Overview
- At a national event in Dediapada, Gujarat, the Prime Minister inaugurated and laid foundations for development works exceeding Rs 9,700 crore focused on tribal welfare.
- He presided over Grih Pravesh for 100,000 homes under PM-JANMAN and highlighted DA-JAGUA efforts to saturate basic services in tribal-majority villages.
- Education got a major push with 42 Eklavya Model Residential Schools inaugurated and foundations laid for 50 more, alongside new initiatives for tribal languages.
- Connectivity and health measures featured with 250 buses flagged off for 14 tribal districts, foundations for 748 km of rural roads, and an update on mass sickle-cell screening reaching six crore people.
- States held parallel ceremonies and tributes—from Ulihatu in Jharkhand to events in Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Kerala—as Modi framed the day as a correction to past neglect and a recognition of tribal contributions to the freedom struggle.