Lok Sabha Question No. 3142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Amrut Mahotsava
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3142

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2021

## AMRUT MAHOTSAV

## 3142. SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  steps  being  taken  for  Amrut  Mahotsav  of  2022  on  the  75 th year  of our Independence so far and to resonate with the vision of Atma Nirbharta ;
- (b) the  funds  sanctioned/spent  so  far  along  with  future  action  plan  worked  out  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a)  & (b) A National Implementation Committee under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Home Minister has been constituted ( Annexure-I ) for planning activities under the commemoration of 75 th Anniversary of India's Independence (Amrit Mahotsava). So far, two meetings of NIC have been held, on 25 th November 2020 and 26 th February 2021. A Committee of Secretaries has also been set up for this commemoration ( Annexure-II ), which has met five times so far-on 20.08.2020, 30.10.2020, 07.11.2020, 16.12.2020 and 28.01.2021.

Now  Government  has  constituted  a  National  Committee  headed  by  Hon'ble  PM consisting of  259  members  vide Gazette Notification issued on 5 th March,  2021 ( Annexure-III ).  First  meeting  of  NC  was  held  on  8 th March,2021 through  virtual  mode where Hon'ble PM interacted with members of NC to discuss modalities for celebration of 75 th Anniversary of India's Independence under the commemoration.

A number of activities have been identified for celebrating the event in a befitting manner at  national  and  international  level.  It  has  also  been  decided  that  activities  will begin 75 weeks prior to 15 th August 2022.   Accordingly, l2th March 2021 has been chosen as the date of launch of these celebrations. On the day, a freedom march from Sabarmati Ashram will be flagged off by Hon'ble Prime Minister which will culminate at Dandi in Navsari district in Gujarat.

State  Govts/UT  Govts  have  also  been  requested  to  form  State/District level committees  for  guiding  the  Amrit  Mahotsav  commemoration  on  themes  such  as  Atma Nirbharta.

No specific allocation of funds has been made in the Union budget. All the   Ministries of  Government  of  India  will  work  out  their  action  plan  within  their  regular  budget allocation.

To:

## File No. CM-21035/2/2020-C&M Government of India Ministry of Culture

## ORDER

It has been decided with the approval of Prime Minister's Office to constitute a common National Implementation Committee (NIC) for a period of three years i.e. from 2020 to 2022 for the commemorations scheduled for 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The composition and terms of reference of the NIC will be as under:-

## Composition of Core Committee

| (i)   | Hon'ble Home Minister                  | Chairman         |
|-------|----------------------------------------|------------------|
| (ii)  | Hon'ble Minister of Finance            | Member           |
| (iii) | Hon'ble Minister of Culture            | Member           |
| (iv)  | Secretary, Ministry of Culture         | Member Secretary |
| (v)   | Financial Advisor, Ministry of Culture | Member           |

## Terms of reference

- (i)  The  NIC  may  associate  additional  members  based  on  the  commemoration  that  is agreed.
- (ii)  The NIC will examine all proposals for celebration of various commemoration and take appropriate decisions which will be considered by the Government for implementation subject to extant rules, instructions and practices.
- (iii)  This order comes into force with effect from date of issue.

-Sd-

(S.C.Barmma)

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

- (i) All Members of National Implementation Committee (NIC)
- (ii) PS to Minister of Culture
- (iii) Sr.PPS to Secretary (Culture)
- (iv) Sr.PPS to SS&FA (Culture)

Copy for information to :- Prime Minister's Office with reference to their ID No.58/58/C/2/2017-ES-2 dated 31.01.2020 (Attn: Ms. Aishvarya Singh, Deputy Secretary)

