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Narendra Modi auctions his gifts and spends the money to promote Girls education
In June every year, when most people heave a sigh of relief from the scorching heat, Team Gujarat including the CM himself goes out to villages and remote areas visiting primary schools. Do you know what the motivation behind that is?
It is the passion of Narendra Modi to spread quality education to every child in Gujarat – especially the girl child and quip them with knowledge which shall help them in their future lives.
The likes of Mayawatis and Laloo Prasad Yadavs should take a lesson or two from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s style of governance, instead of accepting garlands of currency notes worth millions of rupees on their birthdays and filling up their individual coffers with public money.
From the beginning of his tenure, Mr. Modi has made it a practice to auction the gifts received by him and donate the proceeds for the girl child education.
Public auctioning of gift articles from the collection of Modi’s treasure house generated more than $10 million in Vadodara, Gujarat. The proceedings of public auction would be spent on girls’ education in the state.
As many as 1,173 gift articles from Modi’s treasure house were auctioned during the exhibition cum auction held at Vivekananda Art gallery there which included 87 silver articles, 109 shields mementos and 185 art pieces from the deposits of gifts and momentos awarded to him as a mark of respect and affection by citizens in various public functions held across the state over the years.
The gifts deposited in the treasury and auctioned include silver wristlets, golden and silver statues and figurines, artistic chariot, watches, mementos and medals, shawls, turbans, artistic umbrellas, coins, photo frames, swords, bows and arrows, traditional cloths of tribes and other communities and more. Some 48 items among these are of made up of gold and silver which alone are worth Rs.10-lakh.
He has so far received 7,994 gifts since November 2011. The nine auctions of 6,634 of these gifts have fetched a sum of around Rs.10-crore.
People from all walks of life, ranging from ordinary citizens to various associations and organizations, take part in the auction conducted by the district administration.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is leading a campaign to popularise girls’ education and enrolment drive in primary schools of the state.
A large chunk of the money raised through these auctions is diverted to Kanya Kelavni Nidhi, created for educating the girl child in Gujarat. A lot of scholarships to bright girl students and bonds worth Rs 1,000 each to help support the education of millions of girls have come out of this fund.
The government has also taken various other initiatives to popularise girls’ education. It has distributed ‘Vidyalakshmi Bond’ of Rs.1,000 each to 11 lakh poor girl students. The Chief Minister’s Kanya Kelavni Nidhi has received Rs. 44-crore from individuals and institutions, and by raising money through auctioning of gifts received by the Chief Minister himself. The construction of 50,914 washrooms in schools has also played an important role in decline in the dropout rate of girl students.
The annual campaign known as Kanya Kelavni and Shala Praveshotsav started nine years ago and has already started paying dividends. A comparative study of the Census 2001 and 2011 shows a 13 per cent rise in the girls’ literacy rate and 29.77 per cent decrease in school dropout ratio of girls.
Kanya Kelavani Nidhi’ has been formed with a view give encouragement to girl child education in the state. This special fund has got a huge response from the people of the state and the people have poured more than Rs.48.87-crore into the fund so far. About 42,944 girls have been given various encouragements worth Rs.15.54-crore. The state government also gives Vidhya Lakshmi Bond of Rs.1000 to the girls taking admission in the school and on successful completion of primary school study; the amount with interest is given back to the girls to encourage them for further study.
The number of girls who received Vidhya Lakshmi Bond so far has reached to 12.39 lakh. A substantial amount is also given to the girls who take up higher education courses like medical, engineering, PTC and B.Ed and also to those who go for civil service exams.
According to his aides, a part of the collections also goes to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, which saw inflow to the tune of $1000 M ever since Modi took over the reins.
His dedication towards promoting education in the society is evident from the fact that he launched a program called ‘Vanche Gujarat’ (Read Gujarat) as a part of the state’s Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2010.
Outlining the essence of ‘Vanche Gujarat’ mission, Chief Minister said reading does not just provide knowledge it inspires the intellectuality to evoke and lead to growth.
Motivating people to include a library in their house, he said that there should not be a house without books. He also suggested giving a book instead of flower on greeting occasions and that such small experiments can make a big difference.
For a child ‘reading’ is something, which he does to pass the exam of school. “We should infuse the environment with such a craze for reading that the child starts taking ‘reading’ as a tool to pass the exam of life,” he said.
