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Modi Elevates Operation Sindoor and Unveils Naya Bharat Reforms at Red Fort

Linking last month’s cross-border strike to a tougher security doctrine, the address unveiled economic, technological, defence, demographic missions.

PM Modi delivering the Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi | PTI
PM Modi Delivers Longest-Ever Independence Day Speech of 103 Minutes from Red Fort
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Overview

  • Prime Minister Modi hoisted the national flag at the Red Fort and marked Operation Sindoor as a central ceremonial and doctrinal moment in India’s security narrative.
  • He pledged that made-in-India semiconductor chips will reach the market by year-end and announced next-generation GST reforms to roll out at Diwali.
  • The ₹1 lakh crore Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana was launched to create roughly 35 million new employment opportunities for youth.
  • Two new security initiatives—the Sudarshan Chakra mission to modernise defence capabilities and a High-Power Demography Mission to curb infiltration—were unveiled.
  • More than 11,000 security personnel, layered surveillance systems and a temporary drone ban were deployed around New Delhi for the Independence Day ceremonies.