 is the veterans and their families await the arrival of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi on the days. This is one of the most modern stadiums in the country. And though it was built in 1933, it has been regularly updated and it is a world-class hockey stadium today. Of course, it's used for other purposes as well. As today, we're excited, veterans waving to our cameras, thousands of veterans who have come from all across the country. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. When you go home, tell them all of us, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. I repeat, when you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. The last words of our foreign heroes always reverberate in our hearts. And today, the 25th of February 2019, we are dedicating for our nation a national war memorial of our own. We waited for several decades for this great day. This national war memorial will keep reminding us and the generations to come, the valour, the pride and dedicated selfless service of our soldiers and will inspire them to pay their respect to our soldiers and be a soldier themselves. Honourable President of India, in his speech, during the joint session of parliament on 9th June 2014, made a commitment of building a national war memorial to honour the gallantry of our soldiers and today our government under the leadership of Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi has fulfilled that commitment to honour and to pay tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives during World War I and the Afghanistan-Waziristan operations, a memorial of pre-independence era, the India Gate, was constructed. And thereafter, in the year 1972, the Amar Javan Jyoti was created under India Gate to commemorate the Indo-Pac conflict of 1971. Post-independence, more than 22,500 soldiers, 22,500 soldiers made the supreme sacrifice in our national interest and in defence of sovereignty and integrity of our nation. There was always an inexorable requirement of our own war memorial to pay tribute to our brave soldiers who laid their lives in the line of their duty during the Indo-China War of 1962, India Park Wars of 47, 65 and in 1971, the India Peacekeeping Force operations also in Sri Lanka and in the Kargil conflict, besides our soldiers who participated in the UN peacekeeping missions during the HADR, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations and also during counter insurgency operations and low intensity conflict operations. At last, after a global design contest, a design was selected which fits our culture and sentiments. I would like to give you a very brief detail of our national war memorial. The structure is a series of four concentric circles or chakras around a main obelisk like the national symbol. The chakras are suitably named as Amar Chakra, Veer Chakra, Tiag Chakra and the Raksha Chakra. The eternal flame will be in the centre for further details. Better see for yourself and that will give you an opportunity to salute your brothers in arms and who laid their lives for the pride of the nation. On this auspicious occasion, I would like also to congratulate the entire project team, the designers, the architects, the construction engineers and all other who have associated with the project. It is a marvel of designing. This memorial is so wonderfully designed that it homogeneously merged with the surroundings and gives impression that it existed ever since long. Today, we can proudly say that we have created one more pilgrimage place, one more pilgrimage place for we Indians and expect every Indian citizen will definitely pay a visit to this memorial to pay their homage to our brave soldiers. I am overwhelmed to see you before me in such large numbers, our respected veterans gathered here from all across the