group of officer trainees of the Indian Foreign Service (2021 batch), who had called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, she said India’s leadership in several fields has become unchallenged now.
President Droupadi Murmu meets officer trainees of 2021 batch of the Indian Foreign Service at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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India also plays an important role in the developing South and as a frontline State in the fight against terrorism, she said, adding that India has made decisive interventions.
“While leading economies of the world are still trying to overcome the effects of the pandemic, India has stood up again and started to move on,” she said.
India’s economy is registering one of the fastest growth rates,” the president said,adding that the global economic recovery, to an extent, rests on India.
The recent years have witnessed new initiatives in our bilateral and multilateral relations. In several global forums, India has made decisive interventions. India’s leadership in several fields has become unchallenged now. India also plays an important role in the developing South and as a frontline State in the fight against terrorism, the president said.
She said that the Indian Foreign Service offers them a unique opportunity to project India’s proud civilisation, heritage and culture, together with its developmental aspirations, to the rest of the world.
Referring to the changes taking place around the world, the president said that ongoing transformations on multiple fronts offer great opportunities as well as great challenges.
“New technologies give us hopes of better healthcare, for example, but they threaten existing business practices too. We can use technology to reach out to those on the margins. At the same time, technology also resets the security paradigm with new threats. As a nation, we have before us a chance to reset our choices,” Murmu said.
The President said that amid this fast-changing world, with its opportunities and threats, the role of Indian Foreign Service Officers becomes critical – more so than ever before.
Navigating through these difficult waters and ensuring the best for India and also for the world will test their intelligence, Murmu siad.
She expressed confidence that they will respond to the challenges of the future in the best possible manner, in the best interests of the fellow citizens.