## Annexure-I

New Delhi

Dated 12 th February, 2020

To

## F No. 21035/2/2020-Special Cell: Government of India Ministry of Culture

New Delhi, 16th February, 2021

## O R D E R

The  Competent  Authority  has  decided  to  modify  the  composition  of  the  National Implementation Committee (NIC) for the  commemorations scheduled for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Therefore, in supersession of Ministry of Culture's order dated 12 th February, 2020, the new composition of the committee shall be as under:

| (i)   | Hon'ble Home Minister                  | Chairman         |
|-------|----------------------------------------|------------------|
| (ii)  | Hon'ble Minister of Finance            | Member           |
| (iii) | Hon'ble Minister of Culture            | Member           |
| (iv)  | Hon'ble Minister of I & B              | Member           |
| (v)   | Secretary, Ministry of Culture         | Member Secretary |
| (vi)  | Secretary, Ministry of I&B             | Member           |
| (vii) | Financial Advisor, Ministry of Culture | Member           |

2.         The terms of reference of the National Implementation Committee shall be as under:
- i. The NIC may associate additional members based on the commemoration that is agreed.
- ii. The NIC will examine all proposals for celebrations of various commemorations and take appropriate decisions which will be considered by the Government for implementation subject to extent rules, instructions and practices.
- iii. The NIC will be empowered to exercise financial powers and accord sanction of expenditure for all matters in connection with the commemoration of 75 th Anniversary of India's Independence.

-Sd(Nirupama Kotru) Joint Secretary to the Government of India

All Members of National Implementation Committee (NIC) PS to Minister of Culture Sr PPS to Secretary Culture

## Copy to:

All Members of the Committee.

## Copy for information to:

Prime Minister's  Office  (Shri  Raghuraj  Rajendran,  Director)  with  reference  to  the  ID No.5227874/2020-TG Cell dated 14.10.2020

-Sd(Bharat Khera) Joint Secretary to the Government of India

## No.1/115/1/2020-TS CABINET SECRETARIAT RASHTRAPATI BHAWAN (TS CELL)

***

New Delhi, dated the 22 nd October, 2020

## ORDER

## Subject: Commemoration of 75 years of India's Independence (Bharat Ka Amrut Mahotsav) - regarding.

The  Competent  Authority  has  approved  the  constitution  of  a  Committee  with  the following composition to conceptualise, propose and execute the celebrations relating to 75 years of India's Independence.

| i.   | Cabinet Secretary                     | : Chairperson   |
|------|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
| ii.  | Home Secretary                        | : Member        |
| iii. | Foreign Secretary                     | : Member        |
| iv.  | Defense Secretary                     | : Member        |
| v.   | Secretary, M/o Culture                | : Member        |
| vi.  | Secretary, Information & Broadcasting | : Member        |

Secretaries of other Ministries may be co-opted as Members on functional requirement basis, as and when required.

2. Terms of Reference of the Committee shall be follows:
2. (i) The  Committee  shall  conceptualise,  propose  and  execute  the  celebrations relating to 75 years of India's Independence.
3. (ii) The Committee  shall draw up the calendar of activities/events for the celebrations, including certain activities/events to be planned to commence 75 weeks  before  15 th August  2022,  with  the  duration  of  the  commemoration planned up to 15 th August 2023.
4. (iii) The  Committee  shall also propose  the composition of  two  Committees regarding the celebrations viz. (i) High-Level Committee of prominent personalities to organize the celebrations (ii) Group of Ministers to oversee the arrangements and achievements related to the celebrations.

-Sd-

(Bharat Khera) Joint Secretary to the Government of India Tel: 23013662

## Annexure-II

SECRET

## The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-05032021-225666 EXTRAORDINARY PART-I Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

## No.83 NEW DLEHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2021/PHALGUNA 14,1942

## Ministry of Culture Notification

F.No.  21037/22/2021-Special  Cell: To  commemorate the 75 th Anniversary  of  India's Independence  in  befitting  manner  the  Competent  Authority  has  approved  the constitution of a National Committee. The composition of the National Committee is as under:-

