<h1>Economic growth: India accelerating toward top-three global economies through infrastructure, exports and tech self-reliance and leadership.</h1> Prime Minister presented India's rapid advance toward becoming a top-three global economy as driven by reform, infrastructure investment, export and manufacturing growth, and a policy of technological self-reliance anchored in Make in India. He cited expanded metro networks, rail electrification, airports, waterways, and rising exports in electronics and automobiles as structural evidence, stressed defence capability tied to domestic technology, and prioritised leadership in artificial intelligence, semiconductors and digital finance while urging quality and environmental standards under Zero Defect, Zero Effect.