Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to press ahead with reforms, with a focus on high growth and stable policies, to realise the dreams of a developed country and asserted that the “resolve has got only stronger” in his third term.

“I can only assure that the resolve is stronger and like our citizens, govt is full of hope and confidence,” he said, in yet another put-down to suggestions that lower numbers in the Lok Sabha would sap his ambition and energy for reforms.

At the inaugural ET World Leaders Forum, Modi described the third decade of the 21st century as a “lift-up decade for India” and sought support from business leaders to take forward the country’s development story.