Delhi, September 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 5 PM today, sources said. Though the subject of the address has not been confirmed bit this has triggered speculation on what the Prime Minister will speak on.
The proposed address of the Prime Minister comes a day ahead of the implementation of GST 2.0 reforms, making it a possible subject of the PM's address.
Among the list of probabilities is the US's crackdown on H1 B visa holders, a move that will affect a large section of Indian techies working in the US and tariff tussle.
Since becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, Modi has addressed the nation to announce key government decisions.
On November 8, 2016, he addressed the nation and announced the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes while on March 12, 2019, the Prime Minister addressed the nation announcing the Balakot airstrikes, launched in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
The Prime Minister had addressed the nation on March 24, 2020, to announce a three-week nationwide lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic and on April 14, 2020, to announce the extension of the lockdown. In May, he again addressed the nation on the Government’s decided to ease the lockdown.
The Prime Minister's last address to the nation was on May 12, 2025, when he told the people about Operation Sindoor, India's counterstrike after the terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.
