Overview
- At Dediapada and Ekta Nagar in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundations for projects exceeding Rs 9,700 crore after offering prayers at the Devmogra Temple.
- Measures announced included Grih Pravesh for 100,000 PM-JANMAN and DA-JAGUA houses, the inauguration of 42 Eklavya Model Residential Schools and foundations for 50 more, plus 250 buses for 14 tribal districts and 748 km of rural roads.
- The government highlighted new institutional steps such as the Shri Govind Guru Chair for Tribal Language Promotion and reiterated EMRS goals of 728 schools with 479 already functional serving about 3.5 lakh students.
- Modi said earlier administrations overlooked tribal sacrifices in the freedom struggle and cited expanded budgets, museum initiatives and six crore sickle cell screenings as evidence of a corrective approach.
- Parallel tributes and cultural programmes were held across Jharkhand, Assam, Uttarakhand, Kerala and Odisha, with national addresses livestreamed and large public participation reported.