India's Republic Day is all about traditions and one of them is the Padma Awards the winners are usually announced on the 20 25th of January on the eve of the Republic day and this year there are 132 winners among them is this man Liu young a Taiwanese National also the chairman and CEO of foxcon Leo has been awarded the padmabhushan it is the third highest civilian owner in India above it are the Padma vibhushan and the Bharat ratn now why is this important for a couple of reasons no tanese National has received a Padma

award before this Le is the first and what does it tell you well broadly speaking two things number one India is sending a message to China Beijing as you know considers Taiwan to be theirs sort of like a breakaway Island on paper India also recognizes this we follow the one China policy and that one China is Beijing that's India's official position but recently New Delhi has been diluting that policy look at trade for instance it was just $1 billion in 2001 now it is more than 7 billion trade between India

and thawan last year Taiwan Taiwan opened a new office in Mumbai they're third in India taipe also hosted three very important guests last year former Army Chief Manoj naravi former Navy chief karambir Singh and former Air Force Chief rks badura so relations have been growing and now India is openly acknowledging that Foxon is headquartered in Taiwan it's one of the largest electronics manufacturers in the world also the top maker of iPhones so the company is like a crown jewel for Taiwan giving their

CEO the padmabhushan is a political message a message that China won't like secondly it's a business pitch right now most of foxc con's Revenue comes from China but the compan is looking to diversify they're investing 1.6 billion in India the idea is to shift some of the production here to India and we have seen indications of that a fox con Factory was set up in 2019 it produces iPhones 14 and 15 in fact the Indian made 15 model released alongside the Chinese one last year but India will want more Prime Minister Modi wants
India to become a semi conductor Hub and for that Taiwan is key the world's biggest chip Foundry is based in Taiwan it's called the tsmc foxcon 2 has stakes in the sector they were initially part of a joint venture with India's vidanta group it was a 20 billion dollar plan unfortunately it was called off so India wants closer ties with Taiwan with Taiwanese businesses hence the padmabhushan for Leo young it's a neat policy using civilan awards for Global Outreach and countries do it all the time Prime

Minister Modi himself is an example of that he has received civilian awards from multiple countries like Saudi Arabia Russia the UAE and France and now India is doing the same and it's not just for foreign Outreach it's also domestic the Padma awards are no longer just about the big stars they're also about unsung heroes let me introduce some of them Parvati bua India's first woman Mahal she's been awarded the padmashri jageshwar yadav a social worker dedicated to tribal welfare chami murmu another tribal hero she has

planted 30 lakh trees and empowered 30,000 women gopin swine an artist who's been performing krishnaa for nine decades gurinder Singh a social worker dedicated to helping orphans and the specially abled these are just a handful of names but most padmashri winners have similar stories they have dedicated their lives to something bigger whether it's social work or protecting the environment or preserving Indian culture or promoting art forms you may not have heard of these people but their work is priceless it's

a welcome change to the Padma Awards many Now call it the people's Padma and we say it's a good change because civilian Awards should go beyond rewarding Fame they should also be about recognizing service