Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Independence Day that his government will provide free online coaching for competitive examinations and train 10 million young people in artificial intelligence skills within a year. Speaking from the Red Fort (a 17th-century Mughal monument in New Delhi that serves as the traditional venue for India's August 15 Independence Day address), Modi said the measures aim to reduce the financial strain on poor and middle-class families caught up in the country's intensely competitive education system. The announcement follows nationwide youth-led protests triggered by the leak of a key medical entrance exam paper and other recruitment scandals, which cost the education minister his job and exposed widespread frustration over access to jobs and educational opportunities in the world's most populous country.