Economic Growth and International Confidence

In 2025, the Prime Minister highlighted the resilience and changes in the economy of India. It was mentioned that despite global uncertainties, the Indian economy had been growing at a consistent rate. The fact that the economy had become more attractive to foreign investors with better digital public infrastructure and the ease of doing business was counted as one of the factors responsible for the resilience of the economy. It was stated that the fact that India was developing as a manufacturing nation because of production-linked incentives was an indication of the fact that the economy was transforming from a consumption-driven economy to a production and export nation.

Technological Advancement and Digital Leadership

One of the key themes of this messaging has been the technological change taking place in India. The Prime Minister spoke of the role of digital platforms in taking much of India’s governance, finance, healthcare, and education to a population of a billion scale. India’s ability and success in developing digital public goods in areas like identity solutions that can interoperate with each other, digital payment solutions, and data platforms were outlined as a developing country success story that could be replicated in other developing countries. He emphasized India’s success in emerging technologies like AI, space technology, semiconductors, and renewable energy and noted that this clearly showed that innovation in India has stepped beyond services and has spread to deep technologies and research-driven areas.

Strategic and Geopolitical Rolesbackarrow

On the strategic horizon, the Prime Minister began to enumerate the increased stature and freedom in Indian external affairs. The Prime Minister referred to the fact that India has remained very active in world organizations, that it has been a “bridge between the advanced and the developing economies in the world, and a vocal voice for the Global South.” The Prime Minister went on to highlight the transformation in Indian defense modernization and indigenization, the rise in the Indian Navy’s “presence in the Indian Ocean and beyond” because “a country which can assure the world that it can safeguard its own interests but also contribute to regional and international stability” is coming into its own. The Prime Minister has referred to strategic partnerships with major world powers as “not alignments but partnerships and cooperation founded on mutual respect and mutual interest.”

India’s Soft Power and Global Responsibility

But aside from the hard indicators, he also stressed the soft power influence that India has had and continues to exercise to this day. Yoga, traditional knowledge, humanitarian charity, and leadership on climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts were presented as the expression of the values of the Indian civilizational tradition that the soft power project embodies and upholds. He laid emphasis on the fact that the rise of India is not an assertive, dominance-oriented one but is centered on sustainable development and climate change mitigation efforts.

A Vision of a Confident India

Overall, the tone and message of Prime Minister Modi in 2025 were that of a confident and self-reliant country that was making its presence felt in all spheres of economies, technologies, and international platforms for decision-making. Of course, to make India’s achievements significant globally, he linked India’s progress with that of the international world.