PM Modi Urges Unity, Youth Participation in Viksit Bharat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to work together against divisiveness and strengthen India's self-reliance while addressing the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan in New Delhi on October 23. The Kashmir Horizon reported that he called for wider public participation in the goal of making India a developed nation by 2047.

Speaking to spiritual leaders, scholars and young delegates, Modi described emerging social challenges as a shared responsibility rather than a task for government alone. He urged greater civic engagement and efforts to preserve social harmony. The reported remarks did not identify particular organisations or individuals as the divisive forces he referred to.

Youth outreach and the 2047 goal

Modi said his policy approach had sought to place young people at its centre, and praised their role in organising Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav activities. He credited young Chinmaya Mission volunteers with travelling 40,000 kilometres over 300 days and meeting more than one lakh young people.

Those figures described the Mission volunteers' outreach, not government programme delivery. Modi thanked the team and linked such participation to his appeal for citizens to contribute to the Viksit Bharat 2047 ambition.

Knowledge traditions and education reform

The Prime Minister connected national development with India's philosophical traditions, presenting Bharat's identity as rooted in knowledge and inquiry. Discussing the Upanishadic expression “Vayam Amritasya Putrah”, he said its reference to immortality concerned enduring consciousness rather than physical life.

He also recalled the celebrations marking 75 years of Independence, saying he had envisaged them as both an inspiration for a developed India and an opportunity to draw on the country's civilisational experience in serving humanity.

Paying tribute to Swami Chinmayananda, Modi described his life as bringing together knowledge, action and devotion. He recalled the government's release of a commemorative coin in 2015 to mark the spiritual teacher's birth centenary, and highlighted Chinmayananda's engagement with national as well as spiritual concerns.

On education, Modi presented the National Education Policy as an effort to combine Indian knowledge systems and mother-tongue instruction with scientific research and emerging technologies. These remarks outlined the policy's intended direction; the account did not include implementation figures or measured educational outcomes.