Independence Day 2021: Highlights from PM Modi’s speech at Red Fort
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday ushered in India’s 75th year of Independence, hoisting the national flag from the Red Fort. The flag was unfurled and the national anthem played, following which the Indian Air Force (IAF) threw flowers from the sky. Then came the Prime Minister’s address.
Dubbingit a ‘a day to remember our great freedom fighters’, Modi touched upon many of the current issues in the country – from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to India’s recent success at the Tokyo Olympics.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the government’s plans for a slew of developmental projects and new initiatives. Batting for ‘inclusive development’ of all parts of the country, he contended that the benefits of many government schemes initiated in the last seven years had now reached the doorsteps of crores of poor people.
The Prime Minister announced several initiatives including a Rs 100 crore Gati Shakti Plan to boost infrastucture and a National Hydrogen Mission in view of climate change.
India’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
Prime Minister Modi said that India had patiently fought the battle against COVID-19, setting an extraordinary pace in every area. Touching upon the country’s massive ongoing vaccination drive, he noted that this was the largest such program, with more than 54 crore people have received vaccine doses so far.
“During COVID-19, our doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, sanitation workers, scientists who were developing vaccines and crores of citizens who were working with a sense of service -all those who devoted every moment to serve others in this period, deserve our appreciation,” he added.
“The athletes who have made us proud at Tokyo Olympics are here amongst us today. I urge the nation to applaud their achievement today. They have not only won our hearts but also inspired future generations,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister added, “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayaas is very important for the achievement of all our goals.” “Now we have to move towards making 100 per cent efforts. We have to make sure that 100 per cent of villages have roads, 100 per cent of households have a bank account, 100 per cent of beneficiaries should have Ayushman Bharat cards and 100 per cent of eligible people should have a gas connection under the Ujjwala scheme,” PM Modi said as he delivered his customary address to the nation.
“A time comes in the development journey of every country when that nation defines itself from a new end when it takes itself forward with new resolutions. Today, that time has come in India’s development journey,” PM Modi said in his address to the nation. “For this, we have to hold hands of the section that is lagging behind, the area that is lagging behind,” he added.
India will have to increase both its manufacturing and exports moving forward on the path of development, PM Modi said as he talked about the launch of the country’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant for trials at sea. “That’s why I tell the manufacturers that your every product is the brand ambassador of India. As long as that product is in use, the buyer will say – yes it is made in India,” he said.
All the manufacturers of the country also have to understand that the product you send out is not just a product made in your company. India’s identity is associated with it, prestige is attached, trust of many people of India is attached,” he added.
In the coming years, we will have to increase the collective power of the small farmers of the country. “We have to give them new facilities. They must become the country’s pride,” he said.
“More than 80 per cent of the country’s farmers have less than 2 hectares of land. In the earlier policies that were made in the country, the focus on these small farmers was left. Now decisions are being taken keeping these small farmers in mind,” he said..
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