Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday praised the growing alignment between government policy, governance and private enterprise, calling it a hallmark of India’s “progressive policymaking and dynamic execution”.

Speaking at the launch of Google’s Bharat AI Shakti initiative in New Delhi, Sitharaman said the project reflected how India’s digital ambitions are increasingly being realized through close collaboration between public leadership and global technology firms.

“Several things can remain on paper, but execution happens only with visionary leadership,” Sitharaman said, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government with driving a wave of enabling policy reforms since 2014. Also Read | Mint Explainer: Key policy changes in Nirmala Sitharaman’s first stint as

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