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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Till July this year 94 Jan Aushadhi Kendras are opened in J&K and Ladakh region and 73 new are proposed
Total sales of these Jan Aushadhi Kendras since 5th August 2019 has crossed Rs. 4.39 Crore which led to total savings of Rs. 31 Crore for the residents of this areas
BPPI have supplied 1.56 Crore Jan Aushadhi Suvidha Sanitary Pads to J&K and Ladakh region,NHM has been distributing these pads free of cost to young Girls and women as a part of “Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram
 has opened 91 Jan Aushadhi Kendras in J&K and 3 Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Ladakh region since January to July this year with an aim of making available quality generic medicines at an affordable price to the residents of these regions.
Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India  under the department of pharmaceuticals Govt of Inadia is the implementing agency of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana 
In J&K First Jan Aushadhi Kendra was opened at Lal Chowk, Srinagar on 9th May 2011 and in Ladakh's first Jan Aushadhi Kendra was opened at SNM Hospital on 9th January, 2012. In last one year i.e. since 5th August, 2019 onwards, BPPI have opened 31 new kendras in J&K and one in Ladakh. Total sales in last one year has crossed Rs. 4.39 Crore in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh which led to total savings of Rs. 31 Crore for residents of this area.
Govt. of J&K and Govt. of Ladakh proposed to open 73 new Jan Aushadhi kendras for which locations have already been identified. The opening of these kendras will be completed after the formation of the news pharmacy councils in both UTs.
Prime minister Shri Narendra Modi had himself spoken to the beneficiaries of the scheme through video conferencing on the occasion of Jan Aushadhi Diwas on 7th March 2020. In this session one of the beneficiaries Mr. Ghulam Nabi Dar , a senior citizen from Pulwama, Kashmir, talked about benefits of the scheme, especially for poor & deprived ones . He also explained how the savings made due to the low cost of generic medicines available in Jan Aushadhi Kendras are shaping their lives as they are using these savings for other constructive works. He had requested hon’ble prime minister to open these Kendra in the region.
Through this Jan Aushadhi kendras, Government of India has also made available Jan Aushadhi Suvidha Sanitary Pads at Rs. 1/- per pad for the underprivileged women throughout the country. Jammu & Kashmir has directly purchased these pads from BPPI under National Health Mission for free distribution. Till now, BPPI have supplied 1.56 Crore pads to J&K and Ladakh region. NHM has been distributing these pads free of cost to young girls and women as a part of “Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram ”.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare  to conduct bankers’ awareness workshop for State Bank of India tomorrow
Awareness about Government of India initiatives for ‘ease of living’ of pensioners
Integrated Pensioners’ Portal to provide all services to pensioners at one place
Under the aegis of Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Personnel, PG and Pensions, to enhance “Ease of Living” of pensioners and family pensioners, Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare, Government of India has taken a number of welfare measures in pension policy as well as in digitization of pension related processes. There have been a number of amendments in the pension rules and several clarificatory orders/ instructions have been issued during the last 50 years. These have been consolidated and brought out as Central Civil Service  Rules, 2021 in December, 2021.
Since the major Pension Disbursing Authorities are banks, the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare has started a series of Awareness Workshops for Central Pension Processing Centers  of Banks as well as their field functionaries handling pension related work in the bank. For this purpose, a Central Government Team led by Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare is at Srinagar to conduct a workshop for the officers of State Bank of India tomorrow.
The objective of these workshops is to spread awareness of the various rules and procedures relevant for Pension Disbursing Banks and also the steps being taken by Government of India to ensure “Ease of Living” for Pensioners. The workshop shall also focus on the issues faced by Bank officials in handling these processes and pensioners’ grievances and note any suggestions forwarded by the Bank officials.
The workshop for officers of State Bank of India is being held on 10th & 11th July, 2023, at Winter Hall, Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Center, Srinagar, J&K. More than 50 officers from CPPCs and pension dealing branches of State Bank of India are participating in this workshop. Bankers’ Awareness workshops, on similar lines, will be conducted in collaboration with other Pension Disbursing Banks in 2023-24. The workshop is also expected to firm up a road-map towards integrating 17 banks with the single-window Integrated Pensioners’ Portal of DoPPW with the objective of providing pensioners with a host of services related to pension and banking. Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated integration of SBI pension seva portal with Integrated Pensioners Portal in October, 2022.
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Ministry of Culture
As part of celebrations to commemorate 75th anniversary of country's independence, free shooting will be allowed in ASI monuments  , starting from 25th December 2020 to 15th August 2021
As a part of celebrations to commemorate the 75th year of India’s Independence, people or agencies working on projects involving the Heritage, National language promotion, Indian tradition and culture, Freedom fighters, Freedom struggle, Folk music and Language and Tourism will be exempt from paying fees for shooting photographs or videos at the monuments maintained by the ASI.
