NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on Friday said that people should avoid taking note of some foreign experts who work in India on key positions like RBI for a short period and pass comments about the country on return.
Addressing 61st convocation of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) here, Dhankar said India has become the world’s fifth largest economy after the great efforts.
Still, he added, some people in the ecosystem are spreading “misconception” about India’s economic rise.
“We cannot allow anyone to taint, tarnish and diminish achievements of those sweating for this nation,” he said.
In an apparent reference to former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, the Vice President said, “Some people come and work here in key positions like RBI. He came from abroad and held the position. When the term ended and renewal was not given, he went back. From there, he says ‘India may face food crisis’.”
Such people may not be aware that the government has been distributing free grains to 80 crore poor since 2020, he added.
When India’s rise is exponential, incremental and unstoppable, efforts to destabalise it can come from any quarter, he said and cautioned, “It is the job of intelligentsia and every person particularly youngsters to take note of it.”
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary, ICAR Director General Himanshu Pathak, and IARI Director A K Singh, among other officials were present at the event.
About 402 students, including 14 foreign students, received the degrees on the successful completion of their masters and doctoral programmes. (PTI)
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