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Special Story
Panchteerth

GOVERNMENT’S

INITIATIVES

l Since 2015, November 26 is
celebrated as the Constitution
Day. The announcement was
made on Ambedkar’s 125th
birth anniversary
l On 125th birth anniversary
of Ambedkar, Prime Minister Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Narendra Modi released
commemorative coins of Rs 10 The Government organised Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
and Rs 125 denomination between April 14 and May 5, 2018. Extended the
l Ambedkar’s birth anniversary campaign to villages having population of more
on April 14 is being celebrated than 1,000 in 116 aspirational districts from June 1
on a mass scale to August 15, 2018
l Ambedkar’s anniversary in 2016 n The campaign, n As a special endeavour during the
was observed at the United undertaken under Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, saturation
Nations for the first time with “Sabka Sath, of eligible households/persons was
focus on combating inequalities Sabka Gaon, envisaged under seven flagship
to achieve Sustainable Devel- Sabka Vikas”, was pro-poor programmes – Pradhan
opment Goals to promote social Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Saubhagya,
l BHIM App for digital transactions harmony, spread Ujala Scheme, Pradhan Mantri
is Government's homage to the awareness about Jan Dhan Yojana, Pradhan
economic vision of Ambedkar pro-poor initiatives Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana,
'BHIM' in honor of the Government Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
of Babasaheb and reach out to
poor households Yojana and Mission Indradhanush.
n The special App to enrol them as n During GSA, farmers' meeting was
launched by the Central also to obtain also organized at block level in rural
Government to promote their feedback on areas of the country with the aim of
digital transactions
was named 'BHIM' in various welfare “Doubling the farmers’ income by
Babasaheb's honour. programmes 2022”

important places have to be developed and abandoning that.”
preserved. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, ‘Panchteerth’ includes Ambedkar’s birthplace
“Perhaps no other Government would have given (Janma Bhoomi) in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow; the
this kind of respect, honour and paid tributes place where he stayed while studying in London
to Baba Saheb Ambedkar which have been (Shiksha Bhoomi); the place where he embraced
given by this Government. Instead of dragging Buddhism (Deeksha Bhoomi) in Nagpur; the
Baba Saheb into politics, all of us should try to place where he breathed his last (Mahaparinirvan
follow the path shown by him which emphasises Bhoomi) in Delhi; and the place of his final rites
on brotherhood. We can never progress by (Chaitya Bhoomi) in Dadar, Mumbai.

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