Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the world now sees India as a reliable partner and a land of opportunities.

He made the comments while speaking at the NDTV World Summit in New Delhi.

Modi on the Indian economy

"Today, India has moved from being among the fragile five to becoming one of the world's top five economies...from chips to ships, India is self-reliant and filled with confidence in every sphere," he said, while highlighting that inflation has remained under 2 per cent while growth has soared to over 7 per cent.

"When wars became headlines globally, India proved naysayers wrong by continuing to march ahead as fastest growing economy ," added Modi.

He also took a jab at the UPA government that was in power from 2004 to 2014, saying, “Earlier government

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