New Delhi, May 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the celebrations marking 20 years of Gujarat's Urban Growth Story in Gandhinagar on 27 May 2025. He launched the Urban Development Year 2025, commemorating two decades since the original Urban Development Year 2005, and unveiled new projects related to housing, health, clean air, and urban infrastructure.

He highlighted India's economic rise from the 11th to the 4th largest global economy and reaffirmed the goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047. Modi linked this vision to the legacy of freedom fighters and called on India's 140 crore citizens to contribute to national development with the same resolve shown during the independence movement.

Addressing terrorism, Modi said...