## Chairman

Shri Narendra Modi

## Prime Minister of India

## Members

|   S.No. | Name                            | Designation                                                                                                                                           |
|---------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil   | Former President of India                                                                                                                             |
|       2 | Shri Sharad Arvind Bobde        | Chief Justice of India                                                                                                                                |
|       3 | Shri Om Birla                   | Speaker Lok Sabha                                                                                                                                     |
|       4 | Shri Raj Nath Singh             | Minister of Defence                                                                                                                                   |
|       5 | Shri Amit Shah                  | Minister of Home Affairs                                                                                                                              |
|       6 | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari       | Minister of Road Transport & Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises                                                            |
|       7 | Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda       | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers                                                                                                                 |
|       8 | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman         | Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs                                                                                                 |
|       9 | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar       | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Food Processing Industries |
|      10 | Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad        | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology                                        |
|      11 | Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot        | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment                                                                                                            |
|      12 | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar     | Minister of External Affairs                                                                                                                          |
|      13 | Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' | Minister of Education                                                                                                                                 |
|      14 | Shri Arjun Munda                | Minister of Tribal Affairs                                                                                                                            |
|      15 | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani         | Minister of Women and Child Development and Minister of Textiles                                                                                      |
|      16 | Dr. Harsh Vardhan               | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences                                             |
|      17 | Shri Prakash Javdekar           | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Minister of Information & Broadcasting; and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises   |

Tel: 23013662

| 18.     | Shri Piyush Goyal                       | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 19.     | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan                 | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 20.     | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi                | Minister of Minority Affairs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 21.     | Shri Pralhad Joshi                      | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 22.     | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey                | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 23.     | Shri Giriraj Singh                      | Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 24.     | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat           | Minister of Jal Shakti                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 25.     | Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar              | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 26.     | Shri Rao Inderjit Singh                 | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 27.     | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik                 | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 28.     | Dr. Jitendra Singh                      | State in the Ministry of Defence Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space |
| 29.     | Shri Kiren Rijiju                       | Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Ministry of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 30.     | Shri Prahlad Singh Patel                | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 31.     | Shri Raj Kumar Singh                    | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship                                                                                                                                     |
| 32.     | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri                 | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry                                                                                                                                            |
| 33.     | Shri Manshukh Mandaviya                 | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 34. 35. | Shri H.D. Devegowda Shri Manmohan Singh | Former Prime Minister Former Prime Minister                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

