A look back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speeches

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation for the seventh time from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day on Saturday and it will be his second speech of the second term in officePM Modi has announced some major initiatives in his Independence Day addresses including Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Swachh India Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan the abolishment of Planning Commission and the announcement of the creation of the post of Chief of Defence StaffHe also has been giving an account of his governments performanceIndependence Day this year will be different due to conditions created by COVID19 and people will mostly watch the address on their television sets or through other meansModis 2014 Independence Day speech highlightsAnnouncement of Pradhanmantri JanDhan Yojana to connect the poorest citizens with the facility of bank accountsHe gave call Come Make in India noting that India has skills talent and discipline and will to performAnnounced launch of Clean India campaign from October 2 2014He noted that Digital India is a dream for the nation and is meant for the poor If we move with the dream of electronic digital India and manufacturing of electronic goods and become selfreliant it will be a major gain for the country he saidAnnounced Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana under which MPs were required to adopt and make a village in their constituencies a model village by 2016He announced that all schools in the country should have toilets with separate toilets for girls in a yearAnnouncement that there will be a new institution to replace Planning CommissionModis 2015 Independence Day speech highlightsAnnouncement of the StartUp India initiative to encourage entrepreneurshipHe said the governments target was to provide electricity to all 18500 nonelectrified villages within the next 1000 daysAnnouncement about doing away with interviews in recruitment for C and D category government jobsHe said financial inclusion had received a big boost with the opening of 17 crore bank accounts through the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan YojanaGave details of steps to curb black money and action against corrupt government officialsMinistry of Agriculture to be renamed as Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers WelfareAnnounced inprinciple acceptance of the demand for OROPModis 2016 Independence Day speech highlightsHe said more than 2 crore toilets have been built21 crore people have been linked under Prime Ministers Jan Dhan YojanaPM said that the government has identified about 1700 obsolete laws and Parliament has abolished nearly 1175 of themHe said that in the last few days the way the people of Balochistan Gilgit from Pak occupied Kashmir have thanked him it is the honour of 125 billion people of India I thank those people from Balochistan Gilgit and Pak occupied KashmirHe urged neighbours to fight poverty I say to our neighbours lets fight poverty by fighting our own people we will destroy ourselves only by fighting poverty together will we prosperAnnouncement to increase the pension of family members of freedom fighters by 20 per centPM Modi said that 10000 villages out of 18000 nonelectrified villages have been provided electricityModis 2017 Independence Day speech highlightsPM Modi said we have to leave this chalta hai casual attitude and think of badal sakta hai it can change This attitude will help us as a nation he saidAnnounced that more than 14000 villages which were without electricity since Independence have electric power nowHe said that more than two crores poor mothers and sisters are no longer using the fuelwood and using LPG gas stove nowAnnouncement for launch of a website which will give an account of the valour of the Gallantry Award winnersHe said the nations call was Bharat Chhoro Quit India in 1942 and todays slogan is Bharat Jodo Unite IndiaAppealed to countrymen to make digital transactions and move towards a cashless economyPM said that the government has confiscated black money worth Rs 125 lakh croresHe said that Kashmir issue will be solved neither by abuse or bullets it will be solved by embracing all KashmirisHe said that registration of 175 lakh companies out of 3 lakh shell companies dealing in hawala transactions has been cancelledModis 2018 Independence Day speech highlightsAn Indian to be sent into space by 2022 as a part of manned space missionThirteen crore mudra loans have been provided including to four crore youth who have taken loan for the first time with the aspiration to become selfreliantAnnouncement to launch Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan to free treatment for serious diseases to poor peopleDeclaration of the grant of Permanent Commission for the appointment of women officers in the Short Service Commission of Indian armed forcesHe said minimum support price for many crops has been increased to more than 15 times the input costsHe said the country is producing record foodgrains and manufacturing record number of mobile phones The sale of tractors has reached a new high The country is buying the largest number of aeroplanes after IndependenceHe said the country is confident of launching NavIC the first indigenous Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS which will guide fishermen and other citizens through Satellite signalsModis 2019 Independence Day speech highlightsHe said that abrogation of Article 370 and 35A is a significant step towards fulfilling the dream of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and added that the spirit of One Nation One Constitution has become a realityDeclaration to take forward the JalJeevan Mission He promised to spend more than Rs 35 lakh crores on this mission to give access to piped potable water to every rural household by 2024Highlighted that almost 1450 obsolete laws have been done away with to reduce the burden from the common mans lifeAnnouncement about plans to invest Rs 100 lakh crore to boost infrastructure in the countryHe said it must be a dream of every Indian that the country becomes a USD 5 trillion dollar economy in the next five yearsAnnouncement of creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff CDS as a major reform in higher defence managementIndia to declare itself Open Defecation Free in the next few weeksIn accordance with Mahatma Gandhis dream of selfreliant India PM Modi appealed to citizens to buy local productsCall to make India free from singleuse plasticKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute 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