National Anthem singing competition-2022 receives overwhelming response
About 9000 entries received for the competition: Dir. Information
SRINAGAR: The Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) launched the National Anthem Singing Competition -2022 and called upon the J&K citizens to take part in the national anthem singing competition.
Under this competition, the government kept the entries online between August 01 7 of 2022 and participants were asked to submit their entries through a google link.
The entries were made open under individual and group categories.
Under the individual category, people in two subcategories, 13-18 years and above 18 years of age were allowed to take part in the competition whereas no age bar was kept for the group category
Speaking on the initiative, Director Information and Public Relations, Akshay Labroo said around 9000 entries having around 50 000 participants were received from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir which is four times more than the entries received last year.
“Almost equal submissions were received from both Jammu and Kashmir divisions. The districts of South Kashmir are leading and have given overwhelming response in the number of submissions,” he said.
The entries received will be sent to respective Deputy Commissioners of participants who will choose the best three from each category, he said.
The winners from each district will sing the National Anthem at their respective district headquarters on Independence Day.
The list of district level winners shall be forwarded to the Divisional Commissioners who shall then finalise the winners.
The official handout reads that the winners of the competition will get cash awards of Rs 25000, Rs 11000 and Rs 5000 for first, second and third prizes respectively besides getting an opportunity to perform the National Anthem at the Divisional level Independence Day celebrations.
Looking at the number of requests received for extending the deadline, the DIPR is mulling to open another round of competition under ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav’.