country to witness this landmark event of the year and a dedication for your brethren. I have been informed that a good number of veterans have even come from the northeastern part of this country and I salute your spirit. After all, it is that which is the armed forces spirit which have always been respected for. This government always has strived to reach out to our veterans to ensure them of all the possible help, be it welfare measures, resettlement or medical care. In the last five years, we have fulfilled many long pending issues of our serving service personnel, the ex-servicemen and also of the dependents, the OROP, the national war memorial, the museum, were all pending for years and it was under the able guidance of our honorable Prime Minister who is with us today, we have addressed these issues within a certain timeframe. A sum of 10,795.4 crores has been disbursed for the defense pensioners, family pensioners as arrear payments on account of implementation of the OROP. Almost 70,000 wards of the ex-servicemen have been benefited under the Prime Minister's scholarship scheme and rupees 150 crores have been disbursed since 2014 and 15. One thing we always try to ensure is transparency in the system and for that the direct benefit transfer has been introduced. This has helped us in eradicating middlemen from the system as well as fraudulent transactions. We have fulfilled some of the expectations of our veterans and are committed to many more in the coming years. What we need today is your trust in us, trust in the Prime Minister and the welfare of the veterans is always top on our priority. I know you are all waiting to listen to our honorable Prime Minister and I shall not keep you waiting any longer. I now may request the honorable Prime Minister to address the gathering of the veterans today. Jai Hind. Aap sabhi ko aap ki pradhan sevak ka pranaam. Aap sabhi budhpurva nahi abhudpurva hain. Kyuki aach jayse lakhon sainikon ke shauri aur samatman ke karan. Aaj humari sena, duniya ki sabse taakat war sena ome se ek hai. Duniya ke sabse bhe log tantra mein. Aap ne apne shauri aur samar par se jo parampara sthapik ki hai. Parampara aat tulniya hai. Desh par sankat chahe dushmano ke karan aaya ho. Ya phir prakruti ke karan aaya ho. Humari sainik ne, humesha pehla war apne upar liya hai. Chunauti ko sabse pehle kabul kya hai. Ar uska sabse asardar jawab bhi diya hai. Jab lata didi ne, yaha par ey mere vatan ke logon gheed ko swar diye thi. To desh ke karan o logon ki aakh hai nam ho gayi thi. Saati ho is aik tihazik sain par me pulbama me shaheed huye veer saputon ki raksha mein sarvaswa nyojhabar karne baale har balidari ko naman karta. Me ras ke sabhi morcho par muskil par sitya ma datae har bir verang na to aaj is ausar pa naman karta. Saati ho, naaya hindustan, naaya bharat aaj nahi riti aur nahi niti se aage pad raha hai. Majbuti ke sath, vishwapatal par apni bhoomi ka tay kar raha hai. To us me aik bahut bada yogdan, aap ke shawrya, anusasan aur samarpan ka hai. Aaj mujhe bahut santos hai ki thodi der baat aapka aur deshka dasakon langa intajar khatma hone baala hai. Aajadi ke sath dasak baat maa bharati ke liye balidan dele baala ki aad mein nirbid, rastriya samar samarak unne samar pid ki aajane wala hai. Ismarak mein hajarao sahidon ke naam hankeed hai jo desh ki vartman aur aane wali pideo ko rastra seba aur rastra nirbaan ke liye prerit karti rahi. Saati ho, rastriya samar samarak ki maang kai dasak se nirantar ho rahi thi. Bite dasakon mein ek do baar prayas huye, lakin kuch thos nahi ho paya. Aapke asirbaat se saal 2014 mein, haam ne rastriya samar samarak banaan ke liye prakiya suruki aur aaj tai samai se pehle iska lokaar pan bhi ho ne wala hai. Aap sabhi ne rast ke liye adhoot shmurdi ka surajan kiya. Saati ho, ismarak iss baat ka bhi pratik hai ki sankalpa lekar