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COVER STORY

Global Trade and

India’s Growing Credibility

The world now recognises India’s stable government and vibrant democracy; PM Modi
emphasised new opportunities for MSMEs and exports through Free Trade Agreements...

n Today India's profile is rising significantly. India or our medicines we should not miss any
is becoming an accepted and respected country opportunity.
for the world.
n We have to offer products that are superior
n After 2014, we have been entering into Free in quality and more affordable than what is
Trade Agreements with nearly 40 countries, available worldwide. Our textile sector, from
which is a huge opportunity. Ludhiana in Punjab to Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu,
n MSMEs should not miss this opportunity — has the potential to reach global markets.
we have to reach the world with our textiles, n From Keralam to Gujarat and Tamil Nadu to
machinery and medicines; we have to cross global Bengal, our fishermen brothers and sisters now
parameters, and we must offer products that are have a much greater possibility of exporting
superior to what is currently available worldwide. shrimp because of this FTA.

n There is a greater potential for our seafood to n India has a stable government, a vibrant
reach the world, and I would like us to take democracy, and a robust judicial system. India’s
advantage of this situation as we move forward. Constitution provides direction to us all, and the

n Every product of India should reach the world world has now begun to recognize this strength
market, whether it is our textile, our machinery, of ours.

“I say this with pride:
today, every Indian can
speak of ‘One Nation,
One Constitution,’ and we
are dedicated to realizing
Sardar Patel’s dream of ‘Ek
Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat’.”

(Excerpt of the speech from the ramparts of the
Red Fort on Independence Day 2019)

24 NEW INDIA SAMACHAR || Sep 01-15, 2026 Picture from Independence Day 2019