Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a comprehensive framework, ‘Shakti Ki Sapt Dhara’, aimed at transforming India into a developed nation by 2047, focusing on manufacturing, technology, energy, and cultural influence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his Independence Day address from the Red Fort to unveil “Shakti Ki Sapt Dhara”, a seven-part framework he says will help steer India towards developed-nation status by 2047. According to the Press Information Bureau, the plan is built around manufacturing, agriculture and food products, technology and innovation, connectivity and infrastructure, defence, the green and blue economy, and India’s soft power.
The proposal places manufacturing at the centre of the government’s industrial ambition. Modi urged Indian firms, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to focus on cost, quality and scale, while also improving packaging and moving towards what he described as “zero defect” and precision production. His remarks reflected a broader push to make India a more reliable part of global supply chains, from components to finished goods.
He also tied the new framework to several immediate policy priorities. Government announcements said one crore young people will be trained in artificial intelligence over the next year, free online coaching will be expanded for competitive exam candidates, and a countrywide campaign will seek sporting talent among children aged five to 15. The government also set a target of starting seven to eight new semiconductor plants within one to two years, and aims to lift nuclear power capacity to 100 GW by 2047, with five new reactors planned in the next six to seven years.
The wider political message was consistent with Modi’s recent emphasis on long-term development themes. In June, Union minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said government infrastructure projects such as Vande Bharat trains, expressways, metro networks and PM Gati Shakti had changed the development landscape. Earlier this year, Modi described the Union Budget 2026-27 as a foundation for a developed India, while also underlining women’s role in national progress and linking scientific programmes for school students to a broader culture of innovation. The latest address extended that agenda, combining industrial policy, technology, energy and cultural influence into a single political narrative.
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