Minister of Youth affairs and sports Anurag Singh Thakur has said that world is looking towards India with huge expectations and India is having hope from it's youth. Addressing a Youth Festival in Jaipur today, he congratulated the countrymen for successful soft landing of Chandrayan-3 on the surface of moon yesterday. Focusing on the strength of youth of the country, the minister said that more than 46 percent of digital payment taking place throughout the world are in India.

Mr. Thakur did appeal to youngsters to visit our country to know about culture of different parts of the country in order to make Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. He said that today's Network is Networth of future. He did stress on efforts to know each other in order to learn from each other to grow and develop further. Mr. Thakur asked youngsters to work hard towards converting challenges into opportunities. He said that at the initiation of Amrit Kal, youth should decide a target and proceed to achieve the same. At the end of  program, Mr. Thakur administered Panch Pran pledge to the youth attending the program in large mass.