know About Antyodaya Diwas 2024: Date, history, significance
Antyodaya Diwas 2024 is a day of reflection and action, emphasizing the need to uplift the most marginalized sections of society.
Antyodaya Diwas 2024: Date, history, significance, quotes and all you need to know
Antyodaya Diwas is observed annually on September 25 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. Deendayal Upadhyaya who is one of the most respected icons of India. This day focuses on empowered upliftment of poor and downtrodden sections of society as per Upadhyaya’s concept of Antyodaya meaning ‘the rise of the last person’ that connotes social reform and economic justice.
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Antyodaya Diwas – Date and History of Antyodaya Diwas 2024
Indian government will be celebrating Antyodaya Diwas 2024 on **25 September** on the occasion of birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya. He was a highly influential personality in the political life of India and had the theory known as *Integral Humanism*; this was the political theory that proposed growth that has a bottom-up impact at the social and economic society of the country.
The Indian government observed the day of 25th September as Antyodaya Diwas since 2014 to honour the life of Upadhyaya. It is a day that sets the pace for the implementation of various programmes that seek to improve the standards of the downtrodden and ignite positive change and proactively work on the development of sustainable solutions for the practice advantages of empowering the rural population.
Significance of Antyodaya Diwas
Antyodaya Diwas has a special place in the extermination of poverty and uplifting the standard of living of the Indians. The day makes people understand the need to have a ‘golden silver lining’ that can be attained only when we all have an equal chance at a decent living, decent education, decent health care, and decent income. It refuels the notion of the ‘development ‘especially the idea that real development is how the least fortunate in the society are faring.
On this occasion, the government appeals to the public on various welfare schemes that include Antyodaya Anna Yojana which is a welfare scheme in which food grains are distributed among the poor families at cheaper rates and other rural welfare oriented programmes.
Quotes to Remember
– The best way to lose yourself is to find yourself in the service of others.- Mahatma Gandhi
– Tabernacle, up,, “The progress of society is judged by how the last person fares. ” – Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
It is a day of awareness as well as transformation as it focuses to take into consideration the least privileged classes of the population.
It motivates people and organizations to strive and produce solutions that will help eliminate the social inequalities that exist in the society.
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