P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
add esses
the
atio
du i g
the
8oth
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s,
at
Red
Fo t
i
New
Delhi.
NEW
DELHI:
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
o
Satu day
laid
out
a
b oad
oadmap
fo
buildi g
a
Viksit
Bha at
by
2047
du i g
his
I depe de ce
Day
add ess,
outli i g
seve
“shaktis”
that
he
said
would
d ive
I dia’s
ext
phase
of
g owth.
The
f amewo k,
called
‘Shakti
Ki
Saptadha a’,
cove s
ma ufactu i g,
ag icultu e
a d
food
p ocessi g,
tech ology
a d
i ovatio ,
Gati
Shakti,
defe ce
p oductio ,
the
g ee
a d
blue
eco omy,
a d
I dia’s
soft
powe .Add essi g
the
atio
f om
the
ampa ts
of
the
Red
Fo t
o
the
80th
I depe de ce
Day,
PM
Modi
also
said
I dia
had
moved
f om
bei g
cou ted
amo g
the
‘F agile
Five’
eco omies
to
becomi g
the
wo ld’s
fastest-g owi g
majo
eco omy
ove
the
past
12
yea s.
He
li ked
the
cou t y’s
eco omic
ambitio s
with
the
ta get
of
becomi g
a
developed
atio
by
2047.PM
Modi
also
focused
o
I dia’s
ma ufactu i g
a d
expo t
ambitio s,
calli g
o
busi esses,
pa ticula ly
MSMEs,
to
use
the
oppo tu ities
c eated
by
f ee
t ade
ag eeme ts.
He
said
I dia
p oducts
a gi g
f om
textiles
a d
machi e y
to
medici es
a d
seafood
should
each
global
ma kets
while
meeti g
i te atio al
sta da ds
o
cost,
quality
a d
scale.
Also
ead
–
‘Eve y
hea t
is
beati g
with
hythm
of
Va de
Mata am’:
PM
Modi
add esses
atio
o
80th
I-Day
–
top
quotesThe
p ime
mi iste
a ou ced
seve al
i itiatives
aimed
at
I dia’s
youth,
i cludi g
a
pla
to
t ai
o e
c o e
you g
people
i
a tificial
i tellige ce
skills
a d
p ovide
f ee
o li e
coachi g
fo
competitive
exami atio s.
PM
Modi
also
li ked
the
Viksit
Bha at
goal
to
I dia’s
you g
populatio ,
sayi g
the
youth
would
be
both
the
biggest
be eficia y
a d
the
biggest
e able
of
the
cou t y’s
developme t.Also
ead
–
80th
I depe de ce
Day:
A
th owback
at
PM
Modi’s
sig atu e
Red
Fo t
tu ba sO
i te al
secu ity,
PM
Modi
said
a med
Naxalism
had
bee
cu bed
but
wa ed
agai st
what
he
called
“dimagi
axals”.
He
said
such
people,
whom
he
accused
of
etai i g
Maoist
thi ki g,
eeded
to
be
“ide tified,
a d
isolated”
so
that
the
cou t y’s
youth
could
be
b ought
togethe
fo
a
developed
I dia.PM
Modi
also
spoke
about
I dia’s
st ategic
self- elia ce,
i cludi g
defe ce
p oductio ,
semico ducto s,
e e gy
a d
tech ology.
He
said
I dia
must
educe
depe de ce
o
exte al
sou ces
i
c itical
secto s
while
expa di g
its
ole
as
a
global
supplie
a d
i ovatio
hub.Also
ead:
Key
highlights
f om
80th
I depe de ce
Day
1.
‘Shakti
Ki
Saptadha a’:
PM
Modi
u veils
7-poi t
oadmap
fo
Viksit
Bha at
PM
Modi
u veiled
‘Shakti
Ki
Saptadha a’,
outli i g
seve
a eas
that
he
said
would
fo m
the
fou datio
of
I dia’s
jou ey
towa ds
becomi g
a
developed
atio
by
2047.”Today
I
wa t
to
emi d
you
of
‘Sapta
Si dhu’.
