Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced free online coaching for various examinations to help students. He also said 10 million youths will be trained in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the next one year.PM Modi was addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on Independence Day 2026. (PTI photo)Addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on Independence Day 2026, PM Modi said that the government will establish a network for providing free online coaching to students by bringing together digital public infrastructure, teachers and educators.“The competition surrounding coaching classes has become a huge burden for middle-class families. Every parent feels that if they do not send their children to a coaching centres, they are somehow falling behind or do not belong to a respectable family. Keeping the concerns of poor and middle-class families in mind, we want to help save them the thousands of crores of rupees which they spend on coaching. Our young people should be able to stay close to their families, receive their care, and avoid placing an additional financial burden on them,” Modi said.Also Read:What is PM Modi’s ‘Saptadhara’ plan to achieve Viksit Bharat: Explained“Therefore, we have decided to provide free online coaching for various competitive examinations for our youth. We have digital public infrastructure, and we have highly talented teachers and educators. By bringing these resources together, we will provide free coaching to the country’s young people and build an entire network for this purpose,” he added.The government’s online coaching move comes weeks after youth-led protests against examination irregularities were held across various parts of the country including Delhi’s Jantar Mantar which forced Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as Union education minister on July 25.In his address to the nation, PM Modi said that ten million youths in the country will be given training in AI in one year.“My dear fellow citizens, when I speak of a Viksit Bharat, when I speak of advancing the nation at high speed—who is the greatest beneficiary of this? Who is the greatest driving force behind all these efforts?If there is a driving force, it is the youth of my country. It is the power of my nation’s youth. The youth have an immense role to play in the journey toward a Viksit Bharat... Today, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, I wish to make an announcement for the youth of the country: We have resolved that in the coming one year, we will work to provide AI skill training to 1 crore youth, so that the youth of our nation possess the capability to lead the world in the domain of AI as well,” he said.PM Modi also hailed the country’s youth in his Independence Day speech.Hailing Indian youth during his Independence Day speech, PM Modi said youth have a very important role in the journey towards a developed India. “Not only that, they will also be the biggest beneficiaries of a developed India. Therefore, we have to link the goal of a developed India with our youth and move forward. We have to make the youth our highest priority,” PM Modi said.