Overview
- The Prime Minister led Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas at Dediapada after prayers at the Devmogra Temple and a roadshow, paying tribute to Birsa Munda on his 150th birth anniversary.
- He inaugurated 42 Eklavya Model Residential Schools worth about Rs 1,900 crore, laid foundations for 50 more exceeding Rs 2,320 crore, presided over Grih Pravesh for 100,000 PM-JANMAN/DA-JAGUA houses, and announced 250 buses and 748 km of rural roads.
- Additional launches included 228 multi-purpose centres, a competence centre at Assam Medical College, the Tribal Research Institute building in Imphal, 14 Tribal Multi-Marketing Centres, and the Shri Govind Guru chair for tribal language promotion.
- Modi accused past administrations of neglecting tribal communities and said his government has expanded budgets and programs, while officials cited a target of 728 EMRS with 479 already functional serving about 3.5 lakh students.
- Parallel state ceremonies in Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Kerala and Jharkhand featured cultural events and livestreams of the PM’s address, with leaders highlighting sickle cell screening of six crore people and ongoing museum and welfare initiatives.