Independence Day PM Modi Speech
On the eve of 74th Independence Day, PM Modi addressed many crucial points in his speech and also stated the achievements of their government in the last past one year. India has crossed many important landmarks and many important decisions were taken.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first non-congress leader who hosted the flag for the 7th time.
3 crore lakh rupees transaction from UPI BHIM in the last one month.
Digital payment has increased its volume drastically and it will help India.
Not only this, but the students attending online classes from even the villages
during this pandemic is also a proud movement that India is becoming
Atmanirbhar.
National Digital Health Mission
National Digital Health Mission will bring revolution in the country.
Now the Health Card will be provided to every citizen, in which each citizen
medical track record will be kept. You will get information about every test,
every disease, which doctor prescribed you which medicine and when and your
reports under one health ID.
New Draft for Cyber Security and Legal Age of Women for Marriage
National Cyber Security Strategy 2020 (NCSS 2020) Draft is in making in
order to fight cybercrimes in India. Since the adoption of the National Cyber
Security Policy, 2013 India Cyberspace have changed drastically, which require
new enactments for security purpose and smooth functioning. The Indian
Government under the aegis of National Security Council Secretariat through a
well-represented Task Force is in the process of formulating the National Cyber
Security Strategy 2020 (NCSS 2020) to cater for a time horizon of five years
(2020-25).
Supreme Court’s ruling in 2017 is behind the move of changing Women age
for Marriage. Right now, the legal age for girls is 18 and for boys is 21. The
new draft for increasing nuptial age of girls by the 10-member task force to determine
the right age for women. Because according to a study conducted by global
agency UNICEF in 2017, as many as 27% of girls in India are married off before
their 18th birthday. The study further says that 1.5 million girls under the
age of 18 get married every year in India.
Skill India
Through the project of Skill India, now the objective of ‘Koshal
Bharat-Kushal Bharat’ is likely to be achieved. Pradhan Mantri Kushal Vikas
Yojna (PMKVY) 2016-2020, will benefit more than 10 million people. It is the
flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
(MSDE). It will secure better livelihood and target the school or college going
youth and even unemployed youth. The youth will be assessed and certifies under
the Recognition of Prior Learning. The training and assessment will be entirely
paid by the government.
Corona Test Rose From 300 to 7 lakh Per Day
The capability of India is incredible as, within this short span of time
from March to August, the rate of doing the Corona Test Increased from 300
tests per day to 7 Lakh tests per day.
Vaccination for Corona
The government has approved 3 institutions for the Human Clinical Trail
phase, and it is likely to see the vaccines for Corona coming soon by the end
of this year. These are (1) Bharat BioTech produced Covaxin, (2) Zydus Cadila
produced ZyCOV-D and (3) AstraZeneca, Serum Institute of India.
Delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir
The body was set up under the Delimitation Commission Act, 2002 months
after centre revoked the special status of J&K u/a 170. The transition from
state to Union Territory is governed by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation
Act, 2019. After delimitation Jammu is likely to gain 5 seats and Ladakh 2.
Carbon Neutral Ladakh
The Union Territory Administration has ordered for a complete ban on the
use of plastic water bottles and other plastic made objects in government
offices and other institutions. The goal is to make 100% plastic-free union
territory by July end.
Solar Energy: India in top 5 Country of the World
The government is boosting the solar energy infrastructure in India
through various schemes and projects. India’s National Solar Mission was
launched in 2010. And many schemes are introduced to provide people with the
incentive of using solar energy like PM-KUSUM Scheme etc.
India stands 3rd in Asia and 4th in the
world in terms of solar power production across its plants. This currently
accounts for about 38% of its total capacity of renewable energy. The country
also claims to own the world’s largest solar park, located in Rajasthan.
Optical Fibre Network in Every Village
The PM Modi has said that within the period 1,000 days every India
village will have optical fibres connection. It will make 1.5 lakh panchayat to
go online and also to the students to become global citizens. Before 2014, only
2 dozen of Indian villages had optical fibre. The speed of this fibre would be
10 GB per second.
Optical Fibre in More Than 1300 Indian Islands.
India has more than 1300 islands, with selective islands development
India is moving forward to connect these islands to an optical fibre network.
A stretch of 2,312 km submarine fibre linking Chennai and Port Blair in
Andaman and Nicobar Island. The next island to connect the optical fibre would
be Lakshadweep Island.
New Education Policy, 2020
The new education policy will positively impact the Indian Education
System. With the introduction of vocational Studies in school level, coding to
be learnt from class 6th onwards, self-assessment, the choice
to select subjects in higher education and removing the 10+2 structure to
5+3+3+4 are some of the important highlights.
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan
The GKRA is an initiative to tackle the COVID-19 situation. It will
directly impact the migrant workers who were the most impacted due to this
pandemic. They will be provided 125 days of employment to 6,70,000 migrant
workers (approx. 2/3 of the total migrant workers)from the government. The government
provided the funding of 50,000 crore rupees. It is a joint effort of 12
different ministries and covers 25 categories of workers.
