Independence Day: PM Modi’s 77-Minute Speech Focuses on Youth, Women’s Reservation & ‘Sapt Dhara’

P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
delive ed
a
77-mi ute
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
f om
the
Red
Fo t,
ma ki g
his
13th
I depe de ce
Day
speech
f om
the
histo ic
ve ue.
The
add ess
focused
st o gly
o
youth
empowe me t,
wome & squo;s
ep ese tatio ,
atio al
secu ity,
spo ts
a d
the
lo g-te m
visio
of
Viksit
Bha at
2047.
Amo g
the
biggest
a ou ceme ts
was
a
pla
to
p ovide
AI
skills
t ai i g
to
1
c o e
you g
I dia s
ove
the
ext
yea .
PM
Modi
also
a ou ced
a
gove me t-backed
etwo k
of
f ee
o li e
coachi g
to
help
stude ts
a d
competitive-exam
aspi a ts
educe
the
fi a cial
bu de
of
expe sive
coachi g
ce t es.
Spo ts
a d
I dia& squo;s
ambitio s
fo
the
2036
Olympics
also
featu ed
p omi e tly,
with
the
P ime
Mi iste
a ou ci g
a
tale t
hu t
fo
child e
aged
5
to
15
to
ide tify
a d
u tu e
spo ti g
tale t.
PM
Modi
appealed
to
all
political
pa ties
to
wo k
togethe
o
wome & squo;s
ese vatio ,
calli g
fo
33%
ep ese tatio
fo
wome
i
the
Lok
Sabha
a d
state
assemblies
a d
u gi g
political
diffe e ces
to
be
kept
aside.
O
i te al
secu ity,
the
P ime
Mi iste
said
the
challe ges
posed
by
Maoism
a d
Naxalism
a e
decli i g,
while
wa i g
agai st
what
he
desc ibed
as
“ideological& dquo;
o
“me tal& dquo;
Naxalism.
A
majo
st uctu al
theme
of
the
speech
was
the
“Sapt
Dha a& dquo;—seve
st eams
of
st e gth
ide tified
as
ma ufactu i g,
ag icultu e
a d
food
p ocessi g,
tech ology
a d
i ovatio ,
Gati
Shakti,
defe ce,
g ee
a d
blue
eco omy,
a d
soft
powe .
The
P ime
Mi iste
st essed
that
I dia& squo;s
youth
will
be
amo g
the
biggest
be eficia ies
a d
key
d ive s
of
the
Viksit
Bha at
2047
visio .

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