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NITI Aayog hosts first Global Mobility Summit 2018 in
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
The main focus of the Global Mobility Summit was to raise awareness about various aspects of Mobility
and bringing together various stakeholders involved in enhancing mobility across different platforms.
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naugurating the first Global
Mobility Summit - MOVE,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
said that the name ‘MOVE’ in
the name of this summit reflects
today’s mood of India. He said,
‘Indeed India is on move’. The two-
day program is being organized by
the NITI Aayog, which will end on
Saturday. About 2,200 participants
from around the
world are
participating in this program. Those
include
representatives
of
governments, industry,
research
organizations, academies and society.
Internationally, America, Japan,
Singapore, South Africa, South
Korea, New Zealand, Austria,
Germany and Brazil Embassies and
private sector delegations are
participating in the conference.
Prime Minister Modi emphasized
on the promotion of public transport
in the inaugural speech, saying that
this can reduce the damage to the
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economy and the environment
reaching the environment. He said,
“Public transport should be the
cornerstone of our movement.
Therefore, we have to focus on public
transport by removing attention from
cars. ‘ He further said that it is
extremely important to ensure
uninterrupted movement to prevent
loss of economic and environmental
impact.
The PM mentioned many things
by connecting Move with India’s
progress. They said, ‘Our economy is
increasing – we are the world’s fastest
growing big economy.’ Modi said,
‘Our cities and cities are growing – we
are making 100 smart cities. Our
infrastructure is increasing – we are
building roads, airports, rail lines and
harbors at high speed. Our goods are
increasing – GST has helped us to
rationalize
supply
chain
and
warehouse networks. Our reforms are
moving forward – we have made
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India a comfortable place in terms of
business. Our lives are moving
forward- families are getting homes,
toilets, LPG cylinders, bank accounts
and loans. Our youth are growing –
we are the fastest growing startup
hub of the world.’
Modi said that Mobility has been
the focus of humanity’s progress, so
India is moving ahead with new
energy, intense desire and motive. In
India, the speed of making the
highways has doubled and started
operating on hundreds of air routes.
Addressing the first Global
Mobility Summit, Railway Minister
Piyush Goyal said, “My vision is that
we should have electric vehicle
charging points at every petrol pump
in this country. We have about
60,000 petrol pumps, if we have
60,000 charging points across those
petrol pumps, it would be a game
changer.”
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