Authorities spent 616 crores on celebrating the start anniversary of varied personalities, Tradition Minister knowledgeable

New Delhi: Over the past 5 years, about 616 crore was spent by the federal government on celebrating the start anniversary of varied personalities together with Bhaktimargi saint Ramanujarya, Guru Nanak Dev, Guru Ravidas, Paramahansa Yogananda and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Hemwanti Nandan Bahuguna. Tradition Minister G. Kishan Reddy gave this info to the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a query by Jawahar Sarkar.

Tradition Minister G. Kishan Reddy knowledgeable that in this era 350th start anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, 2 hundredth start anniversary of Satguru Ram Singh, a thousandth start anniversary of Ramanujacharya, 550th start anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, one hundred and twenty fifth start anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda, centenary commemoration of Hemwanti Nandan Bahuguna, one hundred and fiftieth of Mahatma Gandhi. Jayanti, four-hundredth start anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur and one hundred and fiftieth start anniversary of Jainacharya Vijay Vallabh Sureshwar have been celebrated. Reddy stated that together with these, the start centenary of Dattopnath Thengadi, one hundred and twenty fifth start anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, start centenary of Satyajit Ray, 644th start anniversary of Saint Shiromani Guru Ravidas and start centenary of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi have been additionally celebrated.

Trinamool Congress member Sarkar had questioned that over the past 5 years, the celebrations on the notable lives of some eminent individuals have been organized by the federal government and the way a lot was the full expenditure on such celebrations. Reddy knowledgeable that Rs 150.06 crore was spent on such occasions in 2017-18 as towards Rs 159.10 crore in 2018-19; Rs 102.73 crore in 2019-20; Rs 79.42 crore was spent in 2020-21, Rs 125.59 crore in 2021-22. He stated that the federal government can be considering to prepare many packages on the 250th start anniversary of nice social and spiritual reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy.