Some of these special guests are scheduled to visit the National War Memorial and call on Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt as part of their stay in Delhi, the statement said…reports Asian Lite News
This year marks the 77th anniversary of Independence Day, and the central government is organising an extensive celebration.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the flag on Delhi’s Red Fort, and then address the country as is customary.
The event’s theme is “Nation First, Always First,” and over 1800 special guests from different walks of life have been invited as part of the “Jan Bhagidari” campaign this year, which encourages citizens all around the nation to take part in the celebrations.
Around 1,800 special guests from every corner of the country, representing a variety of professions, have been invited, according to the defence ministry statement released on 13 August.
Sarpanches from “Vibrant Villages,” teachers, nurses, farmers, fishermen, labourers who helped build the Central Vista Project in New Delhi, employees in the khadi (handspun cloth) industry, teachers who have received national awards for their work in education, workers for the Border Roads Organisation, and participants in the “Amrit Sarovar” and “Har Ghar Jal Yojana” projects carried out in various regions of the nation are all included.
The goal of the “Vibrant Villages” programme is to raise the level of living for those who live in border villages. In order to reverse the tendency of emigration and so strengthen border security, the project aims to incentivize residents to remain in these settlements.
Some of these special guests are scheduled to visit the National War Memorial and call on Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt as part of their stay in Delhi, the statement said.
Additionally, 75 couples from each state and Union Territory, in their traditional attire, have been invited to witness the ceremony, according to the defence ministry statement released on 13 August.
A larger number of guests have been invited compared to last year.
According to PTI, 250 from the farmer-producer organisations scheme; 50 participants each of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme (PM-KISAN) and the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY); 50 ‘shram yogis (construction workers)’ of the Central Vista project, including the new Parliament building; 50 khadi workers, those involved in construction of border roads, making of Amrit Sarovars and Har Ghar Jal Yojana each, as well as 50 primary school teachers, and fisherfolk each.
Two programme recipients from the state of Maharashtra have been selected to attend the Independence Day celebrations at the venerable Red Fort.
The 54-year-old farmer from Pune, Ashok Sudam Ghule said, “I never imagined I’d get the chance to visit New Delhi’s Red Fort. Being there on Independence Day feels like a dream fulfilled.” Ghule, a sugarcane farmer with a 1.5-acre piece of land, is a beneficiary of the PM-KISAN scheme.
With some exclusions, the PM-KISAN scheme is intended to provide financial assistance to farming families who own property that is suitable for cultivation. In accordance with this programme, three equal payments of Rs 2,000 each totalling Rs 6,000 are made annually directly into the farmers’ Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.
Beneficiaries of various Central government schemes from Uttarakhand will be among the 1,700 people invited from across the country as special guests.
Dinesh Chandra Tripathi from a village in Nainital who is among the invitees from Uttarakhand, said it was a proud moment for him to be invited as a special guest to witness the Independence Day celebrations. Tripathi runs a Farmer Producer Organisation with 521 farmers.
Another FPO beneficiary, Bharat Singh Rautela from Jhala village in Uttarkashi district expressed a similar sentiment.
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