QuotePM Modi approves constitution of two committees for the commemoration of the birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
QuotePM Modi to chair a 149 member National Committee for commemoration of the birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the constitution of two committees for the commemoration of the birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.

The Prime Minister will chair a 149 member National Committee, and the Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, will chair a 23 member Executive Committee.

The members of the National Committee include former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister Shri H.D. Deve Gowda, Union Ministers Shri Rajnath Singh, Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Shri Arun Jaitley, Shri Manohar Parrikar, former Deputy Prime Minister Shri L.K. Advani, and BJP President Shri Amit Shah.

Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar, former Agriculture Minister Shri Sharad Pawar, Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Yadav, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, Lyricist Prasoon Joshi, Film Director Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi, former Hockey player Shri Dhanraj Pillai, former Badminton player and coach Shri Pullela Gopichand, and Founder of Sulabh International Shri Bindeshwar Pathak have been included in the National Committee. Former Chief Justice of India Shri R C Lahoti, Retired Air Chief Marshal Shri S Krishnaswami, Constitutional Expert Shri Subhash Kashyap, and Environmentalist Shri C.P. Bhatt have also been included in the National Committee. The committee includes several Governors, Chief Ministers, Scientists, Journalists, Academicians, Social Workers and Spiritual Leaders.

Union Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma will be the Convenor of the Committee.

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List of Outcomes: Prime Minister's State Visit to Trinidad & Tobago
July 04, 2025

A) MoUs / Agreement signed:

i. MoU on Indian Pharmacopoeia
ii. Agreement on Indian Grant Assistance for Implementation of Quick Impact Projects (QIPs)
iii. Programme of Cultural Exchanges for the period 2025-2028
iv. MoU on Cooperation in Sports
v. MoU on Co-operation in Diplomatic Training
vi. MoU on the re-establishment of two ICCR Chairs of Hindi and Indian Studies at the University of West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and Tobago.

B) Announcements made by Hon’ble PM:

i. Extension of OCI card facility upto 6th generation of Indian Diaspora members in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T): Earlier, this facility was available upto 4th generation of Indian Diaspora members in T&T
ii. Gifting of 2000 laptops to school students in T&T
iii. Formal handing over of agro-processing machinery (USD 1 million) to NAMDEVCO
iv. Holding of Artificial Limb Fitment Camp (poster-launch) in T&T for 50 days for 800 people
v. Under ‘Heal in India’ program specialized medical treatment will be offered in India
vi. Gift of twenty (20) Hemodialysis Units and two (02) Sea ambulances to T&T to assist in the provision of healthcare
vii. Solarisation of the headquarters of T&T’s Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs by providing rooftop photovoltaic solar panels
viii. Celebration of Geeta Mahotsav at Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Cooperation in Port of Spain, coinciding with the Geeta Mahotsav celebrations in India
ix. Training of Pandits of T&T and Caribbean region in India

C) Other Outcomes:

T&T announced that it is joining India’s global initiatives: the Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA).