PM Modi: India's 140 Crore People Can Build 'Viksit Bharat' By 2047

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (15 August) said that the vision of 'Viksit Bharat 2047' can be achieved if 140 crore people of the country resolve and move together.

PM Modi said this while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi on the occasion of 78th Independence Day.

"We are proud that we carry the blood of the 40 crore people who had uprooted the colonial rule from India...Today, we are 140 crore people, if we resolve and move together in one direction, then we can become 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047 by overcoming all obstacles in the way," PM Modi said.

He also expressed concern over rising natural disasters in the country and offered condolences to the families affected by the calamities.

“Several people have lost their family members, property in natural calamity. Out nation too has suffered losses. Today, I express my sympathy to all of them and I assure them that this nation stands with them in this hour of crisis,” he added.