Now,
to
build
a
Viksit
Bha at,
we
eed
a
ew
cu e t.
The
fi st
‘shakti’
of
the
Sapta
Dha a
is
the
ma ufactu i g
secto .
Fo
this,
we
eed
to
focus
o
th ee
thi gs:
cost,
quality
a d
scale.
The e
should
be
o
comp omise
o
quality.
This
will
be
ou
b a d
value.
The
seco d
‘shakti’
is
food
p ocessi g.
With
the
ew
FTAs,
we
have
access
to
g eate
global
ma kets
ow.
The
thi d
‘shakti’
is
tech ology,
i ovatio
a d
digital
tech ologies,”
the
PM
said.
PM
Modi
said
I dia
must
become
a
eliable
global
ma ufactu i g
hub,
with
compa ies
competi g
o
cost,
quality
a d
scale.”F om
Desig
to
Ma ufactu i g,
I dia
must
become
a
eliable
hub
i
the
global
supply
chai .
Fo
this,
I
wa t
to
place
special
emphasis
o
3
thi gs.
My
b othe s
a d
siste s
i
the
field
of
Ma ufactu i g,
do
ot
let
this
oppo tu ity
slip
away.
Fo
this,
we
will
have
to
meet
global
sta da ds
o
cost,
quality,
a d
scale,”
PM
Modi
said.He
also
st essed
quality
as
a
co e
equi eme t
fo
I dia
ma ufactu i g.”Whe
it
comes
to
quality,
the e
should
be
‘No
Comp omise’.
The efo e,
ou
co e
ma t a
must
be:
‘Quality,
Quality,
Quality’,”
he
said.
a d
food
p ocessi g:
PM
Modi
ide tified
ag icultu e
a d
food
p ocessi g
as
the
seco d
st eam,
sayi g
I dia
fa me s
should
use
access
c eated
by
FTAs
to
each
i te atio al
ma kets.”The
seco d
st e gth
of
Saptadha a
is
ag icultu e
a d
food
p ocessi g.
We
must
move
fo wa d
i
this
di ectio .
The
wo ld’s
ma kets
a e
ow
ope
fo
ou
fa me s.
Due
to
FTAs,
we
a e
gai i g
access
to
a
ve y
la ge
ma ket;
we
must
each
it.
We
must
go
f om
the
fa m
to
the
expo t
ma ket.
Ou
t aditio al
cuisi e,
millets,
spices,
a d
f uits
a d
flowe s
should
become
global
b a ds,”
he
said.
a d
i ovatio :
PM
Modi
desc ibed
tech ology
a d
i ovatio
as
the
thi d
st e gth,
with
AI,
qua tum
tech ology,
space,
obotics
a d
data
ce t es
amo g
the
a eas
I dia
eeds
to
develop.”The
thi d
st e gth
of
the
Saptadha a
is
tech ology
a d
i ovatio .
This
is
the
e a
of
obotics,
AI,
qua tum
tech ology,
space
a d
data
ce t es.
Eme gi g
tech ologies
a e
p ese ti g
ew
challe ges,
a d
we
must
become
a
global
hub
of
i ovatio ,”
PM
Modi
said.”We
have
al eady
demo st ated
ou
st e gth
th ough
UPI
a d
Digital
Public
I f ast uctu e.
Now,
we
must
take
the
ext
leap
i
ext-ge e atio
commu icatio
tech ology,”
he
added.
Shakti:
The
fou th
st eam
focuses
o
co ectivity
a d
i f ast uctu e,
i cludi g
high-speed
ail,
highways,
i la d
wate ways,
ai po ts,
multimodal
logistics
hubs
a d
po ts.”Th ough
Gati
Shakti,
we
must
focus
o
seamless,
high-speed
co ectivity
ac oss
the
cou t y.
