The Prime Minister said the initiative would combine digital public infrastructure, teachers and talent to reduce coaching costs for poor and middle-class families.
The programme would mark a sharp expansion of existing AI skilling efforts, with Modi also highlighting opportunities in aviation, sports, green mobility and other emerging sectors.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a 75-minute Independence Day speech, the shortest in four years and his fourth shortest ever in 13 consecutive Red Fort addresses.
The framework places manufacturing, food processing and technology at its core, alongside infrastructure, defence, the green and blue economy, and India's soft power.
A parliamentary panel says nearly 73% of students do not continue through higher secondary, pointing to a steep fall in the number of schools and enrolments at advanced levels.