Independence Day 2020 Live Updates: India Celebrates 74th Independence Day timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Narendra Modi today addressed the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort and exhorted citizens to move towards building an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' on India's 74th Independence Day. Multi-layered security arrangements and social distancing norms are in place for the event this year.

The delimitation exercise is going on in Jammu and Kashmir under the chairmanship of a retired Supreme Court judge. As soon as the delimitation process is over, elections will be conducted, PM Modi said. The delimitation exercise will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the JK Reorganisation Act of 2019 that split the state into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir with an assembly and Ladakh without an assembly. Delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir will be based on the Census of 2011 due to an amendment in the JK Reorganisation Act.