Jammu, Nov 14 (FN Agency) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that the government like the one headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has undertaken several initiatives to provide avenues of livelihood which are even more lucrative than a government job. “Unless the mindset is reoriented, new avenues will not yield optimum outcomes. In the highly aspirational India of today, the current Mantra for the youth is “Aspire, Innovate and Compete”, said Dr Singh while delivering the keynote address at a Seminar cum Interactive Session on the theme “Youth Contribution to India @ 100” organised by the University of Jammu here at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium to mark “Amrit Mahotsava”. Dr Singh said, “no government in the world can provide a government job to every youth but a responsible government like the one headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has undertaken several initiatives to provide avenues of livelihood which are even more lucrative than a government job.”
“Today that 21st century opportunities can’t be availed with 20th century mindset. For the youth who have active years ahead, it is important to cultivate the right mindset to be able to avail of the amazing new opportunities unfolding in 21st century India,” he said. But to avail of these avenues, the youth need to liberate their mindset from the clutches of government job, he said and added, “for this, the parents also need to be educated and at the same time, the politicians and leaders also need to restrain themselves from giving false assurances of government jobs.” “India is passing through the 75th years of its independence and it is time to lay down the road map for the next 25 years before independent India turns 100,” Dr Singh said further stating that it is a proud privilege and opportunity for the youth of India today to be able to contribute to the making of India when it turns 100 in 2047 and stands as a frontline nation in the world community. The greatest advantage for the youth today, said Dr Singh, is that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has made rapid strides which the entire world acknowledges and today India is seen as a force to reckon with. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been universally and unanimously acknowledged as the most influential and popular Head of State anywhere in the world, he added.
Every generation of youth, said Dr Singh, has a contribution to make and the nature of this contribution is determined by the era in which he is born and the mindset through which the nation is going through. Describing the Indian youth today as privileged one, Dr Singh said, they have the unique opportunity to contribute the next active years of life to the making of India @ 100 and to be able to tell their children that they too were, to a bigger or a smaller extent, architects of new India at 100.