NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated the Jayaprakash Narayan Public Library in the NDMC area and said the presence of young readers in libraries was a better measure of a country’s future than its economic indicators.
Addressing the inaugural function, the minister said, “If you want to assess the future of a country, it cannot be done by looking at how prosperous its agriculture is, how crowded its markets are, or how many industries it has. It can be assessed by seeing how crowded its libraries are and whether young people are there.”
He said knowledge and wisdom formed the foundation of nation-building, and libraries played a central role in nurturing both.