We
eed
to
co ect
cities
via
high-speed
ail,
build
mode
highways,
i la d
wate ways,
adva ced
ai po ts,
a d
obust
multimodal
logistics
systems,”
he
said.
PM
Modi
also
called
fo
po t-led
developme t.
Shakti:
Defe ce
p oductio
fo ms
the
fifth
st eam,
with
PM
Modi
calli g
fo
g eate
self- elia ce
a d
the
developme t
of
ext-ge e atio
defe ce
tech ologies.”The
impo ta ce
of
defe ce
capability
is
pa amou t
i
eve y
se se.
My
dea
citize s,
achievi g
Aatma i bha ta
i
defe ce
is
esse tial;
I dia
a d
the
wo ld
have
ealised
that
the e
is
o
alte ative.
Whe
the
wo ld
looks
out
fo
itself,
I dia
ca ot
me ely
emai
a
a ms
ma ket
fo
othe
atio s,”
he
said.
a d
Blue
Eco omy:
The
sixth
st eam
cove s
e ewable
e e gy,
e e gy
sto age,
g ee
ma ufactu i g
a d
the
blue
eco omy.”The
sixth
st e gth
of
the
Sapta
Dha a
is
the
G ee
eco omy.
We
must
wo k
i
the
a eas
of
e ewable
e e gy,
e e gy
sto age,
g ee
sto age
a d
ma ufactu i g.
I dia
has
a
oppo tu ity
i
the
a ea
of
the
Blue
Eco omy.
“PM
Modi
said
the
blue
eco omy
offe ed
oppo tu ities
i
a eas
i cludi g
fishe ies,
coastal
tou ism
a d
ocea
tech ology.
powe :
I dia’s
soft
powe
is
the
seve th
st eam,
with
PM
Modi
citi g
yoga,
Ayu veda,
ha dic afts,
cultu e,
films,
a imatio ,
gami g
a d
digital
co te t.”The
seve th
st e gth
of
the
Sapta
Dha a
is
I dia’s
soft
powe .
Today,
Yoga
has
co ected
the
wo ld
to
I dia.
Ou
Ayu veda,
holistic
healthca e,
ha dic afts,
cultu e,
films,
a imatio ,
gami g,
digital
co te t.
The
wo ld
is
ecog izi g
a d
looki g
fo wa d
to
I dia’s
WAVES
summit.
We
have
mo e
tha
100
atio al
pa ks.
We
have
a
oppo tu ity
to
att act
fo eig
tou ists
th ough
the
powe
of
soft
powe .”PM
Modi
also
said,
“I dia’s
soft
powe
is
t uly
imme se.
Today,
Yoga
has
co ected
the
e ti e
wo ld
to
I dia.
Yoga
is
becomi g
a
sou ce
of
e e gy
fo
huma ity
a d
a
majo
pilla
of
t ust
i
I dia.
Fo
a
cou t y
ich
with
ce t es
of
faith,
Ayu veda,
holistic
healthca e
systems,
a d
the
‘Heal
i
I dia’
i itiative,
we
ca
showcase
ou
st e gths
to
the
wo ld
th ough
ha dic afts,
cultu e,
films,
ou
c eative
ecosystem,
VFX,
a imatio ,
gami g,
a d
digital
co te t.
I
the
c eative
wo ld,
I dia
ca
establish
its
p e-emi e ce,”
PM
Modi
said.
2.
‘Dimagi
Naxals’
to
be
ide tified
a d
isolated,
says
PM
Modi
PM
Modi
said
a med
Naxalism
had
bee
cu bed
but
wa ed
that
people
with
Maoist
thi ki g
emai ed
p ese t
i
diffe e t
pa ts
of
the
cou t y.”Fo
yea s,
people
with
Maoist
thi ki g
we e
the e
i
public
life,
eve
i
gove me t
committees
this
thi ki g
had
affected
va ious
i stitutio s
a d
i itiatives.
