PM Modi unfurls the national flag at Red Fort, begins speech
PM Modi unfurls the national flag at Red Fort, begins speech Narendra Modi begins address from the Red Fort here on the 72nd Independence Day after he unfurls the flag. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce the launch of the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme in his Independence Day speech at Delhi’s Red Fort on Tuesday. The Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme will assures a health insurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year to 500 million poor and vulnerable persons. Once it takes off, Ayushman Bharat will be the world’s largest public-funded health insurance programme, and if implemented successfully, would be the biggest achievement of the Modi government across sectors.
Close to 10,000 personnel have been deployed at the Red Fort, where senior ministers, top bureaucrats, foreign dignitaries and common people will be present during the Prime Minister’s address.
