The cultural extravaganza at Gurugram on the day of Haryana entering its golden jubilee year on November 1, will set a ball rolling for year-long celebrations of “swarnim Haryana”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick-off Haryana's golden jubilee (swarna jayanti) celebrations on Tuesday from Gurugram's Tau Devi lal stadium, where more than 100,000 people are expected to congregate.
To commemorate the golden jubilee year of Haryana, the Manohar lal Khattar led BJP Government in the state has planned special events throughout the year to reach out to the people besides ensuring that every citizen of the state participate in the swarna jayanti celebrations.
Haryana state was formed on 1 November 1966. The state was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on linguistic basis.
From organizing cultural festivals to national conventions and launching welfare schemes to special competitions, the State Government has formulated a celebration calendar from November 1, 2016 to October 31, 2017 to mark the special year.
While more than 50 schemes would be launched by the State Government during the golden jubilee year, some of the prominent schemes will be announced by the Prime Minister on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister Manohar lal has said that more than 50 schemes would be launched throughout the next year and more than Rs 1700 crore would be spent on such schemes.
Besides the cultural event at Gurugram, ‘Swarnim Haryana Sadbhawana Sankalp’ will be administrated in all educational institutions, government offices, other institutions on November 1 to begin the golden jubilee celebrations.
Special cell for NRHs
A special cell to redress grievances of Non-Resident Haryanavis (NRHs) would be created during the swarna jayanti year. While the State Government will celebrate ‘Haryana Pravasi Divas’ on January 10, 2017 at Gurugram where prominent NRHs from various parts of the world will be invited, Haryana is the partner state in ‘Parvasi Bhartiya Divas’ to be held in Bangalore on January 10. A swarna jayanti souvenir and fiat would also be given to representatives of the Haryana diaspora from different regions during the Pravasi Haryanavi Divas.
Haryana Utvas
It is proposed to conduct a ‘Haryana Utsav’ on the lines of ‘Bharat Utsav’ with an exhibition on history, heritage, art and culture of Haryana at India Gate lawns. The handloom and handicrafts, tourist destinations, folk art and culture, food and cuisine, industrial development, role in the freedom movement and other aspects of land and people of Haryana will be showcased for residents of and tourist in the national capital. Apart from this, a year-long state level exhibition is planned to be held at the Pragati Maiden, New Delhi to showcase Haryana’s achievements in various sectors.
Swarna Jayanti commemorative medal
A swarna jayanti commemorative medal will be given to 50 distinguished police officials of various ranks. A book on glorious history of Haryana Police will also be launched. A mega police exhibition will be organized by Home Department covering various aspects of police functioning such as investigation, history, uniform, equipment etc. An All India Police Conference on Contemporary Challenges before Police: Road Map ahead is also proposed. A full marathon run for Haryana Police, coffee table books, documentaries, police sports event, state level traffic quiz will also be conducted.
Haryana quiz with Rs 1 crore prize money
The ‘Haryana quiz will be launched in April 2017, as an innovative way of introducing the youth to the rich heritage and pulsating colours of Haryana including its historical, cultural, literary, geographical, industrial and educational peculiarities. It will run through a dedicated website, which will house a large and accurate question bank that is solely focused on facts of Haryana. There will also be a TV quiz show on Haryana where prize money may go upto one crore. This is proposed to be hosted by one of the popular face of TV/cinema.
50 golden targets
50 golden targets for the future to improve various sectors in Haryana have been devised. A ’50 point programme’ is developed with an approach on improving human development index. Taking the next ten years as the time frame, the government will map out its growth vision. The targets will aim at increasing the efficiency of administration so that basic necessities like health, education, drinking water, food, housing and electricity to every Harayanvi.
50 smart villages
The State Government has planned to develop a minimum of 50 smart villages during the swarna jayanti year. A seminar-cum-workshop on the theme of smart villages will also be organized.
Rath Yatra
To make each citizen of the state participate in the swarna jayanti celebrations, as a sequel to the swarna jayanti sankalp, a rath-yatra will commence from April 7, 2017, ‘Vikram Samvat New Year Day’. This procession will cover all 22 districts. The ‘Vikas Yatra’ will continue for 50 days and it will also screen selected Haryanavi films in villages. Each block in the state will be given a ‘Rath’ a decorated vehicle displaying the initiatives and achievements of Haryana Government. Also, every village will organize various events for one full week before the yatra reaches the village. The day when the yatra would enter the village will be celebrated as ‘Swarna Jayanti Sankalp Divas’, the day to make a resolution toward Swarnim Haryana.
Mobile rail exhibition
It is proposed to have a ‘mobile rail exhibition’ depicting state’s rich art and culture, glorious history and heritage, its progress and development and overall growth and achievements. This train may have halt for two to three days on prominent railway stations in Haryana particularly covering district headquarters. This mobile train will also visit nearby states. This exhibition will continue throughout the year at different places within and outside Haryana.
National conventions
An international roundtable of academic institutions (IRAI) will be organized in January 2017 to promote cooperation and collaboration between academic, institutions and industry in India and abroad. Deans, directors, provosts and senior faculty from international academic institutions along with their counterparts from Haryana based universities will participate in the roundtable conference. This will be aimed at signing of several tie-ups in the realm of knowledge-exchange between universities of Haryana and foreign universities.
Haryana Pashu Arogya Abhiyan
‘Haryana Pashu Arogya Abhiyan’ will be started in May/June 2017. It will provide free animal health services including surgery, deworming, vaccination, artificial insemination as well as different extension services at village level.