India needs entrepreneurs who aspire to create values: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday urged the youth to overcome hesitation and take risks, as they are well-equipped to do so. Speaking at the Special Plenary Session of YiFi 2026, a two-day national financial entrepreneurship summit organised by CII’s Young Indians (Yi) in Madurai, she said: “If you don’t move now, you are going to drown, but if you move and move with some kind of guidance, you’ll make the best out of the changing times.” “India is the fastest-growing major economy purely because of entrepreneurs and the citizens. We are projected to contribute one-sixth of the global growth over the coming years. With the bright entrepreneurs it can be one-fourth. We can do it,” she said. “We have the largest pool of the youngest workforce anywhere in the world.