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At a recent United Nations forum, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery highlighted India's growing influence as a reliable pillar of global stability. Addressing world leaders, he emphasized India's sustained economic momentum, poverty alleviation achievements, and its scalable development model, especially relevant for fellow nations in the Global South. With digital inclusion, policy reforms, and youth empowerment at the core of its progress, India continues to demonstrate how inclusive growth can be both effective and exportable to the wider world.
Speaking from the UN Headquarters during the High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development Goals, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery described India as a dependable force amid global volatility. As countries navigate shifting economic landscapes, he said the world is increasingly in need of stable growth engines and replicable development models roles that India is both capable of and committed to fulfilling. Advertisement
Bery pointed out that India's consistent economic progress places it in a unique position to support global growth. He stated that the country's track record, driven by large-scale digital inclusion, forward-looking reforms, and inclusive governance, has helped it emerge as an "anchor of stability" in turbulent times.
He informed the gathering that approximately 248 million people in India moved out of poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23 an achievement rooted in structural reforms and sustained public welfare programs. He also highlighted that India has the world's largest youth population entering the workforce, and that the nation is determined to ensure this demographic dividend translates into long-term prosperity and productivity.
In his address, Bery underlined India's readiness to share its learnings with developing countries. He noted that India has actively extended concessional financing, forged technology partnerships, and offered institutional capacity-building support to its peers across the Global South. This includes advancing access to solar energy and digital governance frameworks tools that have catalyzed progress domestically and are now being exported as part of India's development diplomacy.
He reiterated India's long-standing commitment to multilateralism, especially as the United Nations completes 80 years. He called for a more inclusive and responsive UN structure that better reflects today's geopolitical realities, urging the global body to function not just as a forum for dialogue, but also as an engine for inclusive development.
UN Secretary General António Guterres, also speaking at the event, warned of mounting global challenges such as rising inequality, sluggish economic growth, increasing trade tensions, and disproportionate military spending. While acknowledging these difficulties, he insisted that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remain achievable provided there is a collective sense of urgency and political will.
Source PTI
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