When the Union Minister of Trade, Piyush Goyal, went on stage to the startup of Delhi Mahakumbh 2025, he did not hold back. By directly targeting the current development of the country, he wondered if India was contained by creating hyper-livent applications and Paris platforms while China had advanced with breakthroughs in AI, electric vehicles and semiconductors. His remarks have triggered a net debate – between ambition and accessibility, between dreaming big and creating jobs now.
The sharp question of Goyal-“should we make ice cream (delivery applications) or make fries (that is to say semiconductors)?” – Has hit a nerve. He criticized the overestimation of services designed for comfort, saying: “Are you proud to create boys and delivery girls?” Citing the prowess of the stems of India, he urged a pivot to “real economic productivity”.
The minister’s support, Harsh Goenka, president of RPG Enterprises, intervened to contextualize the message. “When Motherthy and Subrahmanyan spoke of 70 to 90 hours of work of work and the startups interviewed of Piyush Goyal making vegan ice cream creams and chasing the 10-minute deliveries, they were not literal-they were directional,” he wrote on X.
Goyal also targeted online Paris applications, many of which have made a meticulous examination for alleged money laundering, calling for startups to avoid short -term gadgets and rather focus on building sectors that “move the needle”.
But not everyone was on board. Social media users have called what they considered to be disconnection between government rhetoric and earthly realities. “What can we say when the government itself is busy approving Rewadi culture?” An article read. “The least that startups are to provide millions to millions.”
Another user rejected the idea of a downhill change: “Easy to blame others. FIDRA brain flight, reservations in all, improve the infra, investment, tax, education policies, bureaucracy. Ease of everything is the key. “
Others have stressed deeper systemic problems. “We are far in the adaptation of innovation in technology,” wrote One, arguing for a complete overhaul of the India education system. Another has noted that although the vision is vital, the present cannot be ignored: “Even if we aspire to Deeptech … We must encourage delivery applications and electronic commerce … They have generated more than 10 lakh of employment.”
And in the summons may be the most succinct of the moment, a user wrote: “Think big or stay small. The assessments of ice cream and speed speeds, but lack depth. The value lies in transformative technology. “
