Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi on Wednesday on India’s 72nd Independence Day.
With Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held in the first half of 2019, this will be PM Modi’s last address during his current tenure.
The Ayushman Bharat scheme will target poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational category of urban workers' families, 8.03 crore in rural and 2.33 crore in urban areas, and will cover around 50 crore people.
10 big states are yet to sign up for the ambitious scheme. States that haven't signed not only include non-BJP states like - Odisha, Punjab, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala but also BJP-run states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Goa.
PM Modi announces permanent commission for women officers in armed forces. "Women officers commissioned in short service will get opportunity for permanent commission like their male counterparts," he said. "This is my gift to the women of this country from Red Fort today