India has emerged as the loud voice of the Global South, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, even as he observed that the world is moving towards a new global order after the Covid-19 pandemic.
"It is clear that the world is moving towards a new world order. After the Second World War, a world order was created; now the world is moving towards a new global order. If we analyse it independently, it is leaning towards India," Modi said.
"The world is talking about the Global South; India is a loud voice of the Global South," he said.
Highlighting trade deals being finalised with different countries, the PM said, "We are doing future-ready trade deals with a lot of countries. In the past few days, we have had nine major trade deals, and the mother of all deals was the one with the European Union."
The prime minister said that in the journey of Viksit Bharat, the previous years have been years of rapid development of the country. "This has been the era of change in every walk of life, in every section of society. The country is going ahead in the right direction at a fast pace."
He claimed that a significant part of the country’s energy is being spent on correcting the mistakes of the past. "It takes great effort to erase the image that was created in the minds of the world during that period; they left things in such a damaged state. That is why we have placed strong emphasis on future-ready policies."
He also took a dig at the Opposition, which had staged a walkout, and said, "They got tired and left... But some day they will have to reply... How did they bring India to a point where no country was coming forward to have a trade deal with us."