| 36.     | Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan                 | Governor Andhra Pradesh                                          |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 37.     | Brig. (Dr.) B.D.Mishra (Retd.)                | Governor Arunachal Pradesh                                       |
| 38.     | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi                           | Governor Assam                                                   |
| 39.     | Shri Phagu Chauhan                            | Governor Bihar                                                   |
| 40.     | Sushri Anusuiya Uikey                         | Governor Chattisgarh                                             |
| 41.     | Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari                    | Governor Goa & Maharashtra                                       |
| 42.     | Shri Acharya Devvrat                          | Governor Gujarat                                                 |
| 43.     | Shri Satyadev Narayan Arya                    | Governor Haryana                                                 |
| 44.     | Shri Bandaru Dattatraya                       | Governor Himachal Pradesh                                        |
| 45.     | Smt. Droupadi Murmu                           | Governor Jharkhand                                               |
| 46.     | Shri Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala                   | Governor Karnataka                                               |
| 47.     | Shri Arif Mohammed Khan                       | Governor Kerala                                                  |
| 48.     | Smt. Anandiben Patel                          | Governor Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh                          |
| 49.     | Dr. Najma A. Heptulla                         | Governor Manipur                                                 |
| 50.     | Shri Satya Pal Malik                          | Governor Meghalaya                                               |
| 51.     | Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai                   | Governor Mizoram                                                 |
| 52.     | Shri R.N. Ravi                                | Governor Nagaland                                                |
| 53.     | Prof. Ganeshi Lal                             | Governor Odisha                                                  |
| 54.     | Shri V.P. Singh Badnore                       | Governor Punjab & Administrator                                  |
|         |                                               | Chandigarh                                                       |
| 55.     | Shri Kalraj Mishra                            | Governor Rajasthan                                               |
| 56.     | Shri Ganga Prasad                             | Governor Sikkim                                                  |
| 57.     | Shri Banwarilal Purohit                       | Governor Tamil Nadu                                              |
| 58.     | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan                   | Governor Telangana & LG of Puducherry                            |
| 59.     | Shri Ramesh Bais                              | Governor Tripura                                                 |
| 60.     | Smt. Baby Rani Maurya                         | Governor Uttarakhand                                             |
| 61.     | Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar                         | Governor West Bengal                                             |
| 62. 63. | Shri Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Shri Pema Khandu | Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh |
| 64.     | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal                       | Chief Minister, Assam                                            |
| 65.     | Shri Nitish Kumar                             | Chief Minister, Bihar                                            |
| 66.     | Shri Bhupesh Baghel                           | Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh                                     |
| 67.     | Shri Arvind Kejriwal                          | Chief Minister, Delhi                                            |
| 68.     | Shri Pramod Sawant                            | Chief Minister, Goa                                              |
| 69.     | Shri Vijaybhai R Rupani                       | Chief Minister, Gujarat                                          |
| 70.     | Shri Manohar Lal Khattar                      | Chief Minister, Haryana                                          |
| 71.     | Shri Jai Ram Thakur                           | Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh                                 |
| 72.     | Shri Hemant Soren                             | Chief Minister, Jharkhand                                        |
| 73.     | Shri B. S. Yediyurappa                        | Chief Minister, Karnataka                                        |
| 74.     | Shri Pinarayi Vijayan                         | Chief Minister, Kerala                                           |
| 75.     | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan                    | Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh                                   |
| 76.     | Shri Uddhav Thackeray                         | Chief Minister, Maharashtra                                      |
| 77.     | Shri N. Biren Singh                           | Chief Minister, Manipur                                          |
| 78.     | Shri Conrad Sangma                            | Chief Minister, Meghalaya                                        |
| 79.     | Shri Pu Zoramthanga                           | Chief Minister, Mizoram                                          |
| 80.     | Shri Neiphiu Rio                              | Chief Minister, Nagaland                                         |
| 81.     | Shri Naveen Patnaik                           | Chief Minister, Odisha                                           |
| 82.     | Shri Amarinder Singh                          | Chief Minister, Punjab                                           |
| 83.     | Shri Ashok Gehlot                             | Chief Minister, Rajasthan                                        |
| 84.     | Shri P. S. Golay                              | Chief Minister, Sikkim                                           |
| 85.     | Shri Edpappadi K Palaniswami                  | Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu                                       |
| 86.     | Shri Biplab Kumar Deb Rao                     | Chief Minister, Tripura Chief Minister, Telangana                |
| 87.     | Shri K. Chandrashekar Shri Yogi Adityanath    | Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh                                    |
| 88.     | Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat                    | Chief Minister, Uttarakhand                                      |
| 89.     | Ms. Mamta Banerjee                            | Chief Minister, West Bengal                                      |
| 90.     | Shri P.K. Mishra                              | Principal Secretary to Prime Minister                            |
| 91.     |                                               | National Security Adviser to PM                                  |
| 92.     | Shri Ajit Doval                               | Bharat Ratna Awardee                                             |
| 93. 94. | Ms. Lata Mangeshkar Shri Amartya Sen          | Bharat Ratna Awardee                                             |
| 95.     | Shri C.N.R. Rao                               | Bharat Ratna Awardee                                             |

