 Namashar! Leaders of the tech world, international delegates and friends. All of you, Namaskara! Welcome to India. Welcome to our country, our country. Welcome to our Bangalore. I am delighted to address the Bangalore Tech Summit once again. I am sure you all are loving the warm people and vibrant culture of Karnataka. Friends, Bangalore is the home of technology and thought leadership. It is an inclusivity. It is also an innovative city. For many years, Bangalore is number one in India's innovation index. Friends, India's technology and innovation have already impressed the world. But the future will be much bigger than our present. Because India has innovative youth and increasing tech access. Friends, the power of India's youth is known across the world. They have ensured tech globalization and talent globalization. Healthcare, management, finance. You will find young Indians leading many domains. We are using our talent for global good. Even in India, that impact is being seen. India jumped the 40th rank in the Global Innovation Index in this year. In 2015, we were ranked 81. The number of unicorn startups in India had doubled since 2021. We are now the third largest startup hub in the world. We have over 81,000 recognized startups. There are hundreds of international companies that have R&D centers in India. This is due to India's talent pool. Friends, Indian youth are being empowered by increasing tech access. A mobile and data revolution is happening in the country. In the last eight years, broadband connections rose from 60 million to 810 million. Smartphone users went from 100 million to 750 million. The growth of this internet is faster in rural areas than in urban areas. A new demographic is being connected to the information superhighway. Friends, for a long time technology was seen as an exclusive domain. It was said to be only for the high and mighty. But India has shown how to democratize technology. India has also shown how to give tech a human touch. In India, technology is a force of equality and empowerment. The world's largest health insurance scheme, Aishman Bharat, provides a safety rate for nearly 200 million families. It means about 600 million people. This program is run based on a tech platform. India ran the world's largest COVID-19 vaccine trial. It was run through a tech-based platform called COVID. Let us go from the health sector to education. India has one of the largest online repositories of open courses. There are thousands of courses available across different subjects. Over 10 million successful certifications have happened. This is all done online and free. Our data tariffs are among the lowest in the world. During COVID-19, low data costs help poor students to attend online classes. Without these, two precious years would have been lost for them. Friends, India is using technology as a weapon in the war against poverty. Under Swamitya scheme, we are using drones to map lands in rural areas. Then property cards are given to the people. This reduces land disputes. It also helps to prove to access financial services and credit. During COVID-19, many countries were struggling with a problem. They knew people needed help. They knew benefit transfers would help. But they did not have the infrastructure to take benefit to the people. But India showed how technology could be a force for the good. Our Jandhan Aadhar mobile trinity gave us the power to directly transfer benefits. Benefits went directly to authenticated and verified beneficiaries. Billions of rupees reached the bank accounts of the poor. During COVID-19, everyone was worried about small businesses. We helped them, but we went one step further. We helped street vendors access working capital to restart businesses. Those who start using digital payments are given incentives. This is making digital transactions a way of life for them. Friends, have you heard of a government running a successful e-commerce platform? It has happened in India. We have the government e-market place, also called GEM Jam. It is a platform where small traders and businesses fulfill the government's needs. Technology has helped small businesses find a big customer. At the same time, this has reduced the scope of corruption. Similarly, technology has helped with online tendering. This has accelerated projects and boosted transparency. It has also hit a procurement value of rupees one trillion last year. Friends, innovation is important. But when backed up by integration, it becomes a force. Technology is being used to end silos, enable synergy and ensure service on a shared platform. There are no silos. Take for example, the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan. India is investing over rupees 100 trillion in infrastructure over the next few years. The numbers of stakeholders in any infra project is huge. Traditionally, in India, big projects often delayed. Exiting expenses and extending timelines, these used to be common. But now, we have the Gati Shakti Shared Platform. The central government, state governments, district administrations, different departments can coordinate. Each of these knows what the other is doing. Information relating to projects, land use and institutions are available at a single place. So each stakeholder sees the same data. This improves coordination and solves problems even before they occur. It is accelerating approvals and clearances. Friends, India is no more a place known for red tap. It is known for red carpet for investors. Whether it is FDA reforms or liberalization of drone rules or steps in the semiconductor sector or the production incentive schemes in various sectors or the rise of ease of doing businesses. Friends, India has many excellent factors coming together. Your investment and our innovation can do wonders. Your trust and our tech talent can make things happen. I invite you all to work with us as we lead the world in solving its problems. I am sure your deliberations at the Bangalore Tech Summit will be interesting and fruitful. I wish you all the best.