President Ram Nath Kovind will address the nation on Friday on the eve of the 70th Republic Day.
The address will be broadcast from 7pm on the entire national network of All India Radio and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in Hindi followed by the English version, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
This will be followed by broadcast in regional languages by regional channels of Doordarshan, it said in a statement.
The AIR will broadcast regional language versions 9.30pm onwards on its respective regional networks, the statement said.