| 96.       | Shri Sachin Tendulkar                                         | Bharat Ratna Awardee                                                            |
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| 97.       | Shri Harivansh                                                | Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha                                                    |
| 98.       | Shri K.K. Venugopal                                           | Attorney General of India                                                       |
| 99.       | Shri Rajiv Gauba                                              | Cabinet Secretary                                                               |
| 100.      | Shri Anil Baijal                                              | Lt. Governor Delhi                                                              |
| 101.      | Admiral D.K. Joshi                                            | Lt. Governor, Andaman & Nicobar                                                 |
| 102.      | Shri Praful Patel                                             | Administrator, Daman & Diu and Dadar & Nagar, and Administration of Lakshadweep |
| 103.      | Shri R.K. Mathur                                              | Lt. Governor, Ladakh                                                            |
| 104.      | Shri Manoj Sinha                                              | Lt. Governor, Jammu & Kashmir                                                   |
| 105.      | General Bipin Rawat                                           | Chief of Defence Staff                                                          |
| 106.      | Admiral Karambir Singh                                        | Armed Forces                                                                    |
| 107.      | Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Singh Bhadauria                      | Armed Forces                                                                    |
| 108.      | General Manoj Mukund Naravane                                 | Armed Forces                                                                    |
| 109.      | Shri Ajay Bhalla                                              | Home Secretary                                                                  |
| 110.      | Shri Ajay Kumar                                               | Defence Secretary                                                               |
| 111.      | Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury                                   | Leader, INC Lok Sabha                                                           |
| 112.      | Shri L.K. Advani                                              | Former Deputy Prime Minister of India                                           |
| 113.      | Shri J.P. Nadda                                               | President, BJP                                                                  |
| 114.      | Smt. Sonia Gandhi                                             | President, Indian National Congress                                             |
| 115.      | Shri Prakash Singh Badal                                      | Leader, Akali Dal                                                               |
| 116.      | Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad                                         | Former Leader of Opposition-Rajya Sabha                                         |
| 117.      | Shri Ram Gopal Yadav                                          | Leader-Samajwadi Party, Rajya Sabha                                             |
| 118.      | Shri Tiruchi Siva                                             | Leader-DMK Rajya Sabha                                                          |
| 119. 120. | Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav Ms. Mayawati                         | Political Leader Political Leader                                               |
| 121.      | Shri Manohar Joshi                                            | Former Lok Sabha Speaker                                                        |
| 122.      | Shri S.C. Jamir                                               | Political Leader                                                                |
| 123.      | Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta                                   | Political Leader                                                                |
| 124.      | Shri Karan Singh                                              | Political Leader                                                                |
| 125.      | Shri Farooq Abdullah                                          | Political Leader                                                                |
| 126.      | Shri Virbhadra Singh                                          | Political Leader                                                                |
| 127.      | Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu                                     | Political Leader                                                                |
| 128.      | Shri M.K. Stalin                                              | Political Leader                                                                |
| 129.      | Shri Sitaram Yechury                                          | Political Leader                                                                |
| 130.      | Shri Pawan Chamling                                           | Political Leader                                                                |
| 131.      | Shri Shivraj V Patil                                          | Political Leader                                                                |
| 132.      | Ms. Meira Kumar                                               | Political Leader                                                                |
| 133.      | Ms. Sumitra Mahajan                                           | Political Leader                                                                |
| 134.      | Shri Murli Manohar Joshi                                      | Political Leader                                                                |
| 135.      | Shri Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar                           | Political Leader                                                                |
| 136.      | Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav                                   | Political Leader                                                                |
| 137.      | Shri Kariya Munda                                             | Political Leader                                                                |
| 138.      | Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig                                    | Political Leader                                                                |
| 139.      | Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma                                      | Political Leader                                                                |
| 140.      | Ms. Vasundhara Raje                                           | Political Leader                                                                |
| 141.      | Shri Raman Singh                                              | Political Leader                                                                |
| 142.      | Shri Devendra Fadnavis                                        | Political Leader                                                                |
| 143.      | Sri Sri Ravi Shanker                                          | Spiritual Leader                                                                |
| 144.      | Shri Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev                                   | Spiritual Leader                                                                |
| 145.      | Shri Baba Ramdev                                              | Spiritual Leader                                                                |
| 146.      | Swami Paramtamaanda Saraswatiji                               | Spiritual Leader                                                                |
| 147.      | Shri Maualana Wahiduddin Khan                                 | Spiritual Leader                                                                |
| 148.      | Shri Syedna Muffaddal Saifuddin Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom | Spiritual Leader Spiritual Leader                                               |
| 149.      |                                                               | Spiritual Leader                                                                |
| 150.      | Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa Shri D. Veerendra Heggade              | Spiritual Leader                                                                |
| 151. 152. | Shri Syed Zainul Abedin                                       | Spiritual Leader                                                                |
| 153.      | Shri Kailash Satyarthi                                        | Social Activist                                                                 |