- Dayanand Nene
Narendra Modi auctions his gifts and spends the money to promote Girls education
In June every year, when most people heave a sigh of relief from the scorching heat, Team Gujarat including the CM himself goes out to villages and remote areas visiting primary schools. Do you know what the motivation behind that is?
It is the passion of Narendra Modi to spread quality education to every child in Gujarat – especially the girl child and quip them with knowledge which shall help them in their future lives.
The likes of Mayawatis and Laloo Prasad Yadavs should take a lesson or two from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s style of governance, instead of accepting garlands of currency notes worth millions of rupees on their birthdays and filling up their individual coffers with public money.
From the beginning of his tenure, Mr. Modi has made it a practice to auction the gifts received by him and donate the proceeds for the girl child education.
Public auctioning of gift articles from the collection of Modi’s treasure house generated more than $10 million in Vadodara, Gujarat. The proceedings of public auction would be spent on girls’ education in the state.
As many as 1,173 gift articles from Modi’s treasure house were auctioned during the exhibition cum auction held at Vivekananda Art gallery there which included 87 silver articles, 109 shields mementos and 185 art pieces from the deposits of gifts and momentos awarded to him as a mark of respect and affection by citizens in various public functions held across the state over the years.
The gifts deposited in the treasury and auctioned include silver wristlets, golden and silver statues and figurines, artistic chariot, watches, mementos and medals, shawls, turbans, artistic umbrellas, coins, photo frames, swords, bows and arrows, traditional cloths of tribes and other communities and more. Some 48 items among these are of made up of gold and silver which alone are worth Rs.10-lakh.
He has so far received 7,994 gifts since November 2011. The nine auctions of 6,634 of these gifts have fetched a sum of around Rs.10-crore.
People from all walks of life, ranging from ordinary citizens to various associations and organizations, take part in the auction conducted by the district administration.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is leading a campaign to popularise girls’ education and enrolment drive in primary schools of the state.
A large chunk of the money raised through these auctions is diverted to Kanya Kelavni Nidhi, created for educating the girl child in Gujarat. A lot of scholarships to bright girl students and bonds worth Rs 1,000 each to help support the education of millions of girls have come out of this fund.
The government has also taken various other initiatives to popularise girls’ education. It has distributed ‘Vidyalakshmi Bond’ of Rs.1,000 each to 11 lakh poor girl students. The Chief Minister’s Kanya Kelavni Nidhi has received Rs. 44-crore from individuals and institutions, and by raising money through auctioning of gifts received by the Chief Minister himself. The construction of 50,914 washrooms in schools has also played an important role in decline in the dropout rate of girl students.
The annual campaign known as Kanya Kelavni and Shala Praveshotsav started nine years ago and has already started paying dividends. A comparative study of the Census 2001 and 2011 shows a 13 per cent rise in the girls’ literacy rate and 29.77 per cent decrease in school dropout ratio of girls.
Kanya Kelavani Nidhi’ has been formed with a view give encouragement to girl child education in the state. This special fund has got a huge response from the people of the state and the people have poured more than Rs.48.87-crore into the fund so far. About 42,944 girls have been given various encouragements worth Rs.15.54-crore. The state government also gives Vidhya Lakshmi Bond of Rs.1000 to the girls taking admission in the school and on successful completion of primary school study; the amount with interest is given back to the girls to encourage them for further study.
The number of girls who received Vidhya Lakshmi Bond so far has reached to 12.39 lakh. A substantial amount is also given to the girls who take up higher education courses like medical, engineering, PTC and B.Ed and also to those who go for civil service exams.
According to his aides, a part of the collections also goes to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, which saw inflow to the tune of $1000 M ever since Modi took over the reins.
His dedication towards promoting education in the society is evident from the fact that he launched a program called ‘Vanche Gujarat’ (Read Gujarat) as a part of the state’s Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2010.
Outlining the essence of ‘Vanche Gujarat’ mission, Chief Minister said reading does not just provide knowledge it inspires the intellectuality to evoke and lead to growth.
Motivating people to include a library in their house, he said that there should not be a house without books. He also suggested giving a book instead of flower on greeting occasions and that such small experiments can make a big difference.
For a child ‘reading’ is something, which he does to pass the exam of school. “We should infuse the environment with such a craze for reading that the child starts taking ‘reading’ as a tool to pass the exam of life,” he said.
- Dayanand Nene
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