Independence Day 2023: PM Modi says India will be a developed country by 2047

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Narendra Modi while addressing the country during the 77th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort said that India will be a developed country by 2047. "In 2047, when the country will be celebrating 100 years of Independence, India will be a developed country", the Prime Minister noted during his speech from the Red Fort.

PM Modi said he is making this statement while looking at the capabilities of the country, it's available resources and most of all based on the power of youth. He added that the next five years are a ‘golden opportunity’ for realizing the dream of becoming a developed nation by 2047.

Prime Minister Modi also noted during his speech that the decisions taken today will affect the future of the country for the next 1000 years. “I am talking about the last 1000 years because I see that there is opportunity before the country once again.

What we do in this era, the steps we take, and the decisions we take one after the other will decide the direction, future of the country in the coming 1000 years," PM Modi said. "Today, we have demography, democracy and diversity - these three together have the ability to realise the dreams of the nation.