| 154.      | Shri Bindeshwar Pathak                   | Social Activist                |
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| 155.      | Shri S.S. Rajamouli                      | Film Director                  |
| 156.      | Shri Bharat Bala                         | Film Director                  |
| 157.      | Shri Milkha Singh                        | Sportsperson                   |
| 158.      | Shri Ashok Kumar                         | Sportsperson                   |
| 159.      | Shri Viswanathan Anand                   | Sportsperson                   |
| 160.      | Shri Sunil Gavaskar                      | Sportsperson                   |
| 161.      | Ms. Mithali Raj                          | Sportsperson                   |
| 162.      | Shri Abhinav Bindra                      | Sportsperson                   |
| 163.      | Ms. Mary Kom                             | Sportsperson                   |
| 164.      | Shri I. M. Vijayam                       | Sportsperson                   |
| 165.      | Shri Vijay Amritraj                      | Sportsperson                   |
| 166.      | Shri Prakash Padukone                    | Sportsperson                   |
| 167.      | Shri Geet Sethi                          | Sportsperson                   |
| 168.      | Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni                | Sportsperson                   |
| 169.      | Shri Pullela Gopichand                   | Sportsperson                   |
| 170.      | Ms. P.V. Sindhu                          | Sportsperson                   |
| 171.      | Shri M.S. Swaminathan                    | Agricultural Scientist         |
| 172.      | Ms. P.T. Usha                            | Sportsperson                   |
| 173.      | Shri Dilip Kumar                         | Film Artist                    |
| 174.      | Shri Soli Sorabji                        | Lawyer                         |
| 175.      | Shri Aveek Sarkar                        | Journalist                     |
| 176.      | Shri Yogendra K Alagh                    | Economist and Political leader |
| 177.      | Shri Bhupender Singh Minhas              | Business Leader                |
| 178.      | Shri Ratan Tata                          | Business Leader                |
| 180.      | Dr. Krishna M. Ella                      | CMD Bharat Biotech             |
| 181.      | Shri A.R. Rahman                         | Artist                         |
| 182.      | Shri S. Gurumurthy                       | Media                          |
| 183.      | Shri Rajat Sharma                        | Media                          |
| 184.      | Shri Subhash Kashyap                     | Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha          |
| 185.      | Shri Vinay Kumar Saxena                  | Chairman, KVIC                 |
| 186.      | Shri Vinay Sahasrabuddhe                 | Political Leader               |
| 187.      | Shri Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti             | Archaeologist                  |
| 188.      | Shri Vidya Sagar Shukla                  | Gandhian/Freedom Fighters      |
| 189.      | Shri Rajnikanth                          | Artist                         |
| 190.      | Shri Amitabh Bachchan Ms. Sonal Mansingh | Artist                         |
| 191.      |                                          | Artist                         |
| 192.      | Ms. Teejan Bai                           | Artist                         |
| 193.      | Shri Vijay Krishan Shunglu               | Former C&AG                    |
| 194.      | Shri Swapan Das Gupta                    | Media                          |
| 195.      | Shri H.R. Nagendra                       | Yoga Guru                      |
| 196.      | Shri Milind Kamble                       | Business Leader                |
| 197.      | Shri Sankaralingam Nambi                 | Narayanan Scientist            |
| 198.      | Shri Hariprasad Chaurasia                | Artist                         |
| 199.      | Shri Illaiyaraaja                        | Artist                         |
| 200.      | Ustad Zakir Hussain                      | Artist                         |
| 201.      | Shri Amjad Ali Khan                      | Artist                         |
| 202.      | Shri L. Subramaniam                      | Artist                         |
| 203.      | Shri Mohanlal                            | Artist                         |
| 205.      | Pandit Birju Maharaj                     | Artist                         |
| 206.      | Pandit Ram Narayan                       | Artist                         |
| 207.      | Pandit Shivkumar Sharma                  | Artist                         |
| 208.      | Shri Priyadarshan                        | Artist                         |
| 209.      | Shri Shekhar Kapoor                      | Artist                         |
| 210.      | Shri Shankar Mahadevan                   | Artist Artist                  |
| 211.      | Shri Anupam Kher                         | Artist                         |
| 212.      | Shri Akshay Kumar                        | Artist                         |
| 213. 214. | Smt. Hema Malini Shri Paresh Rawal       | Artist                         |

