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President to offer floral tributes to statue of Sardar Patel in New Delhi at 7 AM

President's Secretariat

Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh will be the chief guest of the Programme to be organised at Motihari (Bihar) on 31st October, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Union Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers to celebrate 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' on 31st October, 2018.

Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilisers and Road Tranport & Highways, Shipping, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya participated in the 'Ekta Yatra' organised in Bhavnagar District, Gujarat on 26th October, 2018.

Senior officers and staff of the three departments under the Ministry, viz., Chemicals & Petrohemicals, Fertilizers and Pharmaceuticals and the PSUs under its ambit to take the 'Pledge of Unity' on the occasion.

Officers and Staff of the Ministry and the PSUs to participate in the 'Run for Unity' being organised on this day across the Nation.

Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT), PSU under the Ministry, to organise Essay competition for its employees on 'Sardar Patel's Contribution towards National Integration'. FACT to also hold a Slogan Contest for its employees on the 'Unity Theme'.

Chemicals & Fertilizers

All Officials of the Ministry to participate in Run for Unity in Delhi.

All the organizations under the Ministry to organize programmes on the occasion of National Unity Day.

Civil Aviation

Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution to celebrate 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' on 31st October, 2018.

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan to administer the 'Pledge of Unity' to the officers and staff of the Ministry at Krishi Bhawan on the occasion.

Officers and Staff of the Ministry to participate in the 'Run for Unity' being organised in New Delhi on this day.

Consumer Affairs, Food & PD

Organizing various activates including essay, quiz competitions, lectures and symposium at Sahitya Academy.

Seven Zonal Cultural Centres to organize two programmes each.

National School of Drama to organize a special play on Sardar Patel.

Exhibition of books on national unity and integrity.

Culture

Participation of ex-servicemen in Run for Unity in Delhi

To instruct various formations to organize March Past, pledge and Run for Unity all over the country.

Officers of the Ministry to participate in Run for Unity in Delhi.

Defence

Officers of MEA to participate in the Run for Unity.

Issue instructions to organize pledge in Indian Missions.

ICCR Centres and RPOs to organize pledge/Run for Unity.

Organizing competitions, debates, short films, photo exhibition, etc. in offices of MEA and in Indian Missions.

Arranging ‘Talks’ on life and contribution of Sardar Patel in cooperation with ‘Friendship Societies’ and ‘Think Tanks’.

External Affairs

Home Minister to offer floral tributes to statue of Sardar Patel in New Delhi at 7 AM

Home Minister to administer Pledge at National Stadium,New Delhi

Home Minister to flag off "Run for Unity" at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium,New Delhi at 07:48 AM

Home Affairs

Advisories to States/UTs for organizing various events such as Run for Unity, pledge, floral tribute, poetry/painting competitions involving all citizens of Tier-I and Tier-II cities including SMART and AMRUT cities/towns.

Instructions to NDMC and CPWD to organize events.

Housing and Urban Affairs

Shri Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Human Resource Development to inaugurate KVS Rashtriya Ekta Shivir-2018, “Ek Bharat-Shreshth Bharat” at Vigyan Bhawan Lawns, New Delhi.

Organizing essay competitions/debates, Run for Unity, pledge in 2000+ Kendriya and Navodaya Vidyalayas.

Advisory to the States for similar activities in all Schools.

Human Resource Development

Wide publicity both in electronic and print media for all the events planned by the various Ministries/organizations.

Coverage of all events organized on the occasion.

Radio and TV jingles to be broadcast.

Telecast of the film ‘Sardar’ on DD and other private channels after 11:00 AM on 31.10.2018.

Talk shows/interviews based programmes/live phone-in programmes on ‘Integration of India’.

Features on life and achievements of Sardar patel.

Use mygov.in for publicizing programmes in social media in coordination with MeitY.

National Book Trust of HRD to market books on Sardar Patel.

Involvement of senior citizen and women in the events.

Information &Broadcasting

EPF/ESI offices to celebrate event in all their offices.

Organize programmes in all other offices of the Ministry.

Labour and Employment

As informed by the APS to the Minister, Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will be in New Delhi on 31 st October, 2018. There is no information of any detailed programme till now.

Minority Affairs

Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to celebrate 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' on 31st October, 2018.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics & Programme Implementation, Shri Vijay Goel amd Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal to administer the 'Pledge of Unity' to the officers and staff of the Ministry in the Parliament House, on the occasion.

Officers and Staff of the Ministry to participate in the 'Run for Unity' being organised in New Delhi on this day.

Parliamentary Affairs

Organize suitable programmes by PSUs.

Organizing various programmes on the occasion in 200 locations and involving local population.

Power

To organize programmes in oil PSUs.

Petroleum and Natural Gas

Organize pledge and Run for Unity at railway stations.

Banners/hoardings at railway stations.

RPF to display banners at 100 Railway Stations.

RPF cultural troupes will generate public interest.

Organize March Past, pledge at Zonal and Divisional Hs.

Railways

All Officials of the Ministry to participate in Run for Unity in Delhi.

All the organizations under the Ministry to organize programmes on the occasion of National Unity Day.

Road Transport & Highways

All Officials of the Ministry to participate in Run for Unity in Delhi.

All the organizations under the Ministry to organize programmes on the occasion of National Unity Day.

Shipping

Organizing essay/elocution competitions in steel townships.

Involve local population in events organized by steel plants.

Telecasting short films on Sardar in the steel townships.

Steel

Placing of banners on Sardar Patel at 500 points in the country.

The Ministry of Tourism is airing a film received from PMO on Statue of Unity on TV channels including DD and also on the Social media handles.

In addition, the Ministry of tourism has formulated a comprehensive plan for promoting Statue of Unity as a tourism attraction by releasing domestic campaigns on Pan India Level across different media.

The Ministry is also promoting the 'Statue of Unity' as part of its international campaign.

The Ministry is promoting 'Statue of Unity as a theme on its website www.incredibleindia.org. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is publicized in the event section of the website.

The Ministry will create awareness among the students of IITTM and IHMs about the role and contributions of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Various tour operators' associations are being requested to include 'Statue of Unity' as a point of visit in their tour itineraries.

Statue of Unity will be prominently highlighted by India Tourism Office Overseas during various events organized by them such as Know India Seminars etc.

Tourism

All Centres at State HQs, Districts and sub-Distict level/SAI, NYKS/NSS to organize pledge and Run for Unity.

Arrange participation of atleast 05 prominent sports personalities in the Run, all over the country including Delhi.

Organize mock drill of Run for Unity with stakeholders.

Water Resources, River Devpt. & Ganga Rejuvenation

All Centres at State HQs, Districts and sub-Distict level/SAI, NYKS/NSS to organize pledge and Run for Unity.

Arrange participation of atleast 05 prominent sports personalities in the Run, all over the country including Delhi.

Organize mock drill of Run for Unity with stakeholders.

Youth Affairs & Sports