Highlights 1 New India by 2022 will be free of corruption and terrorism: PM Modi. While addressing the nation on 71st Independence Day today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted that there would be a New India by 2022 - when India will mark 75 years of independence. By then the poor shall have concrete houses, the farmer shall double his income, youths and women will get ample opportunities, an India free of casteism, terrorism, corruption, nepotism, a clean India," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. CONGRESS CALLS IT HOLLOW PROMISESImmediately after the prime minister finished his address, Congress accused him of making false promises. Also Read:PM Narendra Modi's fourth Independence Day speech: What he said on Gorakhpur, Kashmir and other issuesPM Narendra Modi's I-Day speech: Violence in the name of faith is unacceptable70 years of independence: 10 events that shaped today's IndiaWATCH | PM Modi unfurls tricolour from Red Fort

Source: India Today August 15, 2017 07:30 UTC