India set to become $5 trillion economy soon: Modi

Modi Seoul Reuters Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a business symposium in Seoul | Reuters

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the fundamentals of the Indian economy were sound and it was on the way to becoming a $5 trillion economy soon.

Addressing the India Korea Business Symposium in Seoul, Modi said India was now a more open economy and had attracted $250 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last four years.

Modi said no other large economy in the world had grown at 7 per cent year after year. India, he said, has jumped to 77th spot on the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking on the back of reforms and was determined to break into the top 50 next year.

The role of the government was to provide a support system, Modi said, adding that India had emerged as a land of opportunities.