Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal on Wednesday called for building a new India by exploiting resources to create jobs for all and eradicate poverty on the back of consumption by 1.3 billion-strong population.
“It is high time India had to eradicate poverty and create jobs. What can be a better time, when there is a stable government, 1.3 billion people and home consumption,” Agarwal said while addressing the Global Natural Resource Conclave on Wednesday.
He felt that natural resources are key to India’s economic development.
He said, “India’s geology is highly prospective for oil, bauxite, iron ore, fertiliser, rock phosphate, gold, uranium, marble and others, which are some of the resources our economy will need in abundance, to move people out of poverty and help to create jobs.”
With a Government “very focused” on technology, digitisation and communication, the Vedanta chief said: “I believe this decade will be ours. If we all join hands and work together, we will create a new India.”