Union Minister Says PM Modi Encourages To Listen & Make Changes: ‘We Are A Very Open-Minded Govt…’
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Vaishnaw further highlighted that India has a billion-plus talent and a 5,000-year-old civilisation — ‘which means a billion of stories to tell’.
PM Modi recently announced the rise of India’s ‘Orange Economy’. (File photo)
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union minister for information and broadcasting, on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi always encourages his colleagues to “listen to youngsters and make changes that will help them find the right opportunities”. “India can take the global leadership in the world of media and entertainment. That is the kind of talent we have,” he added.
Vaishnaw further highlighted that India has a billion-plus talent and a 5,000-year-old civilisation — “which means a billion of stories to tell”.
#WATCH | Mumbai | Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw says, “As per the Prime Minister’s vision, India can take the global leadership in the world of media and entertainment. That is the kind of talent we have. A billion-plus talent and 5000 a… pic.twitter.com/ti96TXJVEm— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2025
His statement came after PM Modi, during his inaugural speech at the WAVES 2025 summit, announced the rise of India’s ‘Orange Economy‘, which encompasses the creative sectors of music, films, food, gaming and animation.
Industries within this economy include advertising, architecture, arts and crafts, design, fashion, film, video, photography, music, performing arts, publishing, research and development, software, computer games, electronic publishing, and TV/radio.
Last year, the prime minister had conferred the newly formed National Creators Award to online content creators. The awardees included personal trainer-turned-podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, who goes by BeerBiceps, and has partnered with the Digital India Corporation to interview a series of Cabinet Ministers; Abhi and Niyu, a married duo with more than five million YouTube subscribers; Keerthika Govindhasamy of the Instagram account Keerthi History; and Pankti Pandey, a former ISRO scientist who is now a sustainability influencer.
A couple of weeks later, PM Modi interacted with India’s top gamers, and played virtual reality games with them. After a few rounds of gaming, the prime minister laughed and remarked, “Bhagwaan kare mujhe iski aadat na lage (I pray to God I don’t get addicted to this).”
Impressed by PM’s jovial side, the gamers gave him the title of “NaMo OP”, where ‘OP’ means “overpowered”.
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