On August 15, 2025, PM Modi delivered India’s longest Independence Day speech from Red Fort. He detailed reforms across defence, economy, energy, agriculture, and space, setting milestones toward a developed India by 2047.

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• Record 103-min speech, vision for Viksit Bharat 2047
• Operation Sindoor: Made-in-India weapons hit Pakistan terror bases
• Stand on Indus Waters Treaty: water for India, not terror sponsors
• Mission Sudarshan Chakra: nationwide security shield by 2035
• First Indian semiconductor chip launching in 2025
• Nuclear sector opened for private players, big innovation push
• National Critical Minerals and Deepwater Missions for resources
• India hits 50% clean energy target, 5 years early
• Plan: 10x nuclear power by 2047, 10 reactors underway
• ₹1 lakh crore Rozgar Yojana, 3 crore youth beneficiaries
• Over 40,000 compliances, 1,500 laws scrapped
• GST reform by Diwali: lower taxes for MSMEs, vendors
• Pharma self-reliance drive, focus on indigenous vaccines & drugs
• Dhanya Dhanya Krishi Yojana for 100 farm districts
• Agri exports cross ₹4 lakh crore, India ranks high globally
• Indian Space Station in works, 300+ space startups rising
• Demography Mission to check illegal infiltration, secure borders