NewzVille Desk
Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, addressed the RISE//DEL Conference 2025, a three-day multidisciplinary event that connects music, creative industries, and startups, in New Delhi on 13 March 2025. During his address, Goyal emphasized the power of India’s creative ecosystem and the role of digital innovation in shaping the country’s future.
Minister Goyal urged the creative industry to take India’s story to the world and contribute further to its economic growth.
He emphasised the need to put trust and authenticity at the center of their work and take responsibility and accountability for the output they generate.
He identified 4 aspects for the creative industry to contribute to India’s RISE in the Amrit Kaal: responsible content, innovative Story Telling, skill Development and exporting Indian Creativity.
“The dreams that you create and nurture will ultimately meet reality. When all of you come together on one platform, it will help create significant stories for the future,” he stated.
He added that creators are India’s digital ambassadors, taking the Indian story to the world, highlighting their role in shaping global perceptions and expanding India’s cultural footprint.
Goyal highlighted how Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s launch of Digital India a decade ago aimed to ensure that even the remotest corners of India have the ability to create a new world of content creators, startups, and entrepreneurs.
He stated that access to low-cost data has been one of the key pillars of this government’s Digital India policy, making India the largest consumer of data globally. “Our data costs are a fraction of what they would be in Europe, the US, or any other developed country. When we combine low-cost data with the high-quality talent that India possesses, we have a revolution awaiting us in the field of creativity and technology,” he stated.
He underscored the vast opportunities in India’s creative sector, which is rapidly evolving beyond traditional fields like film, drama, and theater to encompass gaming, AI-driven content creation, and digital media. He stated that this industry, which has already become a multi-billion-dollar sector, employing a large number of people across the country. “The creative industry of the past—film making, drama, and theater—is now merging with futuristic technologies like gaming and AI to create new forms of entertainment,” he noted.
He encouraged participants at RISE//DEL to leverage such engagements to develop a roadmap for future growth and development.