My
dea
cou t yme ,
we
have
bee
able
to
cu b
a d
f ee
the
cou t y
f om
‘hatha iya
axal’
(a med
axal).
Eve
if
these
axals
a e
go e,
but
the
‘dimagi
axal’
(people
with
axal
thi ki g),
a e
looki g
fo
a
oppo tu ity,
looki g
to
see
ways
of
viole ce,
a d
t yi g
to
d ag
the
cou t y
to
a
w o g
path.
We
eed
to
ide tify
these
dimagi
axal,
isolate
them,
a d
b i g
the
youth
togethe
fo
a
developed
cou t y,”
PM
Modi
said.PM
Modi
said
Naxalism
a d
Maoism
had
affected
la ge
pa ts
of
the
cou t y
fo
decades
a d
efe ed
to
the
deaths
of
mo e
tha
3,500
secu ity
pe so el.”Naxalism,
Maoism
dest oyed
the
d eams
of
lakhs
of
youth.
It
stole
the
so s
of
ume ous
mothe s,
c ushed
the
d eams
of
ume ous
mothe s.
This
axalism
had
kept
a
la ge
pa t
of
I dia
a d
populatio
as
a
hostage
fo
4
decades
with
the
ba el
of
a
gu ,
they
had
dest oyed
the
Co stitutio ,”
PM
Modi
said
du i g
his
I depe de ce
Day
add ess.”Mo e
tha
3,500
secu ity
pe so el
we e
ma ty ed
while
p otecti g
the
people
of
the
cou t y.
Mo e
police
pe so el
we e
killed
tha
soldie s
i
wa ,
police
pe so el
had
to
put
thei
lives
o
the
li e
so
that
people
ca
get
secu ity.
This
axalism
had
cove ed
the
cou t y
i
blood.
I
2014,
whe
you
gave
us
the
oppo tu ity
we
had
decided
that
we
will
id
the
cou t y
of
axalism,
a d
today
I
am
happy
to
a ou ce
that
axalism
does
ot
have
eve
the
st e gth
fo
b eathi g,”
the
P ime
Mi iste
added.PM
Modi
said
egio s
that
had
o ce
wit essed
Naxal
viole ce
we e
ow
seei g
developme t.
3.
F om
‘F agile
Five’
to
fastest-g owi g
majo
eco omy:
PM
Modi
highlights
12-yea
t a sfo matio
PM
Modi
said
I dia
had
moved
f om
bei g
cou ted
amo g
the
wo ld’s
‘F agile
Five’
eco omies
to
becomi g
the
fastest-g owi g
majo
eco omy
i
the
past
12
yea s.Add essi g
the
atio
f om
the
Red
Fo t,
PM
Modi
said
I dia
had
faced
doubts
about
its
eco omic
st e gth
but
had
si ce
made
substa tial
p og ess.The
p ime
mi iste
also
li ked
the
eco omic
t a sfo matio
with
I dia’s
goal
of
becomi g
a
developed
atio
by
2047.”Whe
the
wo ld’s
most
populous
atio
sets
its
sights
o
becomi g
a
developed
cou t y,
it
se ds
a
powe ful
message
to
the
wo ld
a d
is
eshapi g
how
the
wo ld
sees
I dia,”
he
said.PM
Modi
said
I dia
was
movi g
ahead
with
g eate
speed
a d
co fide ce
a d
cited
g owth
i
seve al
secto s.
He
said
defe ce
p oductio
had
i c eased
fou
times,
elect o ic
ma ufactu i g
seve
times,
mode
ailway
coach
p oductio
21
times,
i te et
use s
fou
times
a d
digital
t a sactio s
100
times
ove
the
pe iod
cited
by
him.PM
Modi
also
spoke
about
I dia’s
semico ducto
push,
sayi g
the
cou t y
had
al eady
begu
p oductio
at
th ee
semico ducto
pla ts
a d
that
additio al
pla ts
we e
expected
to
come
up
i
the
comi g
yea s.
