Budget earmarks fund for Tagore award
Mon, 02/28/2011 - 05:18
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced that an international award with a prize money of Rs. One crore will be instituted for promoting values of Universal Brotherhood in the memory of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.
Presenting the Union Budget 2011-12 in Parliament on Monday, Mukherjee said that national celebrations of 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore would commence from May 7 this year in New Delhi and important events would be held in several countries in Europe, America and Asia.
A series of events are also proposed to be organized under the aegis of joint India-Bangaldesh Celebrations Committee, the Minister informed.
Presenting the Union Budget 2011-12 in Parliament on Monday, Mukherjee said that national celebrations of 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore would commence from May 7 this year in New Delhi and important events would be held in several countries in Europe, America and Asia.
A series of events are also proposed to be organized under the aegis of joint India-Bangaldesh Celebrations Committee, the Minister informed.
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