# India Independence Day: PM Narendra Modi pushes self-reliance in address to nation

https://mins.news/en/video/23025

- CNA, 2026-08-15 13:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCdMQbqaRmc

> Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for self-reliance in his speech marking the country’s 80th Independence Day. He also announced youth-skilling measures, weeks after mass protests over an exam-leak scandal forced the education minister to resign.

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