I have travelled all over the world with President Trump, and I can attest that his friendship with Prime Minister Modi is real. Real friends can disagree but always resolve their differences in the end.

Technology cooperation between India and Germany has strengthened year after year. To further enhance this partnership, we have decided to establish the India-Germany Centre of Excellence as a shared platform for knowledge, technology and innovation.

Solutions being developed in India, from vaccine manufacturing to AI-powered diagnostics, are being shared with the world. Indian companies are making TB tests that could be game-changing across Africa, and AI models helping farmers across Asia.

When technology amplifies skilled hands, those hands can become as rewarding, if not more rewarding, than traditional white-collar work. AI can turn blue collar into gold.

Today we have one hundred and fifty thousand startups in India. Our expectation is that by 2035 India will have one million startups. Very few places in the world have transformed themselves by creating this huge avalance of entrepreneurs.

India has boarded the reform express and emerged as centre of global attention. 2025 will be remembered as a year of reforms as India witnessed path-breaking changes across various sectors, which have added momentum to the country’s growth journey.