EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT

About: 

• Origin: The programme was announced by the Prime Minister in 2015 on the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Subsequently, the initiative was announced in the Union Budget for 2016-17.
  
  
• Objective: To promote engagement and thereby understanding amongst the people of different states/UTs to ensure ensure a stronger united India.
  
  
• The Ministry of Human Resource Development has been designated Nodal Ministry for co-ordination of the programme
  
  
• Illustrative List of Activities under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat:
  • Cultural Exchange Programmes between partnering States
    
    
  • Translation of at least 5 Award Winning Books and Poetry, popular folk songs of One State in the Language of the partner State.
    
    
  • Exchange programme for Writers and poets.
    
    
  • Organize Culinary festivals with opportunity to learn culinary practices.
    
    
  • Organize Educational Tours for schools/Universities Students reciprocally.
    
    
  • Promotion of Rajya Darshan for tourists.
    
    
  
  
  
• Engagement matrix between states and UTs: The below mentioned States and UTs are to enter into a wide range of mutual engagements.
  • Jammu & Kashmir : Tamil Nadu
    
    
  • Punjab : Andhra Pradesh
    
    
  • Himachal Pradesh : Kerala
    
    
  • Uttarakhand : Karnataka
    
    
  • Haryana :Telangana
    
    
  • Rajasthan : West Bengal
    
    
  • Gujarat : Chhattisgarh
    
    
  • Maharashtra :Odisha
    
    
  • Goa : Jharkhand
    
    
  • Delhi : Sikkim & Assam
    
    
  • Madhya Pradesh : Manipur & Nagaland
    
    
  • Uttar Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh & Meghalaya
    
    
  • Bihar : Tripura & Mizoram
    
    
  • Chandigarh : Dadra & Nagar Haveli
    
    
  • Puducherry : Daman & Diu
    
    
  • Lakshadweep : Andaman & Nicobar