Our promise is to reform, you promise to perform: PM Modi tells India Inc

While people in most countries that went to polls this year voted for a change, Indians preferred continuity, political stability and economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, asserting that a new neo-middle class is driving the country's progress.

Addressing the ET World Leaders Forum, Modi said the country is writing a unique success story, and the impact of its reforms is visible in the economy's performance.

He said the world's prosperity lies in India's prosperity, adding that his government wanted more companies to become global brands and the country to become a leader in every sector.

Addressing investors, he promised facilitation, reforms, a stable policy regime and high growth, and asked them, in turn, to promise innovation, performance, positive disruption and high-quality products.

He described the unfolding third decade of this century as an era of the country's lift-off which will benefit everyone. Today's India is a land of opportunity, he ...