New Delhi, Sep 18 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday launched the logo and the web portal (http://gandhi.gov.in/) for commemoration of 150th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
The logo was released in the presence of Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge) and Environment, Forest and Climate Change,. Mahesh Sharma and Secretary Culture, Arun Goel.
The logo has been obtained through crowd sourcing.
Logo Branding will be done in Trains, Metro Rail, Air India Aircraft, State Roadways Buses, Government websites, E-mails, Government stationery, calendar and diary, Government advertisements & publicity material, digital signature etc.
The logo will also be used by Public Sector Undertakings, subordinate/ attached offices, autonomous bodies etc. under the Central Ministries.
The designs of the logo with colour guide are available on the web-site ofhttps://gandhi.gov.in/download.htmlfor download.
The new web portal aims to identify visitors from different geography and serve them personalized information.
Organizations and individuals can join celebration and submit their Karyanjali through an easy upload process.
Information related to Gandhian literature, philosophy, audios, videos, rare photos are available in the portal.
The webportal is participatory in nature and all the participating organizations will be able to upload their activities regarding commemoration on the website. It also has a unique feature Gandhipedia which will be a repository of Gandhian knowledge and will continue to grow with time.
The two year long celebrations from October 2, 2018 to October 2, 2020 will be held across the country and all over the globe to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
A meeting of National Committee headed by the President was held in May, 2018 to draw out a plan of action for the mega celebration where a total of 92 suggestions were received.
Further, a total of 33 suggestions were approved by the Executive Committee headed by the Prime Minister to organize nationwide and worldwide commemoration.
Accordingly, all Ministries/Departments of the Government and all State/UT Governments have initiated actions pertaining to their Ministries/Departments. These action plans are being uploaded on the web portal.
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