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India at 75: PM Narendra Modi sets road map for developed India by 2047

Launches frontal attack on corruption and nepotism

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INDIA@75: PM Modi interacts with NCC cadets after his address on Independence Day, in New Delhi | Photo: PTI

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
Launching a frontal assault on corruption and nepotism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised harsh steps against those who had “looted” the nation and asked all Indians to support this initiative. He set a “Panchpran (five resolves)” target to make India a developed nation in 25 years.

In his ninth address to the nation on Independence Day from the Red Fort, Modi said many who had stolen national wealth were already in jail, and many more would be despatched there.

The prime minister said he was not just talking about corruption —that hollowed out India like termites — and nepotism in the political