
New Delhi: Narendra Modi for more than 103 minutes of encouraging – the longest record prime minister in independent India – used its 12th Independence Day to call for citizens to make a decisive shift towards Swadeshi (local) products, framed it as a shield against global distortions of the supplier chain, customs war and strengthening customs wars and strengthening geopolitical war Alliance.
Modi, when he spoke from the wall of the Red Fortress to the 78th anniversary of India, outlined the plan that combined increased domestic production, swept indirect tax reform and strengthened the National Security Architecture in Sudarshan Chakra mission because it has been faced with several challenges in recent months.
“If CROR victims can lead to independent India, then decision -making, self -confidence and selecting Swadeshi products can lead to prosperous India,” the Prime Minister said, calling on traders to prominently display and load locally produced products on the market.
Modi’s address, reflecting the topics of “New India” and “the first nation”, also included measures to improve easy business and plans to reduce illegal immigration.
Self-reliance was necessary for the isolation of the economy before external disturbances, Modi said. “Self-reliance is not just about export, import, rupee or dollar. These are our skills, our strength to stand alone,” Modi said.
“The’daam Where, the Dum Zyada ‘Mantra projects India to compete all over the world and isolate its economy in front of external shocks,” said Ajay Sahai, CEO of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO).
The PM address comes in the background of several geopolitical challenges – including the repressive 50% of the US announced tariffs about Indian exports to this country for continuing to buy Russian oil, which is among other interviews with Indian trade agreements and Chinese restrictions on critical raw materials for Indian production.
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GST Bonanza is coming
In a parallel, significant step towards reviving home consumption of Slack, Modi said that the central government is working with states on the reform of goods and services (GST) and brings people significant relief. “In this Deepavali you will get double Deepavali,” he said. He noted that GST had reduced the national level of the national level, he said that it is now time to review after eight years.
The highest priority of farmers
The Prime Minister said he would have the interests of farmers, farmers of livestock and fishermen without a compromise. “Modi stands like a wall against any harmful policy related to farmers, fishermen and cattle breeders in India. India will never accept any compromise on its farmers, its farmers’ breeders, its fishermen,” he said.
This assumes importance because the US is looking for access to India in agriculture and dairy products in negotiations on bilateral trade agreements.
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Pushes on local production
Although he expressed his desire to see an indigenous engine on the Indian fighter aircraft, Modi called for a greater investment in domestic production to withstand global shocks in the supply chain and tariff disputes, and emphasized the importance of ensuring the robust flow of raw materials for the manufacturing sector. He called for increased research and development financing, semiconductor chips produced in India, as well as local electric vehicles.
Modi also said that India will strengthen the investment of the private sector in new energy sectors, such as the production of nuclear energy.
Sankalp Gurjar, a professor of geopolitics at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, said that the semiconductor industry is a new battlefield between the main powers and India is trying to build a domestic semiconductor ecosystem.
“China has used its dominance in the sectors, such as the processing of rare soil minerals as a geo -economic instrument,” Gurjar said. “China is a strategic challenge for India. Due to the unpredictable politicians of Donald Trump, China and India, they may find some areas of cooperation.”
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RSS mentions the criticism of the sparks
The Modi’s longest I-Day address also found that the mention of the ideological parent organization of Bharatiya Janata, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). “One hundred years ago, a community was born – Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. A century serving a nation is a matter of pride,” he said. Modi, which is listed on the basis of the basic values of the organization as services and perfect administration of public affairs, also described as “NGOs (NGOs)”.
He noticed the mention of RSS, the opposition leader Jairam Ramesh said on X: “The most difficult element of PM speech today was his name, his name about RSS from the Hradec from the Red Fortress-obvious violation of the Spirit, Secular Republic. Mohan Bhagwata offices to extend his tenure after September.
Tightening of national security
At his address Modi, he introduced a new national security strategy as part of the Sudarshan Chakra mission to create a security shield against national security threats. With rapid progress in defensive technology, India must expand his security reaction after a recent victory in the Sindoor operation, the Prime Minister said.
“We must constantly upgrade the defense,” he said. “Therefore, in the next 10 years until 2035, the new Shield Technology Platform will be used to ensure key public places in the country, including hospitals, railways and worship places,” Modi said.
The shield will be extended to cover as many places as possible to make the population feel safe and will be modernized to face any technological threat to the country.
Certainly, during the Sindoor operation in May, Indian advanced defense systems successfully thwarted Pakistani drone attacks. Operations Sindoor, where Indian forces attacked and destroyed terrorist goals in Pakistan and Pakistan Kashmir, was an Indian reaction against a terrorist attack on April 22, Pahalgam, which left 26 individuals of the dead.
PM reiterated that India would not be bullied by nuclear threats and did not distinguish between terrorists and governments sponsoring terrorists.
“While this attitude was applied soon after the OP Sindoor surgery, the Red Fort reference can be considered a reaction to a newer nuclear Saber-River by Field Marshal Asim Munir,” said Commodore (pensioner) Chitrapu UDay Baskar, Director of Political Study. “This implies that Delhi can review and revise his NFU nuclear doctrine (without first use) to deal with new challenges of WMD-Terorism.” WMD is short for weapons of mass destruction.
Demographic challenge
Modi also announced measures to protect against demographic shifts in India caused by illegal immigration. “The country’s demography is changing planned conspiracy. Illegal immigrants steal Indian livelihoods and focus on Indian women. This will not be tolerated,” Modi said. He added that illegal immigrants also capture the tribal ground.
Changing demography, especially in border regions, is a threat to national security and unity and peace in the country, Modi said. “We decided to launch a demographic mission with a high performance. The mission will deal with this terrible threat of illegal immigration at the right time in time,” he said.
PM Modi also continued his efforts to reduce obesity in the country. He had previously spoken about this issue in his addresses Mann Ki Baat. Mint reported on Friday that India plans to further reduce sugar in baby food.
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