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Record number of
students registered

The 9th edition of the Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) programme
witnessed unprecedented growth, with over 4.5 crore students,
teachers, and parents registering through the MyGov portal. This
included 4,19,14,056 students, 24,84,259 teachers, and 6,15,064 parents.

2018 2019

The First Interaction Growing Reach
The first Pariksha Pe The second edition of
Charcha was held on Pariksha Pe Charcha, held
February 16, 2018, at on January 29, 2019, also at
Talkatora Stadium in New Talkatora Stadium in New
Delhi. More than 2500 Delhi, saw even greater
students were present at participation. The interaction,
the event. Over 8.5 crore which lasted for over ninety
students across the country minutes, included students,
watched the program. teachers, and parents.

2020 2021 2022 2023

Expanding Participation Virtual Back to In-Person Interaction Viewer Surge
th
For the event held on Connect On April 1, 2022, at Talkatora The 6 edition of PPC was
January 20, 2020, at Due to the Stadium, New Delhi, PM held at Talkatora Stadium
Talkatora Stadium in COVID-19 Modi interacted with students, on January 27, 2023. The
New Delhi, 2.63 lakh pandemic, the teachers, and parents in the 5th event was broadcast live on
entries were received. fourth edition edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha. several TV channels and
Indian students from of PPC was 9,69,836 students, 47,200 staff YouTube channels. 718,110
25 countries, both members, and 1,86,517 parents students, 42,337 teachers,
within India and abroad, held online on watched the live broadcast of and 88,544 parents watched
participated. April 7, 2021. Pariksha Pe Charcha-2022. the live broadcast.

Nationwide Participation Various Topics Discussed
2024 The 7 edition was held on January 29, 2024, at Bharat 2025 On February 10, 2025, the 8th edition of Pariksha
th
Pe Charcha was held in a new format at Sundar
Mandapam. The MyGov portal received 22.6 crore
Nursery in New Delhi. PM Modi interacted
registrations for the event. For the first time, 100 students
from Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) participated. informally with students from across the country
Approximately 3,000 participants, including students, teachers, and discussed various topics. He also distributed
parents, and winners of the Kala Utsav, attended the event. sesame seed based sweets to the students.

would do five tasks today but only did three, put a time productively, you will never feel pressured or
check mark, indicating that two tasks remain. Then tired. For example, I have so many things to do, but I
think, why did these two tasks remain incomplete? don’t feel stressed because I developed the habit of
If you learn time management and how to use your using my time effectively a long time ago.

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