The exemption commences from the Birth Anniversary of former Prime Minister Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 25th December 2020 to next Independence Day 15th August 2021. The online permission is needed to carry out such shooting activities. This waiver will, however, not be applicable at the iconic sites that include world heritage sites under ASI’s management.
The announcement for the same was already made by the Culture Minister Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in November 2020.
The objective to give this permission in other than the world heritage monuments is to promote the less popular monuments and encourage people's engagement with them.
Earlier, the process of issuing permission for shooting at ASI sites has already been fast tracked.
list of monuments/ sites not included for fee exemption
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Four Point Plan chalked out by the department of Commerce to deal with Blockage of Suez Canal
A Four-point plan has been chalked out to deal with the situation arising from the blockage of Suez Canal. This plan was chalked out in a meeting convened by the Logistics Division, Department of Commerce, Government of India today. The meeting was chaired by Shri PawanAgarwal, Special Secretary  and attended by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, ADG Shipping, Container Shipping Lines Association  and Federation of Indian Export Organisations .This plan includes –
- Prioritisation of cargo: FIEO, MPEDA and APEDA will jointly identify cargo particularly perishable cargo for priority movement and work with the shipping lines for the same.
- Freight Rates: CSLA assured that the freight rates as per existing contracts will be honoured. A request has been made to the shipping lines to maintain stability in freight rates during the period of this crisis. It was noted that the situation is temporary and is unlikely to have a long-lasting impact.
- Advisory to Ports: Once the blockage is over, it is expected that some bunching may take place, especially at the ports of JNPT, Mundra and Hazira. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and waterway assured to issue an advisory to these ports so as to gear up arrangements and ensure efficient handling during the forthcoming busy period.
- Re-routing decisions: Shipping lines were advised through CSLA to explore the option of re-routing of ships via the Cape of Good Hope. It was pointed that such re-routing usually takes 15 additional days’ time.
Blockage of Suez Canal since 23rdMarch 2021 is seriously hitting the global trade. This route is used for Indian exports/imports worth US$ 200 Bn to/from North America, South America and Europe. It includes petroleum goods, organic chemicals, iron & steel, automobile, machinery, textiles & carpets, handicrafts including furniture, leather goods, etc.
It was noted in the meeting that over 200 vessels are waiting on the North and South sides of the Suez Canal and about 60 vessels are getting added to the queue on a daily basis. If two more days are taken before the efforts result in clearance of the canal , the total backlog created would be about 350 vessels. It is estimated that this backlog should take about a week’s time to clear out. It was decided in the meeting to closely monitor the situation.
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Meghmallar is the war-time story of every family in erstwhile East Pakistan: Director Zahidur Rahim Anjan
A tragic tale of a life-altering experience an ordinary family faces in war-time: Actor Shahiduzzaman Selim
Through this movie, even post-war generation will be able to experience the real war situations: Actor Aparna Ghosh
: Panaji, January 20, 2021
“In Bangladesh, we call the 1971 Liberation War as the People’s War. My film Meghmallar is the story of a small-town family’s struggle during the war time.” – Bangladeshi Film Director Zahidur Rahim Anjan
“This is not the story of one family, but of every family in the-then East Pakistan. Every family had a contribution in the Liberation War, the most important event of our history.” – Bangladesh’s National Award winning actor Shahiduzzaman Selim.
The Director and Actor hailing from the focus country of IFFI 51 were addressing a press conference at the 51st International Film Festival of India, in Goa today .
Anjan said: “Based on a short story by reputed novelist Akhteruzzaman Elias, Meghmallar narrates the tragic tale of a life-altering experience that an ordinary family goes through in a span of just three days. The film also extensively shows the beauty of my country.”
“We belong to the post-war generation who did not seen the war; through this movie, you will be able to see and experience the real war situations", said Aparna Ghosh, Bangladesh’s national award winning actor who plays the female protagonist in the film.
“We are in a festive mood; this is the 50th year of our independence and 100th birth anniversary of the Father of our Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman”.
Speaking about the film-industry of Bangladesh, Anjan and Selim informed that the Government of Bangladesh supports and provides grants to make good films. However, this genre of films are not commercially successful in Bangladesh, said the Director.
Speaking about outside influence on film-making in Bangladesh, Anjan said: “Not just Indian Bengali cinema, films from other regions of India too exert an influence on our films. Works of legendary Indian film-makers like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen and Rajen Tarafdar are highly respected and admired in our country.”
