New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- On India's 79th Independence Day, the Red Fort was not merely a historic location; it was becoming an aspirational stage in India's startup economy. Later in the afternoon, sharing his twelfth consecutive speech against a tricolor-ridged sky above Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed entrepreneurship, technology, and self-reliance at the heart of his vision for a Viksit Bharat 2047.

A 21 lakh crore economic vision has been announced by Modi, with details of reforms, innovation, and empowering youth heavily woven into the same. These words emphasized that startups are not a side story anymore but the greatest force of change in India. He ranged in topic from semiconductors to Made-in-India tech, and the theme w...