External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday that India had seen many changes over the past eight years under NDA rule and the difference was evident in many sectors including digital connectivity and services. Health care.

Jaishankar, while interacting with the youths here in the state capital, said that the India he witnessed in his youth was very different from what young people experience today.

“Even 10 or 15 years ago, if something like Covid-19 had happened, we would have waited for what the world was doing and waited our turn for vaccination and medicine. But today, we are among the major countries with the highest vaccination rate. We made our own vaccines. We are one of the few countries that have a CoWIN app that helps everyone get vaccinated and have a digital certificate,” the minister said.

The Minister said that India today is capable of meeting the challenges and finding solutions.

“The fact is that your India is very different from the India of my youth. Today we are able to examine the challenges and find solutions,” he said.

The bureaucrat turned politician said that over the past eight years, great changes have taken place in India and people have houses, girls are going to school in large numbers, among others.

“Big changes have happened in the past eight years. People have homes, people have health coverage, people have digital connectivity. Girls are going to school in greater numbers. In fact, girls are staying in school more than ever. People trained in skill sets. Even during Covid we made sure no one went hungry. That no one was short of money for essentials,” Jaishankar said.

He reached the state in the morning and is due to visit the city’s famous Padmanabha Swami Temple.