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Culture must drive India's economic growth and tourism: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
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Moneycontrol•05-10-2026, 16:35
Culture must drive India's economic growth and tourism: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- •Union Minister of Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat stated that cultural capital must become an integral part of India's economic imagination.
- •Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Conclave 2026, he emphasized that tourism growth must benefit smaller cities, villages, border regions, tribal communities, artisans, and women-led enterprises.
- •Shekhawat highlighted that rapid global changes in technology, supply chains, and geopolitics make cultural resilience essential for civilization endurance.
- •He stressed that cultural capital becomes productive only when opportunities are widely accessible through inclusion and collaborative partnerships between government, industry, and local communities.
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Union Minister of Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat stated that cultural capital must become an integral part of India's economic imagination, serving as an engine for the local economy and tourism.
He stated that smaller cities, villages, border regions, tribal communities, artisans, women-led enterprises, and young entrepreneurs must all benefit from tourism's economic growth.
Shekhawat noted that while culture may not resolve geopolitical conflicts, it opens a window for dialogue and creates an avenue for communication and lasting relationships between nations.
