Campaign highlighting govt's works to be launched on Dec 25

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 22 2016 | 6:22 PM IST
A 100-day campaign will be launched on December 25, which is observed as Good Governance Day, under which parliamentarians, including Union Ministers, will visit various parts of the country to highlight the Centre's key initiatives.
"December 25, the birthday of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will be observed as Good Governance Day. On that day, the government will launch a 100-day campaign across the country on the theme of good governance," Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said today.
He said, ministers, members of Parliament will travel across the country to highlight the key initiatives of the Union government in the last two-and-a-half years.
The endeavour of the Modi-government is to improve delivery systems, promote digital transformation and take forward the connectivity revolution in all sectors, the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister said.
Earlier, Naidu released the Indian government's calendar for 2017 with the theme 'Mera Desh Badal Raha Hai, Aage Badh Raha Hai' (My country is changing, it is developing). He also released the mobile application of the calendar which can be downloaded from Google Play Store.
The calendar showcases various flagship schemes and initiatives of the government with a different theme every month. The theme for August is 'Armed Forces: Pride of the Nation', for September 'Cashless Transactions', and for November it is 'Corruption Free Governance'.
On the occasion, he also released the Press in India Report 2015-16 prepared by the Registrar of Newspapers of India.
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore was also present on the occasion.

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First Published: Dec 22 2016 | 6:22 PM IST

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