Page 20 - NIS English 01-15 September, 2026
P. 20
th Independence
Day Celebrations
COVER STORY
12 Years of Inclusive Development,
Defining Speed & Scale
PM Modi listed the figures of progress in manufacturing, digital growth and everyday facilities for
ordinary citizens over the past 12 years, which have become the basis of new India’s pace and progress...
n Over the past 12 years, defence production has rate six times faster each year, the construction of
increased nearly fourfold. toilets for the poor has progressed at four times
n Production by the Khadi and Village Industries the annual rate, and the pace of providing homes
sector has increased nearly fivefold, electronics to the poor has increased threefold each year.
manufacturing has increased nearly sevenfold. n Thousands of compliances have been eliminated,
hundreds of outdated laws have been repealed.
n Production of modern railway coaches has
increased 21 times, mobile phone production has n The march of the 21st century cannot be carried
increased 35 times. out using the laws of the previous century.
n The number of internet users has increased n We have expanded metro networks for
nearly fourfold, the number of patents granted modern infrastructure and strengthened public
has increased fourfold, digital transactions have transportation.
increased 100 times. n The speed at which work has been carried out,
n Every year, we have provided tap-water connections the scale at which it has been undertaken — this
at an average rate 15 times faster than before. pace, this expansion, and these achievements are
something the country has witnessed for the first
n Gas connections have been provided at an average time in the last decade since independence.
“We hold but one
resolve: ‘Nation First’—
the national interest is
paramount. Every step
we take is guided by the
determination to make my
India truly great.”
(Excerpt of the speech from the ramparts of the
Red Fort on Independence Day 2024)
18 NEW INDIA SAMACHAR || Sep 01-15, 2026 Picture from Independence Day 2024
