PM announces Mission Sudarshan Chakra: national security shield for strategic and civilian sites by 2035
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Mission Sudarshan Chakra in his Independence Day address on 15 August 2025, saying that by 2035 important strategic and civilian places would get complete security cover through new technology platforms.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Mission Sudarshan Chakra in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort on 15 August 2025. He said that in the coming 10 years, by 2035, all important places of the nation, including strategic as well as civilian areas such as hospitals, railways and centres of faith, would be given complete security cover through new platforms of technology, and that this national security shield would be expanded, strengthened and modernised. Describing the mission as a powerful weapon system that will not only neutralise the enemy's attack but also hit back at the enemy many times more, he said it would also aim at a system for targeted precise action. The name takes inspiration from Lord Shri Krishna's Sudarshan Chakra.
Key facts
- Announced
- 15 Aug 2025, Independence Day address
- Timeline
- Next 10 years, by 2035
- Coverage
- Strategic and civilian areas – hospitals, railways, centres of faith
- Capability
- Neutralise enemy attack and hit back many times more
- Precision
- System for targeted precise action
- Inspiration
- Lord Shri Krishna's Sudarshan Chakra
Practice MCQs 4 questions
By which year did the Prime Minister say important strategic and civilian places would get complete security cover under Mission Sudarshan Chakra?
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Correct answer: B — 2035
The Prime Minister said that in the coming 10 years, by 2035, all important places of the nation, strategic as well as civilian, would be given complete security cover through new platforms of technology.
The name of Mission Sudarshan Chakra, announced on 15 August 2025, draws inspiration from which figure?
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Correct answer: D — Lord Shri Krishna
The Prime Minister said the country had chosen the path of the Sudarshan Chakra taking inspiration from Lord Shri Krishna.
Consider the following statements about Mission Sudarshan Chakra: 1. Its security cover is limited to military installations and excludes civilian sites. 2. The Prime Minister described it as a powerful weapon system that will neutralise enemy attacks and also hit back at the enemy. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Statement 1 is incorrect: the Prime Minister said the cover would include strategic as well as civilian areas such as hospitals, railways and centres of faith. Statement 2 is correct: he described the mission as a powerful weapon system that will not only neutralise the enemy's attack but also hit back many times more.
Consider the following statements about Mission Sudarshan Chakra as described in the 2025 Independence Day address: 1. The mission aims to develop a system for targeted precise action. 2. The mission is to be completed over 25 years, by the centenary of Independence in 2047. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct: the Prime Minister said the country would move towards developing a system for targeted precise action through Sudarshan Chakra. Statement 2 is incorrect: the timeline stated was the coming 10 years, till 2035.