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India Plans Reforms Utsav Featuring 1,300 Changes Nationwide

India Plans Reforms Utsav Featuring 1,300 Changes Nationwide
Reforms Utsav To Showcase 1,300 Reforms · rediff.com

India’s central government is planning a large event called Reforms Utsav.

It will explain about 1,300 reforms introduced over the past 12 years.

The programme will run for three months starting October 2.

There will be 1,639 events in different parts of the country.

Some events will be held online, and four will be for Indians living abroad.

Special meetings will help groups such as fishermen, street vendors, pensioners and homebuyers understand the changes.

The government says these reforms have made everyday tasks and services easier.

Senior officials will watch the programme and an online system will record its progress.

Key facts

Programme
Reforms Utsav
Reforms featured
About 1,300 major and minor reforms
Total events
1,639 nationwide events
Duration
Three months beginning October 2
Targeted events
Around 500 beneficiary-specific programmes
October schedule
About 454 events
November schedule
More than 349 events
Monitoring
Senior government officials will closely monitor the outreach

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A senior government official

Government official describing the planned beneficiary-focused outreach events

“As many as 500 such beneficiary-specific events have been planned across the length and breadth of the country, even in its remotest corners.”
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