India Walked The Talk, Supplied Vaccines To Over 80 Nations: PM Modi At Raisina Dialogue

The Prime Minister said India tried to protect its 1.3 billion nationals from COVID-19, and, at the same time, tried to support pandemic response efforts of others.

Pitching for global efforts to defeat COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the pandemic has presented an opportunity to reshape the world order and create systems to address the problems of today and challenges of tomorrow, and highlighted India's efforts in protecting its people as also supporting pandemic response efforts of others in its own "humble way". Asserting that mankind will not be able to defeat the pandemic unless "all of us, everywhere, regardless of the colour of our passports, come out of it", PM Modi said hope matters as much to the citizens of the richest countries as it does to the less fortunate. "During this pandemic, in our own humble way, within our own limited resources, we in India have tried to walk the talk. We have tried to protect our own 1.3 billion citizens from the pandemic. At the same time, we have also tried to support pandemic response efforts of others," the Prime Minister said in his inaugural address at Raisina Dialogue, held virtually. Noting that this year, despite "many constraints", India supplied vaccines to over 80 countries, he said,"...we will continue to share our experiences, our expertise and also our resources with the entire Humanity in the fight against the pandemic."