usse siddh kaise kiya jaata hai. Aisa hi ek sankalpa, main aapke saamne ke atha, one rank man pension ko lekar ke. Pehle ki sarkaaro ke samai aapko kithna sangars karna pada, kithna andolan karne pade, isska desh sakshi raha hai. Aap desh aur aap sabhi iss baat ke bhi sakshi hai ki one rank man pension desh sab lagho ho chuka hai. Balki aap tak 35,000 karot rupee, haamari sarkaar baara vitrit kiye jaa chuke. Sarkaar ka pension budget, jo pehle, 24,000 karot rupee tha. Aap bo badkar ke 112,000 karot rupee se jaata ho chuka hai. Sochiye ek bo bhi sarkaar thi, jo kahiti thi ki sir 500 karot rupee me one rank man pension lagho ho jayega. Saati ho, OROP ko lagho hone se aap sabhi ki pension mein, 40 pati shat ki pradotri hui hai. Itna hi nahi, mojuda saini ko ki salary me bhi, 2014 ki tunna me karib, 55 prati shat ke braddi hui hai. Iske aala aap sabhi Purva saini ko se judi, dosri swidhau ko bhi, sarkaar baara dhyan rakha jaa raha hai. Aap ko pension se judi shikaya toh ke liye, daptaro ke chakar naa katna pade, iske liye ek online system banane par kaam chal nahi hai. Isi pravdaan kiya hai ki jo saini, line of control, ya antaraashtya seema par, dusmano se lohaa lene ke liye tehnaat rahe thi hai. Unko agar, haj se se, barn, ya tubhan, ya buskhalan jaise ya nek prakruti aap dao mein, agar chot lagti hai, ya sahadat milti hai toh weh saini kya unka parivaar bhi pension ka haqdaar hoega. Bahut lambe samaise aapki maang thi ke aap ke liye super speciality hospital banane jaayi. Aaj is aityahasi ka usar par, mujhe aapko hi baataane ka saubhagi mila hai ki ek nahi, balki haam aise teen super speciality hospital banane jaa rahe hai. Saati yo, jab deska saini sasakta hota hai toh seena bhi sasakta hoti hai. Deski seena ka manobal deski surkshaa tay karta hai. Aur isliye, hamaare sabhi prayaso mein, hamaari soch aur hamaare approach ka kindh rbindu hai, hamaare saini, hamaare foji bhai. Isi soch aur approach ke karan, pehli baar, satta man hajaar se adhik non-combatant padho ko, combatant padho mein badla gaya hai. Isi soch ke karan, saini kki shamta banane ke liye un par, deri farm jahse karya ke boj ko bhi hataya jaa rahe hai. Aur isi soch ke karan, jab bhi army day, navy day, air force ne aadi manaye jaate hai toh skarkam kaya ka bhin nang hota hai, hamaare saini ko dwara kiye gaye innovations ka kutsaan. Saini ko ka samman ho, unke sauri aur adham mein sahaj ke baare mein desi bachche bachche ko jaan kari ho. Isi soch ke saar, hama ne, 15 august 2017 ko, gallantry awards ka portal bhi launch ke jaa. Desi ki suraksa mein, samaj ke sabhi vargoan ki bhaagidari aavashak hai. Aur swabha vidrum se honi bhi chahi. Isi soch ke saar, pehli baar, mahala ko fighter pilot banane ka aavsar bila hai. Sena mein bhi, betyon ki bhaagidari ko aur majbud karne ke liye bhi, nirantar faisal liye jaar hain. Military police ki total core mein, 20% tak mahala ki bharti ke liye kadam uthae jaar hain. Short service commission ke madhyam se, nyukta mahala adhikari ko bhi, unke purush samkaksh adhikari ko ki tara, stahi commission dene ka faisala liya gaya. Saadhyo, desi ki sena ko, atma nirbhar banane ki dihsha mein bhi, hum lagataar kaam kar rahe jeen faisal ko kabhi naa mumkin samjataa tha, unne hum mumkin bana rahe. Humne raksha ukpadan poore ekosystem mein badlaav ki shurwad ki. Laisa Singh prakriya se export ki prakriya tak, hum poore system mein par darsita aur level playing philla rahe hain. Rakshaa khetra mein videsi nives ko protsan dene ke liye bhi, humne kadam uthae hain. Up 49% tak FDI automatic route se kiya jaa sakta hain aur kuch khetra mein 100% FDI ka bhi pravdaan kiya gaya hain. Defence Procrement Procedure, aani rakshaa samano ki kharid mein bhi humre bade badlaav kiye hain. Iss mein making India ko protsan dena jaa rahe hain. Aapko jaankar rastriya ho ga, ki humari private sector jise rakshaa