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We must 'Make for the world' as we 'Make in India': PM Modi in I-Day speech

PM Modi said that India was making enormous efforts to stand on its own feet and linked several initiatives taken recently for this effort

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PM Narendra Modi during his address to the nation from ramparts of Red Fort on Independence Day.

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
Comprehensive self-reliance, especially in the health sector, a progressive reduction in imports, defeating expansionist forces and a fresh impetus to infrastructure development were the rallying call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on 74th Independence Day. All villages in India will be linked by the optic-fibre network within the next 1,000 days (three years), along with a new cyber security policy. Citizens will get a unique health identity that will comprehensively map the health profile of all Indians.

India was working on three vaccines for Covid-19 with drafts for their production and distribution. He repeated a previous promise