Monday, April 27, 2020

14th edition Scholastic writing Awards (SWA) 2020

Dear Students it is a great privilege for me to announce that there is competition conduct for those students who are interested in STORY WRITING. There is a competition conducted by SCHOLASTIC India at a large national-level platform. Students who are interested can register themselves through this link swa.scholastic.co.in. No charge is applicable.

Registrations and submissions will be closing on 30th June 2020!


Looking forward to your ward’s participation in SWA 2020. For any and all queries, please reach us at swa_in@scholastic.asia.

It will be conducted in 2-grade groups comprising children of Grades 4-6 and 7-9.

  • The top 10 winners (top 5 from both the groups) will be published in an anthology.   
  • The top 10 winners (top 5 from both the groups) will also be entitled to a writing residency workshop with a renowned author to further hone and improve upon their skills followed by an awards ceremony and book launch event.
  • The top 6 winners (top 3 from both the groups) will also get an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite.
  • The top 50 stories (top 25 from both the groups) will be published as kindle editions on Amazon. 
Let’s get the children writing. Wishing your child all the very best!



Thursday, April 23, 2020

PM Modi to take part in National Panchayati Raj Day through video confrencing

Prime Minister Shri narendra Modi shall be addressing various Gram Panchayats across the country on Friday, the 24th of April 2020 via video confrencing.
The Day is celebrated annually as the National Panchayati Raj Day.
The PM Modi will be launching the unified e-GramSwaraj Portal and Mobile App on the occasion.
Prime Minister shall also be launching the Swamitva Scheme on the occasion.

Every year, on this occasion, Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been awarding the best performing Panchayats/States/UTs across the country under the Incentivization of Panchayats in recognition of their good work for improving delivery of services and public goods. This year three such awards viz. Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar (NDRGGSP), Child-friendly Gram Pnchayat award (CFGRA) and Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) Award have been finalized which will be shared with the concenred States/UTs.

Background: 

24 th April, 1993 makes a defining moment in the history of decentralization of power to the grassroots, with the institutionalization of Panchayati Raj, through the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 which came into force with effect from that day. Ministry of Panchayati Raj commemorates 24th April of every year as the National Panchayati Raj Day (पंचायती राज दिवस )(NPRD), as the 73rd constitutional Amendment came into force on this date. This occasion provides an opportunity for direct dialogue with panchayat representatives from all over the country as well as recognizing their achievements to empower and motive them further.  

Source: https://www.narendramodi.in