ukpadan mein entry karne bhi, hitch ki chaat hoti thi 2014 ke mukabhle. Aap, teen guna jaadhaan niji kampaniya defense sector ke products bana rahe hain. Hum defense procurement prakriya ko nisrit main main pura karne kliye bhi pryasrat hain. Iss ke liye rakshaa mantraan hain aur service headquarters ki financial powers unke vitiye adhikar mein badotri bhi ki gayi hain. Aur yeh pahli baar hua hain ki humare ordinance factory board ke aayut kar khanon ko 250 se adhik non-core item ke baar se bhi humne mukti dedi hain. Aap abhari sena hain. Bina kisi NOC, i.e. no objection certificate ke in items ko niji kshetra se kharid sakti hain. Sathiyon, Bharati e sena ki shakti ko aaj vaiswik patal par samman bhi diya jaa raha hain. Ek aisi sena jo shanti ki saap nagali hain uthaati hain. Bharat bo des hain, jisne se yukta rash shanti sena ke lag bag, 70 baise pachahat bade mission o mein apne 2 lakh se jada sainik bheje. Bharat bo des hain, jiske sapsi jada sainik in shanti abhiyano me shahid hua hain. Bhaiyur bheno, yeh hum sabhi ke liye gaurav ki baad hain ki aaj humare prayaso mein duniya ke bade bade des, humare saap kandese kandha mila kar chal na chate hain. Yehi karad hain ki 2016 mein, humare international free tribute mein pachahas deso ki nause nao ne hissa liya hain. Yehi karad hain ki ek ke baad ek des humare saap raksha sayo ke samyode karna chate hain. Yehi karad hain ki humare sena e mitra deso ki sena o ke saap, har saal ausatan das bade joint exercise kar rahi hain. Satyo, humare bhejtvik bhejan ki bhajah se hi aaj vishwame ki sena o ka ek alak samman hain. Aaj yadi hind maagar se, hind mahasagar se, payarasi karip karip samapta ho gayi hain, toh iska bhaot baadaas re bhartiye sainya shakti aur uski antharashtya sahajya dariyo ko jaata hain. Humare sarkar ki in koshichon ke beech, aapko pehle kya ho rahaata? Kaise ho rahaata? Iski bhi jaankari aavashak hain. Aap paise baot se lok iss se parichit honge, lakin main aaj is avsar par des te saamne phir kuch jaankariya aati nahi pidi ko bhi jaanna jnuri hain. Khud ko, Bharat ka bhaagya vidata samajne wale logon hain. Deske veer bete betyon ke saath, annyay karne ke saath hi, saindikon aur rahas ki suraksa se bhi khilwaad karne me koi kasar nahi chhodi thi. Saath yon saan 2009 mein, sena ne 1,86,000 bullet proof jacket ki maang ki thi. Bina bullet proof jacket ke hamara jabaan dusmano ki sena ki goniya aur atankya ki chaapa maa karbhai ka saamna kar raha. Apni jaan ki baaji laga kar atankyaon ke saath khatar naag encounter kar raha tha. Saath yon 2009 se lekar 2014 tak 5 saal vidh gaye. Lakin sena ke liye bullet proof jacket nahi kharidhi gayi. Ye hamari hi sarkar hain. Jitne bete saade 4 varshom hain, 2,00,000, 30,000 se jada bullet proof jacket kharide hain. Ab aap pataye, hamare jamano ko suraksa kabat se manchit rakhne ka paap kiya gaya ke nahi kiya gaya. Ye paap, ye kanank, kiske mathe par hain? Saath yon jamano ke saath deshti suraksa ke saad bhi aisi hi apradikla parvahi bati gayi. Paale, sarkar chalane walo ka rawaiya sena ko lekar kaisa raha? Ye musse jada aap jaante sena aur deski suraksa ko un logon ne apni kamai ka sadhan bana liya tha. Shaayat shahidon ko yaj karke unne kuch mil nahi sakta tha. Isli unne bula nahi unne asaan laga. Saath yon boh for se lekar helikopter tak saari jaaj ka ek hi parivar tak pohchana bahot kuch kahe jaata hain. Ab yahi log poori takat laga rahe hain ki bharat mein rafael bhi maan ahi nahi sakhe. Saath yon agle kuch mahinome jab deska pehla rafael baharat ke aas maan mein udhaan bharega to khud hi unka saari koshishon ka, saajishon ko dwatsa kar deega. Saath yon deski sena ko majboot karne ke liye. Hamari sarkar usse atya dhunik aircraft, helikopter, panlubyaan, jaaj aur anna hathyaar se yukta kar rahi hain. Rast hain ko najarandaaj karthe huye, yuk faasle kahi dasa ko se rukhe huye the unne ab