4.
MSMEs
u ged
to
use
FTAs
to
take
I dia
p oducts
to
global
ma kets
PM
Modi
called
o
I dia’s
mic o,
small
a d
medium
e te p ises
to
use
oppo tu ities
c eated
by
f ee
t ade
ag eeme ts
a d
expa d
the
global
each
of
I dia
p oducts.”We
have
to
each
the
wo ld.
Eve ythi g
that
I dia
p oduces
should
each
the
wo ld
ma ket,”
Modi
said,
addi g
that
secto s
such
as
textiles,
machi e y
a d
pha maceuticals
have
sig ifica t
pote tial
to
expa d
thei
global
footp i t.PM
Modi
said
I dia
had
sig ed
FTAs
with
a ou d
40
cou t ies
si ce
2014
a d
that
the
ag eeme ts
had
ope ed
ew
oppo tu ities
fo
domestic
busi esses,
pa ticula ly
MSMEs.He
cited
textiles,
machi e y,
medici es,
fishe ies
a d
seafood
as
secto s
that
could
expa d
thei
p ese ce
i
global
ma kets.
PM
Modi
also
efe ed
to
I dia’s
textile
i dust y
f om
Ludhia a
to
Ti upu
a d
called
fo
g eate
global
ep ese tatio
fo
I dia
p oducts.The
p ime
mi iste
st essed
that
I dia
compa ies
would
have
to
meet
i te atio al
sta da ds
to
compete
i
global
ma kets.PM
Modi
also
set
out
b oade
ambitio s
fo
I dia
compa ies,
aski g
why
I dia
should
ot
have
50
compa ies
i
the
Fo tu e
500
i
the
comi g
decade.
He
also
said
I dia
should
aim
to
have
a
I dia
ba k
amo g
the
wo ld’s
top
five
ba ks
a d
o e
o
mo e
pha maceutical
compa ies
amo g
the
wo ld’s
top
five.”Why
should ‘t
I dia
have
50
compa ies”
i
the
Fo tu e
500
i
the
comi g
decade,
he
asked.PM
Modi
said
I dia’s
tech ology
compa ies
should
become
globally
ecog ised
b a ds.”I dia’s
tech ology
compa ies
should
be
a
sco eboa d
i
the
wo ld,”
he
said.
5.
AI
t ai i g
fo
1
c o e
youth,
f ee
o li e
coachi g
fo
competitive
exams
PM
Modi
a ou ced
that
o e
c o e
you g
people
would
be
t ai ed
i
a tificial
i tellige ce- elated
skills
as
pa t
of
effo ts
to
p epa e
I dia’s
youth
fo
eme gi g
tech ologies.He
also
a ou ced
f ee
o li e
coachi g
fo
you g
people
p epa i g
fo
va ious
competitive
exami atio s.PM
Modi
li ked
the
youth-focused
i itiatives
with
his
b oade
Viksit
Bha at
visio
a d
said
I dia’s
you g
populatio
would
be
ce t al
to
achievi g
the
cou t y’s
developme t
goals.”Whe
I
speak
of
a
developed
I dia,
whe
I
speak
of
p opelli g
the
atio
fo wa d
at
a
apid
pace,
the
g eatest
be eficia y
a d
the
g eatest
e able
of
this
visio
is
the
youth
of
my
cou t y,
the
youthful
e e gy
of
my
atio .
Not
o ly
that,
but
the
g eatest
be eficia y
of
a
developed
I dia
is
also
the
youth
of
my
cou t y.
The efo e,
we
must
adva ce
the
goal
of
a
developed
I dia
by
li ki g
it
with
ou
youth,”
PM
Modi
said.PM
Modi
also
a ou ced
pla s
fo
a
atio wide
spo ts
tale t
hu t
to
ide tify
a d
u tu e
child e
betwee
five
a d
15
yea s
of
age
ac oss
villages
a d
cities.He
said
the
gove me t
was
also
wo ki g
o
civil
defe ce
efo ms,
i cludi g
mode ised
t ai i g
a d
e ha ced
capabilities
to
espo d
to
eme gi g
secu ity
challe ges.”I
a ou ce
today
f om
the
Red
Fo t
that
we
will
establish
a
vib a t
Civil
Defe ce
etwo k
i
the
comi g
days.
