Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Modi urges Centre, state, industry to collaborate for Viksit Bharat
On Saturday, the leader of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave a special speech.
He spoke from a famous old fort called the Red Fort.
He talked to the whole country from New Delhi.
Mr. Modi said the central government, state governments, and businesses must work together.
They should make improvements called reforms.
He said people and groups should change old habits and old ways of thinking.
They also need new goals.
The big goal is to make India a developed country by the year 2047.
That goal is called Viksit Bharat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered an address to the nation from the Red Fort ramparts on Saturday.
He said the Centre, states, and industry must work together for reforms.
Modi urged society, government, and industry to change their traditional ways, thinking, and targets.
The goal is to achieve Viksit Bharat by 2047.
The address took place in New Delhi on August 15.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the nation
- What
- Called for the Centre, states, and industry to work together on reforms to achieve Viksit Bharat by 2047
- When
- Saturday, August 15
- Where
- Ramparts of the Red Fort, New Delhi
- Why
- To bring reforms that would help achieve Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047
- Speaker
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Occasion
- Address to the nation
- Date
- Saturday, August 15
- Location
- Ramparts of the Red Fort, New Delhi
- Key actors
- Centre, state governments, industry
- Goal
- Viksit Bharat by 2047
- News agency
- PTI