ek ke baad ek priority ke aadhaar po liye aadhaara. Sena ke liye atya dhunik rafael ko kharidne aur bharat mein banane ka kaam bhi, hamari sarkar ne hi shuru kia hain. Hali mein sarkar ne bahatar hazaar aadhunik rafael ki kharidi ka order diya. Saath hi hamari sarkar ne 25,000 krono rupee ka ammunition, yani gola, barudu aur goliya mission mode mein kharidi hain. Saath yon, sena ko majboot karne ke baad ho. Yafir shahido ko sanmaan. Kuch logon ke liye deshe bhi apda apna parivar hain. Parivar ke hain. Aaj desh ko rastriya samar smarag milne jaara hain. Lekin rastriya police memorial ki pii to, yahi kahaani thi. Is memorial ko banane aur rast ko samar pit karne ka sawb paige bhi, hamari hi sarkar ko mila. Karib dahi dasak pehle iss smarag ki phail chali thi bhi chme atal ji ki sarkar ke samai baat aage bhi. Lekin unki sarkar ke jaane ke baad hain. Saath yon, aaj desh ka har bhoji. Har nagrik, yeh sabal putra hain ki aakir sahido ke saath, hamare naayakon ke saath, yeh vartav ko ki aagaya. Desh wasio ke saath, sahido ke parivar ke saath, desh ke liye khut ko samar pit karne wale maa naayakon ke saath, iss tarah ka annyaye kyo kiya gaya. Aakir wo kaun si bhaja thi, jiski bhaja se, kisi ka dhyaan shahido ke liye smarag par nahi gaya. Bhai yon bahno, India first, yaa family first, India first nor family first ka jo antar hain, wahi iss ka jabab hain. Skool se lekar hospital tak, highway se lekar airport tak, stadium se lekar award tak, ham dekte aah rahe the, har jaga ekhi parivar ka naam jo da rahe tha tha. Ekhi parivar ke gungaan ka paranaam, uska duspandam, ye niklaan ki inki sarkarome Bharat ke tihas, Bharat ke maanta yaa fir Bharat ke parampara ko, kabhi mahatwa mila hi nahi. Isliye, sarkar me aane ke baat, ham sthiti ko batalne me har tara se jute gaye, aaj sardar patel ho, yaa baba saabam bed kar ho, yaa fir netaji subhachandra bhoos ho. Hamare rast purushon ko, rast ke gaurav ke saab, New India ki atma uski pachan ke saaj jo da gaya hain. Saath yo, mera ye bhi spast maan na hain. Ar ye main dil se batata hoon. Mera spast maan na hain ki Modi mahatapun nahi hain. Balki iss deis ki sabbeta sanskriti aur itihas sapse upar hain. Modi yaad rahe nahi, parantu iss deis ke karo loge ke ghtiak tapasyaan samar par, Veertha aur unki shawre gatha aajar amar rahe nahi chahiye. Saath yo, Purva Sahini ko aur Sahidon ke parivaaron ka jeevan aasan banane ke liye anek kadam bhi te saane 4 verse me uthae hain. Aane wale samai me anek aur fast le liye jayenge. Ab ek majbudh sarkar aapke saamre hain. Jise na mumkin ko mumkin banana aata hain. Rast ke maan ke liye, Veer Viranganao ke samman ke liye, Aap ke liye aapke parivaar ke liye aapka yeh pradhan se baat, Hamesha rast rahid ko sarvo pari rakhte huye hi faasale lega. Deis ki suraksha, deis ki pragati, deis ka vikas, Mere liye yeh lakshe itne pavitra hain. Ki mai, har muskil, har sahjees, Mere rahme aaye har role se ladne ke liye tayar ho. Ek maar fir, rastriya samar smark ke liye, Deis ke har sahinik, Shahidon ke parivaar aur sabhi deis vaasiyo ko, Baat bahut banhae deta ho. Aur mai, deis ke liye jeeval laga de ne baale, Jindagi khapa de ne baale, Jee bhi to deis ke liye, Mere to bhi deis ke liye, Jee to bhi tirange ke liye, Mere to bhi tirange odh karke aise har kisi ko. Mai aaj naman karta ho, Pranam karta ho, Aur meri baat ko samapta karta huye, Aap se awahan karta ho. Aaye meri saad boliye, Bharat Mata ki. Bharat Mata ki. Bharat Mata ki. Vande. Vande. Vande. Vande. Vande. Vande. ... The Convention of the Inauguration of the National War Memorial. He shared with the veterans his thoughts and philosophy and vision for the Indian army and expressed his gratitude to the veterans. The flag does not fly because the breeze moves it. It flies with every breath of the soldier who lives and dies protecting it. of every soldier's every precious breath.