We
will
familia ize
them
with
mode
systems.
What
measu es
ca
be
put
i
place
to
p otect
citize s
f om
mode -day
c ises?
We
a e
goi g
to
c eate
a
massive,
mode
Civil
Defe ce
volu tee
fo ce
capable
of
ove comi g
co tempo a y
challe ges.
Today,
the
co t ibutio
of
ou
siste s
a d
daughte s
to
atio -buildi g
se ves
as
a
g eat
sou ce
of
i spi atio
fo
us
all.
Whethe
it
is
fighte
jets
o
civil
aviatio ,
ou
daughte s
a e
at
the
fo ef o t.
Be
it
the
spo ts
a e a
o
STEM
educatio ,
ou
daughte s
a e
leadi g
the
way.
Eve
i
the
a med
fo ces,
daughte s
g aduati g
f om
the
NDA
a e
demo st ati g
the
capability
to
lead
the
atio ‘s
milita y
with
g eat
co fide ce
a d
autho ity,”
the
PM
said.
Semico ducto s,
uclea
powe
a d
self- elia ce
PM
Modi
also
outli ed
ta gets
fo
c itical
tech ologies
a d
e e gy
as
pa t
of
I dia’s
b oade
self- elia ce
age da.He
said
I dia
had
al eady
sta ted
p oductio
at
th ee
semico ducto
pla ts
a d
a ou ced
that
five
to
eight
mo e
pla ts
we e
expected
to
come
up
i
the
comi g
yea s.PM
Modi
also
said
I dia
aims
to
achieve
100
GW
of
uclea
powe
capacity
by
2047,
with
five
ew
eacto s
expected
to
become
ope atio al
withi
the
ext
six
to
seve
yea s.O
the
wide
questio
of
st ategic
self- elia ce,
PM
Modi
said
the
global
e vi o me t
had
cha ged,
with
cou t ies
i c easi gly
p io itisi g
thei
ow
i te ests
a d
c itical
esou ces
bei g
used
as
st ategic
tools.”The e
was
a
time
whe
I
spoke
of
self- elia ce,
a d
people
sitti g
i
ai -co ditio ed
chambe s
would
questio
what
would
happe
to
globalizatio .
But
the
wo ld
is
wit essi g
that,
ove
the
last
decade,
it
seems
as
though
the
global
discou se
o
globalizatio
has
ceased;
the
voices
that
o ce
champio ed
it
a e
o
lo ge
hea d.
Eve y
atio
has
shifted
towa ds
a
mi dset
of
looki g
afte
its
ow
i te ests.
U fo tu ately,
du i g
this
pe iod
of
c isis,
some
have
played
the
game
of
weapo izi g
esou ces
to
asse t
thei
domi a ce.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
The
wo ld
is
busy
weapo izi g
whateve
it
possesses—be
it
pet ol,
diesel,
fe tilize s,
medici es,
o
tech ology
chips.
Eve
te ito y
is
bei g
weapo ized.
Had
we
ot
moved
i
the
ight
di ectio
fo
the
past
te
yea s,
guided
by
the
ma t a
of
self- elia ce,
o e
ca
o ly
imagi e
how
we
would
have
co f o ted
such
challe ges
with
st e gth.
A d
ou
p epa ed ess
co ti ues
to
g ow…”PM
Modi
said
I dia’s
ma ufactu i g,
tech ology,
defe ce,
ag icultu e,
e e gy
a d
cultu al
st e gths
would
fo m
pa t
of
the
cou t y’s
effo t
to
achieve
Viksit
Bha at
by
2047.