As whole nation celebrates the 70th year of Independence, PM Narendra Modi addressed the nation from Red Fort.

LIVE Updates of Independence Day from Delhi:

• Modi first visits Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatama Gandhi.
• Then he was received by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar following which he proceeded to inspect the Guard of Honour.
• PM Modi then walked towards the Lahori Gate to unfurl the national flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
• He wished all the Indians Happy Independence Day.
• We remember Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Pandit Nehru, many others who sacrificed their lives so that we attained Swarajya.
• “Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel united the nation. It is our responsibility to make our nation great.
• Ek bharat, shresht bharat ka sapna poora karenge.
• It is our responsibility to convert ‘Swaraj’ (self-rule) into ‘Surajya’ (good governance).
• Panchayat se Parliament aur gram pradhan se lekar PM tak,sabko apni zimmedari samajhne ki zarurat hai.
• India faces a lot of challenges, today but I believe that 125 crore people of India have the ability to face and overcome these challenges.
• Today, more than ‘Karya’, I want to talk about ‘Karya Sanskriti’ of the government.
• Surajya’ means a Govt should be sensitive towards the common man, weaker sections
• Registration and medical records are available online in all major government hospitals today.
• Determined to change this situation where people are scared of Income Tax authorities.
• Getting a passport is easier, now takes only two weeks.
• 70 crore Indians connected to Aadhaar and social security schemes.
• Government provided gas connections to over 4 crore people in just 60 weeks.
• Working to bring in social change, over 70,000 villages are free from open-defecation, today.
• LED bulbs that earlier cost Rs 350 each, is now sold at Rs 50 each. We can fight against rise in global warming by using LED bulbs and saving energy.
• We have been blessed with monsoon, this year. Sowing has therefore increased, this will help us meet demand shortfall.
• I will continue to strive hard to ensure that the this inflation doesn’t affect the food plate of poor.
• That’s why my government has given importance to save water. We have given impetus to ‘per drop, more crop’ initiative.
• If farmers in my country get adequate water, they can turn ‘soil’ into ‘gold.’
• We all know about coal scam. However, we auctioned coal online, without any corruption charges levelled against us due to transparency.
• We have connected Aadhar card to Govt schemes to curb corruption.
• Reform, perform, transform, we have made efforts in every sector.
• We are trying to revive ‘post-offices’ in the country which is becoming irrelevant increasingly due to advent of technology.
• We have worked to achieve “One nation, one grid and one price”
• GST is one such tax reform which will help us bring in financial stability.
• GST will give strength to our economy & all parties are to be thanked for its passage.
• Only financial growth is not imp, social unity is also imp. 125 crore people of India are part of one family.
• Humne ‘one rank one pension’ ka vaada poora kiya hai.
• Therefore my Govt tried to resolve the long standing issue of OROP.
• More than 35000 jawans have lost their lives fighting at border so that we can stay peacefully here, how can we forget them?
• Many innocents were killed in Peshawar terrorist attack (Pakistan), but there were tears in everyone’s eyes in Parliament here.
• This country will never bend before terrorism.
• People of Balochistan,Gilgit and PoK have thanked me a lot in past few days, I am grateful to them.
• When disease hits a poor family, their lives are destroyed. So we have decided that the government will take up the expenses of up to Rs. 1 lakh so that the poor family can avail of medical facilities.
• We did not get an opportunity to die for the country but we have the opportunity to live for the country.
• To the youth who have taken up gun, I urge them to return to their parents, shun violence.
• This is the example of our humanitarian approach, but there are some countries who glorify terrorists.
• PM Modi ends his speech followed by the national anthem.
• PM Modi stops to meet the 3500 children and the NCC cadets gathered at the Red Fort. Excited children surround him and seek his blessings.
• The prime minister leaves Red Fort after the conclusion of the 70th Independence Day ceremony.