Modi pledges more chip plants, mass AI training, and an export push in Independence Day address

DIGITIMESAugust 17, 2026en

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used India's 80th Independence Day address from the Red Fort on August 15 to tie semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence training, and trade policy into a single self-reliance push, framing all three as building blocks toward a "Viksit Bharat," or developed India, by 2047.

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