Antyodaya Diwas is celebrated every year on 25 September. The day was given national importance when in 2014 Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated it in honor of the late Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay on his birth anniversary. He was a veteran politician, one of the prominent leaders of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, from which the BJP emerged. Antyodaya means the upliftment of the poorest of the poor and hence, this day is celebrated with the aim of reaching the last person of the society.
Here’s what you need to know about Antyodaya Day 2021:
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay was born in Mathura in 1916 and served the Bharatiya Jana Sangh from 1953 to 1968. He was a source of ideological guidance and moral inspiration since the inception of the BJP.
The leader died under mysterious circumstances near the Mughalsarai Junction railway station in February 1968. Later in 2018 the name of the railway station was changed to “Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction” by the UP government.
This year, Antyodaya Diwas will mark the 105th birth anniversary of Pandit. Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
On this day in 2014, the Ministry of Rural Development relaunched its existing skill development program- Aajeevika Kaushal- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM). However, he changed the name of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- NRLM program in November 2015.
On this occasion, the Ministry of Rural Development also felicitates the skill development programs of the beneficiaries – Gramin Self-Employment Training Institute and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana.
The spirit of Antyodaya Mission is rooted in ‘reaching out to the last man’, and hence, the day aims to help all the eligible rural youth of India and provide them with national and international employment opportunities.
The day is celebrated by organizing many blood donation camps, seminars, symposiums and many more activities.
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