|   215. | Smt. Asha Bhosle                | Artist                                         |
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|    216 | Shri Prabhu Deva                | Artist                                         |
|    217 | Shri Prasoon Joshi              | Artist                                         |
|    218 | Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee       | Artist                                         |
|    219 | Shri Sonu Nigam                 | Artist                                         |
|    220 | Shri Hariharan                  | Artist                                         |
|    221 | Smt. Kavita Krishnamurti        | Artist                                         |
|    222 | Smt. Krishnammal Jagannathan    | Gandhians/ Freedom Fighters                    |
|    223 | Prof. Ramjee Singh              | Gandhian Scholar & Freedom Fighter             |
|    224 | Ms. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide    | Social Activists                               |
|    225 | Shri K. J. Yesudas              | Artist/ Playback Singer                        |
|    226 | Shri Sudarshan Sahoo            | Artist/ Sculptor                               |
|    227 | Shri Waman Kendre               | Artist/ Leader of Dalit Theatre Movement       |
|    228 | Shri Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan | Nuclear Scientist                              |
|    229 | Shri Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre     | Scientist                                      |
|    230 | Shri Vijay Bhatkar              | Scientist                                      |
|    231 | Shri B. B. Lal                  | Archaeologist                                  |
|    232 | Shri K.K. Muhammed              | Archaeologist                                  |
|    233 | Shri Balkrishna Doshi           | Veteran Architect                              |
|    234 | Shri Belle Monappa Hegde        | Cardiologist, Educationist & Author            |
|    235 | Shri E. Sreedharan              | Bureaucrat                                     |
|    236 | Shri N. Gopalaswami             | Former Chief Election Commissioner             |
|    237 | Shri Vinod Rai                  | Former C&AG                                    |
|    238 | Shri Kapil Kapoor               | Academicians/ Scholar                          |
|    239 | Shri J.K. Bajaj                 | Academicians/ History scholar                  |
|    240 | Shri Bimal Jalan                | Former Governor-RBI                            |
|    241 | Shri Shankar Acharya            | Economist                                      |
|    242 | Shri Ashok Gulati               | Agricultural Economist                         |
|    243 | Shri Narendra Jadhav            | Economist                                      |
|    244 | Shri Azim H. Premji             | Business Leader                                |
|    245 | Shri A.M. Naik                  | Business Leader                                |
|    246 | Shri Deepak Parekh              | Business Leader/ HDFC Chairman                 |
|    247 | Shri K.V. Kamath                | Business Leader/ Founder-ICICI Bank            |
|    248 | Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan        | Business Leader/ Co-Founder-Infosys            |
|    249 | Shri Subramaniam Ramadorai      | Business Leader                                |
|    250 | Shri Anand Mahindra             | Business Leader/ Chairman-Mahindra Group       |
|    251 | Shri Venu Srinivasan            | Business Leader/ Chairman-TVS Group            |
|    252 | Shri Ravindra Chandra Bhargava  | Business Leader/ Chairman-Maruti Suzuki        |
|    253 | Shri Ranjan Gogoi               | Judiciary & Law/ Former Chief Justice of India |
|    254 | Shri K. Parasaran               | Judiciary & Law/ Lawyer                        |
|    255 | Shri Ramoji Rao                 | Media/ Founder-ETV Network                     |
|    256 | Shri Rahul Dravid               | Sportsperson                                   |
|    257 | Ms. Deepa Malik                 | Sportsperson                                   |
|    258 | Shri Murlikant Petkar           | Sportsperson                                   |
|    259 | Shri Raghavendra Singh          | Secretary, Culture-Member Secretary            |

2. The terms of reference of the Committee shall be to provide policy direction and guidelines for formulation of programs for the commemoration of 75 th anniversary of Indian Independence, at the national and international levels.
3. The term of the Committee commences with immediate effect and will be until further orders.
4. The Committee shall have power to co-opt members.

Nirupama Kotru, Jt. Secy.