Archive · 15 Aug 2026
PM Modi says India progressed rapidly over past 12 years
Every year, the leader of India talks to the whole country on Independence Day.
This year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke from an old fort called the Red Fort.
He raised India's national flag and then told everyone how much India has grown.
He said that in the last 12 years, India has moved forward very fast.
Factories now make 33 times more mobile phones than before.
India also makes a lot more defence equipment and high-tech railway coaches.
More people are using the internet, and more people are making digital payments instead of using cash.
The prime minister said the country has never seen this speed of progress since it became independent.
Independence Day is a special day to celebrate India's freedom and the good things happening in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the Red Fort ramparts after hoisting the national flag on the 80th Independence Day.
Modi said India has progressed rapidly in the past 12 years across digital, manufacturing, infrastructure, and social welfare sectors.
He claimed defence production increased by four times and electronic manufacturing by seven times in the last 12 years.
Mobile phone manufacturing reportedly rose by 33 times and high-tech railway coach production by 21 times.
Digital transactions increased by 100 per cent, while internet consumers and patent grants each grew by four times.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- What
- Delivered the Independence Day address, saying India progressed rapidly over the past 12 years in digital, manufacturing, infrastructure, and social welfare
- When
- Saturday, on the occasion of the 80th Independence Day
- Where
- Red Fort
- Why
- To mark Independence Day and highlight the nation's progress over the past 12 years
- Event
- 80th Independence Day address
- Speaker
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Venue
- Ramparts of the Red Fort
- Defence production increase
- 4 times
- Electronic manufacturing increase
- 7 times
- High-tech railway coach production increase
- 21 times
- Mobile phone manufacturing increase
- 33 times
- Digital transactions increase
- 100 per cent