Stop talking India down, says FM

Union Finance Minister Jaswant Singh said it was time that we stopped putting India down and tried to make it self-confident. 8216;8216;We need a self-confident India. We need to stop talking India down,8217;8217; Singh said in his address at the third convocation of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore IIIT-B here on Sunday.

Singh said India did not seek arrogance or false pride, but self-confidence. He said there was also need for more higher educational institutions to cater to the ever-growing need of students.

8216;8216;We need more and more such institutions like IIIT-B,8217;8217; he said. The minister said only one among the 50 students who applied to these institutes got admitted. 8216;8216;I do not think the rest of the students are incapable of making the grade8230; we need more and more of them higher learning institutions in India,8217;8217; he said.