Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 16 said India and the Netherlands are working together to create trusted, transparent and future-ready supply chains to counter growing global disruptions, as he described the current period as a \u201cdecade of disasters\u201d for the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Addressing the Indian community in The Hague during the second leg of his five-nation tour, Modi pointed to a series of global crises \u2014 from the COVID-19 pandemic to wars and the emerging energy crisis \u2014 that have shaken economies worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, humanity faces many major challenges as well. The world is dealing with new challenges. First came the Corona pandemic; then wars began to break out, and now there is an energy crisis. This decade is turning into a decade of disasters for the world,\u201d Modi said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He warned that unless these challenges are addressed quickly, decades of global development achievements could be reversed, pushing millions back into poverty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
India-Netherlands partnership on supply chains\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highlighting efforts to strengthen economic resilience, Modi said India and the Netherlands are jointly working on building robust and dependable supply chains amid global uncertainty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also said both countries can coordinate more closely on international projects and deepen cooperation in sectors including trade, technology, defence and renewable energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Modi arrived in the Netherlands on Friday as part of a broader diplomatic outreach aimed at expanding India\u2019s strategic partnerships in Europe and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018India is a land of opportunities\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister described modern India as both \u201ctechnology-driven and humanity-driven\u201d, saying the country is undergoing an unprecedented transformation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia in the 21st century is a land of opportunities. India is both technology-driven and humanity-driven. India is becoming as modern as it is ancient,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Addressing a cheering audience, Modi said India\u2019s ambitions are now bigger and faster than ever before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cToday India is saying we don’t just want transformation, we want the best, we want the fastest. That is why when there are unlimited aspirations in India, the efforts are also becoming limitless,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Modi highlights AI Summit, G20 and startup growth\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister pointed to India\u2019s recent hosting of major international events, including the AI Summit and the G20 Summit, saying these reflected the country\u2019s growing global stature.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s India is going through a phase of unprecedented transformation,\u201d he said. \u201cThis has now become the character of today\u2019s India.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Modi also highlighted India\u2019s startup ecosystem, noting that the country now has the world\u2019s third-largest startup network.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Recalling that India had only four unicorns in 2014, Modi said the country now has nearly 125 active unicorns working across sectors such as AI, defence and space technology.\u00a0\u201cThis culture of research and innovation is becoming even more expansive,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
India\u2019s global ambitions\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister said India\u2019s aspirations are no longer confined within its borders and outlined the country\u2019s larger global goals.\u00a0\u201cIndia wants to host the Olympics, become a global manufacturing hub, emerge as a leader in green energy, and become the growth engine of the world,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He added that India\u2019s aspiration-led growth is also strengthening democracy, referring to recent assembly elections held across multiple states.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the concluding part of his speech, Modi reflected on India\u2019s cultural continuity and values.\u00a0\u201cGenerations have changed, countries have changed, environments have changed… but the family values have not changed,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister said that while many cultures around the world have faded with time, India\u2019s diverse traditions continue to remain alive in the hearts of its people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 16 said India and the Netherlands are working together to create trusted,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10376,5607,10374,7646,10373,7717,10375,9250,9642,42,10377],"class_list":{"0":"post-12359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-hague","8":"tag-ai-summit-india","9":"tag-covid-pandemic","10":"tag-decade-of-disasters","11":"tag-energy-crisis","12":"tag-global-supply-chains","13":"tag-india-netherlands-ties","14":"tag-india-startups","15":"tag-narendra-modi-netherlands-visit","16":"tag-pm-modi","17":"tag-the-hague","18":"tag-the-hague-speech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}