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PM Modi Red Fort Speech: Gen Z, AI Push & Viksit Bharat 2047 | 80th Independence Day

P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi& squo;s
77-mi ute
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
f om
the
Red
Fo t
placed
I dia& squo;s
you g
populatio ,
eme gi g
tech ologies
a d
the
Viksit
Bha at
2047
visio
at
the
hea t
of
the
atio al
age da.
Ma ki g
the
80th
I depe de ce
Day,
PM
Modi
highlighted
the
eed
fo
I dia
to
thi k
bigge
a d
p epa e
its
youth
fo
the
oppo tu ities
a d
challe ges
of
the
futu e.
A
key
a ou ceme t
was
the
pla
to
p ovide
AI
skills
t ai i g
to
1
c o e
you g
I dia s
withi
the
ext
yea .
The
i itiative
aims
to
st e gthe
I dia& squo;s
tech ology
wo kfo ce
a d
e able
you g
people
to
take
leade ship
i
the
apidly
expa di g
a tificial
i tellige ce
ecosystem.
The
P ime
Mi iste
also
outli ed
ambitious
goals
fo
I dia& squo;s
eco omic
a d
tech ological
t a sfo matio .
He
spoke
about
i c easi g
the
umbe
of
I dia
compa ies
amo g
the
global
Fo tu e
500,
st e gthe i g
I dia
ba ks,
expa di g
uclea
powe
capacity
to
100
GW
a d
accele ati g
semico ducto
ma ufactu i g.
The
semico ducto
push
was
p ese ted
as
pa ticula ly
impo ta t
fo
I dia& squo;s
tech ological
self- elia ce
a d
futu e
i dust ial
g owth,
with
seve al
ew
semico ducto
pla ts
expected
to
c eate
oppo tu ities
ac oss
ma ufactu i g,
e gi ee i g
a d
adva ced
tech ology.
The
add ess
also
highlighted
the
g owi g
impo ta ce
of
sta tups,
i ovatio
a d
futu istic
tech ologies
i
c eati g
ew
employme t
oppo tu ities
fo
Ge
Z
a d
Ge
Alpha.
PM
Modi& squo;s
message
was
that
I dia& squo;s
you g
populatio
will
be
amo g
the
biggest
be eficia ies—a d
key
builde s—of
a
developed
I dia
by
2047.
The
speech,
howeve ,
d ew
mixed
political
eactio s.
While
suppo te s
p aised
its
focus
o
youth,
AI,
i ovatio
a d
lo g-te m
eco omic
ambitio s,
oppositio
leade s
questio ed
the
gove me t& squo;s
eco d
o
jobs,
educatio
a d
the
impleme tatio
of
ea lie
p omises.
The
b oade
debate
ow
ce t es
o
how
effectively
these
a ou ceme ts
ca
t a slate
i to
skills,
employme t,
e t ep e eu ship
a d
sustai able
eco omic
g owth
fo
I dia& squo;s
you g
populatio .

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