Houses for The Migrant Workers
The low housing rent under the PMAY (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna) is made
available to the migrants. 70,000 govt. funded houses are ready as per the
officials.
25,000 Crore Rupees Funds Released for The Completion of House
The government approved 25,000 crore rupees for helping 1,600 stalled
housing projects. It also included the projects which were declared bad loans
and admitted in the insolvency proceedings. In all 4.58 lakh housing unit has
been targeted from this move of the government in order to generate employment
and revive demand of cement, iron and steel.
In Selective 100 Cities of India, Holistic Growth for Reducing Pollution
The government showing serious concern for rising air pollution, started
air pollution abatement programme where 100 cities will be tried to make a pollution
free by 50% in the next 5 years.
India is one of the few Countries Where forest Area is Increasing
PM Modi said that India is developing with also protecting its ecosystem
and environment. India has increased 24% of geographical area, which stood for
80.37 million hectares of total forest cover in India as per the ISFR (India
State of Forest Report) 2019.
Project Asiatic Tigers and Elephants were a Big Success
The project was launched in 1992 to protect elephant and their habitat
and project Tiger was started in 1973 to protect tigers and their habitat. Both
the projects were a big success.
Project Asiatic lions and Dolphins are also starting.
Project lion will be given emphasise. Project dolphin will also be
started soon, which will increase tourism and generate employment. Asiatic Lion
Reintroduction Project is started as an initiative by the government. The
Gangetic dolphin was first discovered in 1801, which under the National Ganga
Council was proposed to be saved.
Overwhelming Majority for India in the UN
In the UN security council out of 192 countries, 184 countries supported
India for becoming the non-permanent member for the next 2 years. It shows the
power and support for India in an international forum.
Relation with Neighbouring Countries
South-East Asian countries are very important for India. India has a historic
relationship with them. Today India has not only in the sector of land security
but also in water security started many exercises. Military collaboration not
only with the army but navy as well with south-east countries.
For India, neighbours are not only ones India share a border with, but
also those with whom we share emotions and values. Today, India has close
relations in the greater neighbourhood. We are working together and have a lot of
mutual respect for each other.
Make in India
More than 101 military equipments were stopped from being imported in India,
but rather they will be built in India itself. India is becoming self-reliant
and boosting its indigenous production. India exported 23 lakh personal
protection equipment’s (PPE) kits to 5 countries, including the UK, UAE, US,
Slovenia and Senegal.
Road Constructions
The infrastructure of India has improved drastically. Road connectivity
is given emphasis from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh. India has joined its remote
parts to the mainland. Roads construction have been increased at 21.44% between
FY 16- FY 19. In alone 1029 10,855 km of highways were constructed.
NCC
There is a total of 173 districts near the border area in India. NCC
will be expanded in those border areas. 1 lakh (1/3 girls) NCC cadets will be embedded,
which will be trained by the army, navy (in the costal district) and air force.
Youth will get the required skill for making a career in the military.
Chief of defence staff (CoDS) is formed for better coordination.
Formed in December 2019, CoDS is the professional head and the
highest-ranking officer of Indian Armed Forces. In order to improve the
coordination between various defence and intelligence institution, one person
from the Navy, Army or Air Force. This was first suggested after the Kargil War
when coordination problems were faced by India.
Open Defecation Free Villages in India.
India in Swatch Bharat Mission (Gramin) website shows the data of open
defecation free India. With a partnership with UNICEF, India has declared
6,03,175 villages free from open defecation as of January 2020.
Assam and Tripura history peace treaty.
The NILFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) was banned under the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act. NLFT led by Sabir Kumar Debbarma and Kajal
Debbarma, who signed a memorandum of settlement here with the joint secretary
(northeast) in the home ministry Satyendra Garg and chief secretary (home) in
Tripura government Kumar Alok, agreed to the surrender of its 88 cadres with
their weapons.
In return, the government will extend benefits to these cadres under
surrender-cum-rehabilitation scheme. This includes an immediate grant of 4 lakh
per surrenderee to be kept as fixed deposit in their name for the period 3
years. Rs. 6,000 monthly stipend for 3 years and incentive for vocation
training in return of weapons/ammunition surrender.
Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
The construction of the Kartarpur corridor was recorded in time. It
connects Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan with India. it is 4.7 km long
completed on 12th November 2019 on Guru Nanak birth
anniversary.
Ayodhya Ram Temple
Mega Ram Temple has been started to build on the Ram Janmabhumi.
P.M. Modi ended his speech by saying:
We are no less than anyone in this world. We are one of the best-producing
country best-governed country. Our products and the government should be at its
best. This aim should be for our freedom fighters, for our next generation for making
our Bharat Atmanirbhar. We will become ‘Vocal for Local’. Empower our tribes,
youth, women, villages, backward area and disabled people. We have to move
forward. We are just 1 step away from completing our ambition. This Corona
should not be a barrier to stop India from becoming Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Happy Independence Day.
Vande Matram!
Jai Hind!
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