PM Modi full speech: Key takeaways and highlights

Full text of Prime Minister's speech in English, along with the highlights and key points

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech to the nation at the Red Fort to celebrate the 73rd Independence Day, on August 15, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his sixth Independence Day speech at the Red Fort and touched on a host of issues, right from his government's landmark decision on Jammu and Kashmir, the state of the economy, the water crisis, plastic usage and the digital economy. Here are a few main points that the Prime Minister emphasised in his speech:

Here is the full text of the speech in English:

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