PM's speech today may have crowd-sourced suggestions

August 15, 2015 06:45

NDTV reports: Prime Minister Narendra Modi who broke with tradition for his first Independence Day speech, will do so again for his second, said sources.

The PM's address from the historic red fort will reportedly include goals that have been crowd-sourced. Suggestions delivered through MyGov.in. A receptacle for public comments has included a mission to make India free of plastic bags and a comprehensive health insurance scheme for the poor.

Last year, the PM went off-script and refused to deliver his speech from behind a bullet-proof screen, as his predecessor had done.

Sources say that last year, it was input from ministers that was parsed for some parts of the PM's address. This year, he wanted the public to have its say.

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