# PM Modi announces free online coaching for youth on I-Day 2026-08-15T15:05:33+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets (3 source reports) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced free online coaching for youth from poor and middle-class families, speaking from the Red Fort on the 80th Independence Day. He said the rising cost of private coaching has become a financial burden, and the initiative aims to cover various competitive exams. In a separate announcement, the PM said one crore youth will receive AI training over the next year, touching on robotics, quantum technology, and space. Modi reiterated the goal of making India a developed nation by 2047, with youth as key beneficiaries and contributors. The government has not yet released details on the platform or launch date for the free coaching programme. ## Coverage - bazaar.businesstoday.in - tupaki.com - tupaki.com (2) This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:16:35+00:00. Tags: Artificial intelligence, India, Narendra Modi, Red Fort Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pm-modi-announces-free-online-coaching-for-youth-on-i-day/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pm-modi-announces-free-online-coaching-for-youth-on-i-day/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/