The Director informed that his future film projects may focus on issues related to environment and women while narrating good stories as these call for more attention.
The film Mehgmallar is the story of Nurul Huda, a chemistry teacher of a Government college in a provincial town. His middle class existence revolves around his wife Asma and 5-year-old daughter Sudha. They have another person living with them, Mintu, Asma’s brother. Suddenly one morning they find that Mintu has left, without informing anyone, to join the freedom fighters. In a night of heavy rain, freedom fighters attack the Pakistani Army Camp located in the college campus. In retaliation, the Army comes to take Nurul Huda into their custody. Nurul Huda gets killed while in captivity, while his family lives on to suffer with wounded hearts.
President's Secretariat
PRESS COMMUNIQUE
The President of India is pleased to appoint Shri Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya, Governor of Nagaland to discharge the functions of the Governor of Manipur, in addition to his own duties, during the absence, on leave, of Dr Najma A. Heptulla, Governor of Manipur.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 153.80 Cr
More than 85 lakh Vaccine Doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 96.01%
1,94,720 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload currently stands at 9,55,319
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 9.82%
With the administration of over 85 lakh Doses  vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 153.80 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
This has been achieved through 1,64,73,522 sessions. The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,89,399
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2nd Dose
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97,56,646
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Precaution Dose
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9,19,729
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,87,898
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2nd Dose
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1,70,01,530
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Precaution Dose
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4,90,048
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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2,82,74,847
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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51,82,89,584
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2nd Dose
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35,80,10,162
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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19,66,15,970
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2nd Dose
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15,78,39,633
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,25,47,749
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2nd Dose
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9,90,09,067
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Precaution Dose
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4,75,938
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Precaution Dose
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18,85,715
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Total
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1,53,80,08,200
60,405 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 3,46,30,536.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 96.01%.
1,94,720 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
India’s Active Caseload is presently at 9,55,319. Active cases constitute 2.65% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 17,61,900 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 69.52 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 9.82% and the Daily Positivity rate also reported to be 11.05%.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Govt approves setting up of Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at Hubli-Dharwad in Karnataka
Rs 180-cr project will generate 18,000 jobs; nine companies/start-ups have already committed to make investment of Rs 340 crores
Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced in Bengaluru today the approval for setting of the Rs 180 crore worth Electronics Manufacturing Cluster  at Dharwad which is expected to create over 18,000 jobs.
The project, which is being set up at Kotur-Balur Industrial Area in Dharwad District of Karnataka under EMC 2.0 scheme, is expected to catalyse investments to the tune of over Rs 1,500 crore soon. Nine companies, including start-ups have already committed to make investment of Rs 340 crore with employment potential of 2,500 people.
“Karnataka is emerging as a global Electronics manufacturing hub for the world, just as it is already a telecom hub with Apple plants in Kolar  and Devanahalli . These new investments are creating jobs and development. The Narendra Modi government is committed to build India as a manufacturing hub as part of its ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ policies,” the Minister said.
This EMC has strategic locational advantage and well connected with NH -48 , Hubli Domestic Airport  which will reduce the logistics/ transportation cost of the industry in the EMC.
The Centre has already approved a Common Facility Centre  for development of an advanced testing facility in Mysore, Karnataka that will meet the various testing requirement of the industry.
The Modified Electronics Manufacturing Cluster  scheme was introduced on 1st April 2020 with an objective to create world class infrastructure along with common testing facilities, including Ready Built Factory sheds/Plug & Play infrastructure for attracting Anchor unit along with their supply chain to set up their manufacturing/production facility in the country.
Under the Scheme, three Electronics Manufacturing Clusters over an area of 1,337 acres with project cost of Rs 1,903 crore, including Central financial assistance of Rs 889 crore have been approved which projected investment target of Rs 20,910 crore.
As a result of these initiatives by the Government, India has come a long way in electronics manufacturing in the past eight years.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Effect of Major Port Authorities Act, 2021
The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 provide for regulation, operation and planning of Major Ports in India and vests the administration, control and management of such ports upon the Boards of Major Port Authorities. The legislation empowers these ports to perform with greater efficiency on account of increased autonomy in decision making and by modernizing their institutional framework.
These ports have been empowered to fix Scale of Rates for port services and assets. PPP concessionaires are free to fix tariffs based on market conditions etc. The compact Board with professional independent Members is capable of strengthening decision-making and strategic planning.
