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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday set an ambitious target of making India a developed nation by 2047 and made a renewed pitch for cutting import dependence and boosting domestic manufacturing.
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 76th Independence Day, Modi coined ‘Panch Pran’ or lifeblood resolves for the nation when it celebrates its 100th year of independence in 2047.
The first of them is to make India a developed nation.
“For the next 25 years, we need to focus on the ‘Panch Pran’. The first is making India a developed country,” he said.
India, which is the world’s sixth largest economy with a GDP of $2.7 trillion, is currently classified as a developing nation.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day said India’s “techade” is here as the government is focusing on technologies such as 5G, semiconductor manufacturing and optical fibre cables. These technologies, PM Modi said, will bring about a revolution at the grassroots level.
“India’s techade is here! With 5G, semiconductor manufacturing and OFCs in villages, we are bringing a revolution through Digital India to the grassroots level,” he said at Red Fort.
He said the country’s flagship Digital India movement with the production of semiconductors, 5G networks, and optical fibre networks show strength, especially in three sectors – education, health facility, and change in common man’s lives.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said his government’s priority is to work for the common man and it is committed to extending the reservation benefits to the Other Backward Classes, Maratha and Dhangar communities.
Speaking on the country’s 76th Independence Day after hoisting the national flag at the state secretariat as the CM for the first time, Shinde said several parts of the state have witnessed floods due to heavy rainfall.
“We started working from day one and our priority is to work for the common man, farmers, the working class,” said Shinde, who was sworn in as the chief minister on 30 June, 2022.
The government is committed to extending the benefits of reservation to the OBCs, Maratha and Dhangar (shepherd) communities, he said.
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Soren tweeted that he had promised to restore old pension for government employees and a proposal has also been passed by the cabinet.
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Underscoring the relations between the two countries, United States (US) President Joe Biden, in his Independence day message, said the US and India are indispensable partners and that America honours India’s democratic journey guided by Mahatma Gandhi’s message of truth and non-violence.
This year, the US and India also celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Biden said, underlying that the two democracies will continue to stand together to defend the rules-based order, advance a free and open Indo-Pacific and address the challenges that the world is facing.
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Dear friend @NarendraModi, dear people of India, congratulations on your Independence Day! As you proudly celebrate India’s stunning achievements in the past 75 years, you can count on France to always stand by your side.
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President Droupadi Murmu pays tribute at National War Memorial in Delhi
Army chief, Gen.Manoj Pande, Indian Navy chief, Admiral R Hari Kumar and Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari present#IndependenceDay #IndiaAt75 pic.twitter.com/NP2ehzDsLn
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday announced that his government will withdraw one lakh minor cases, including for social media posts, to reduce the burden on the lower judiciary.
Hoisting the national flag at the 76th Independence Day function in Guwahati, Sarma said there are about four lakh cases pending in the lower judiciary.
The government has decided that minor cases registered before midnight of August 14, 2021, will be withdrawn, he said.
“This will enable the judiciary to focus on more heinous crimes such as rapes and murders,” he added.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the diversity of India and said while our talent may be restricted by language barriers, pride should be taken in the variety of languages that exist in the country.
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 76th Independence Day, Modi said India’s strengths are diversity and democracy.
“India has many languages, sometimes our talent is restricted by language barriers, we need to be proud of every language in our country,” he said.
He also said India’s diversity needs to be celebrated.
“India is mother of democracy, diversity is its strength,” the prime minister said.
“Our nation has proved that we have an inherent strength from our diversity and the common thread of patriotism makes India unshakeable,” Modi said.
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