The total capacity of Major Ports and the amount of cargo handled prior to the commencement of the Act is given as under:
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Year
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Capacity

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Cargo Volume

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2018-19
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1514.09
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699.10
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2019-20
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1534.91
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704.93
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2020-21
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1560.61
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672.68million tonnes per annum
Connectivity is one of the critical enablers for ports as it is the end to end effectiveness of the logistics system that drives competitiveness for industry. Sagarmala programme has a dedicated pillar of Port connectivity projects for enhancing connectivity between ports and domestic production / consumption centers.
There are 190 road and rail connectivity projects worth Rs. 1.22 lakh crore identified for implementation under Sagarmala focusing on connectivity of major and non-major ports. Out of which, 50 projects have been completed and 140 projects are in various stages of development and implementation. These projects are primarily being implemented by Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways , Major Port Authorities and other State agencies.
The Government has taken several initiatives towards Port modernization, mechanization and digitalization with emphasis on ease of doing business initiatives. This includes the introduction of web-based e-forms, direct port delivery, container scanners, radio frequency identification based systems for gate automation, single window interface for facilitating trade and integration of more and more sea ports with the Port Community System software.
Further, as part of Maritime India Vision  2030, globally benchmarked targets have been defined to help India develop best-in-class port infrastructure. The development of Indian Ports is estimated to drive cost savings to the tune of Rs. 6,000-7,000 Crore per annum for EXIM clients and help unlock Rs. 70,000 - 75,000 Crore worth of potential revenue. MIV 2030 targets 423 MTPA of capacity addition at Major Ports for the next 10 years. A total investment cost of over Rs. 33,400 Crore has been envisaged for this capacity expansion. Out of this, approximately 95% capacity expansion is likely to be planned under Public Private Partnership  / Captive mode by Major Ports.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Ministry of Finance
DGGI Surat arrested absconding accused in fake invoice case
Surat Zonal Unit of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence  has acted again in case of fake / bogus invoices. During the month July-2019 Searches had been conducted at many places in this regard leading to unearthing the issue of fake / bogus invoices without supply of goods involving fraudulent ITC amounting to Rs. 195 crores. Two persons, one Chandrakant Jadav and other Devang Chimanlal Parekh were arrested on 28/07/2019. In this connection Mastermind of the above racket one Vishal Pravinbhai Sonawala was arrested by the DGGI, Surat Zonal Unit on today i.e. 21/08/2019, who was absconding since the above searches. He has accepted issuance of fake bill of value amounting to approx. Rs. 120 Crores involving fraudulent ITC amounting to Rs. 21.6 Crores. During investigation, Sonawala confessed that he has passed on ITC on the basis of invoices issued by fake/bogus firms without actual supply of goods.
Mr. Vishal Pravinbhai Sonawala was handed over to the local police and will be produced before the Hon’ble Chief Judicial Magistrate, Surat tomorrow i.e. 22.08.2019. Further investigation in the matter is on.
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Ministry of Culture
MoS Culture Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal opens the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav- 22nd Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2022
NSD should prepare plays based on incidents connected with unsung heroes and bring their stories of courage and bravery before citizens of the country: Sh. Arjun Ram Meghwal
Ministry of Culture, Government of India is celebrating India’s 75th year of Independence as Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. On this occasion, National School of Drama , New Delhi is organizing a festival “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav- 22nd Bharat Rang Mahotsav, 2022 ” to remember and pay tribute to our freedom fighters, under “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav 2022” from 16th July to 14th August 2022. The opening ceremony of the festival was inaugurated by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Culture, Govt. of India Sh. Arjun Ram Meghwal. Ms. Malini Awasthi, Padma Shree Awardee, Renowned Indian folk Singer and Sh. Arvind Kumar and Director, Ministry of Culture, were among those who were present on the occasion .
Addressing on the occasion , Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal stated that there are many unsung heroes of freedom struggle who have actively participated in the freedom movement, yet have been unable to become a part of our history of freedom struggle. Giving an example , he also mentioned that in the year 1913 in Maangarh, the tribes of that region have been brutally tortured and killed but it is not a well highlighted incident. The theatre activists and the National School of Drama should come forward to prepare plays based on those incidents switch should be performed across the country to make the citizens aware of such heroes and bring out their stories of bravery and courage, he added.
Ms. Malini Awasthi in her address mentioned the various folk songs that were being sung across large part of India in the praise of the freedom fighters. Many of such songs were banned by the British Government but folk artists kept on singing them and thus taking the stories of unsung heros to the next generation. Prof.  Ramesh Chandra Gaur, Director, National School of Drama, presided over the festival.
The opening ceremony followed by the performance of the play “Aranyadhipati Tantia Mama” Directed by Sh. Bansi Kaul.