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Pravasi Bharathiya Divas NRI Day 2023 – History, Theme, Quiz, Significance

by Sruthy
January 9, 2023
in Articles, Current Affairs, General Knowledge
Pravasi Bharathiya Divas NRI Day 2023 - History, Theme, Quiz, Significance
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Table of Contents

  • Pravasi Bharathiya Divas (NRI Day) 2023
  • Why NRI Day on January 09?
  • Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Theme
  • Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Significance
  • Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Quotes
  • Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Venues
  • Sushma Swaraj Bhawan
  • Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Logo
  • Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Quiz

There are 32 million Non-Resident Indians and PIOs residing outside India. To connect with all of them and to ensure their participation in Indian developmental activities, the Ministry of External Affairs introduced the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas. Through this MEA is aiming to provide a platform for NRI to express their perceptions about India and thereby involve them in various developments. Indian Ministry of External Affairs introduced the Pravasi Bharathiya Divas or NRI day in 2000 and from their onward NRI day is celebrated on every alternative year. MEA has organized Fifteen PBDs have been in various Indian cities

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Pravasi Bharathiya Divas (NRI Day) 2023

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is the platform to connect Indian Policymakers and NRI’s. PBD’s enables India to showcase its diplomatic standing with countries with a large Diaspora population. Started in 2000, this biennial event is sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the Confederation of Indian Industries and the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. MEA organizes the PBD Conferences every other year in any Indian city with NRIs and other stakeholders. Even the concept of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) was launched during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention at Hyderabad in 2006.

Why NRI Day on January 09?

Indian celebrates the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas or NRI day on January 09 bilingual. But why MEA the organizer selected January 09? On January 09, 1915, is when Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa. To commemorate his return,  Ministry of External Affairs has chosen January 09 to be celebrated as Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (Non-Resident Indian Day) in the year 2000.

The very first PBD convention was organized in 2003 at New Delhi. Considering the health emergency, MEA has decided to go virtual for this year’s events. The PBD convention as well as the preceding PBD Conferences will be streamed live across the External Affairs Ministry’s virtual platforms to enable every Indian and Diaspora member to engage and participate in the PBD Celebrations.

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Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Theme

The Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas theme 2023 is yet to be announced. The Pravasi community is given importance to diasporic emotions. The day is dedicated to the raised voice of the NRIs and the emotional connection they hold towards the Nation they are rooted in. Even though the ways are different and the paths are variant, the NRIs always hold the spirit close to their homeland. This is taken into consideration on this special day.

Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Significance

This day is specially dedicated to the upheaval of the motherland. The NRIs and the diaspora population has always been the reason for many upheavals in the nation. India remembers the collective sources of income and the profits that flow to the motherland due to the hard work and considerate patience the NRIs has paid. The Nation brings attention to the contributions as well as the innovations that can be done for the growth of the motherland through the celebration. This day hold its significance for the past precious contributions and the future decisions of the Pravasi world.

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Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Quotes

  • Every life is a journey, regardless of whether you stay in one place, live like a global nomad, or end up being something in between. – Ranjani Rao
  • Even in darkness, there is light and that is spiritually illuminated India. – Shubhangi Gopal Kamble
  • What is harder to do is breaking the ties to the people, the places, and the version of me that will linger. – Ranjani Rao

Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Venues

The Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas is celebrated in each state each year. Once in 2018, the venue for the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas was in Singapore, which was the first time celebration outside the Nation.

Day Year Venue
1st 2003 New Delhi
2nd 2004 New Delhi
3rd 2005 Mumbai
4th 2006 Hyderabad
5th 2007 New Delhi
6th 2008 New Delhi
7th 2009 Chennai
8th 2010 New Delhi
9th 2011 New Delhi
10th 2012 Jaipur
11th 2013 Kochi
12th 2014 New Delhi
13th 2015 Gandhinagar
14th 2017 Bengaluru
15th 2018 Singapore
16th 2019 Varanasi
17th 2020 New Delhi

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Sushma Swaraj Bhawan

Sushma Swaraj Bhawan which was previously known as the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra is another concept you should know about. A Pannel on Indian Diaspora, led by Shri L. M. Singhvi, had suggested in January 2002 that the State must restore and maintain relations of overseas Indians to their area of birth. The panel suggested that a Pravasi Bharatiya Bhavan should be put up to appear as the focal moment for networking between India and its overseas community. Accepting this proposal along in January 2004, at the second Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) collected in Delhi, then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee told that the Government will put up the Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi. The P.M. Dr Manmohan Singh at 9th PBD in January 2011 laid the foundation stone.

Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Logo

Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2022
Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2022 Logo

The Logo Depicts:

“the human chain depicts our brotherhood and strength across the world, ‘Ashoka Chakra’ along with the tricolour canopy showing the Worldwide contribution towards development on mankind and peaceful presence of ‘Bharatiya’ and ‘Pravasi Bharatiya’ all around the world”

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Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023 Quiz

  • Who started Pravasi Bharatiya Divas?
Ans: Jaswant Singha
  • Who is the first individual of non-Indian heritage to address the PBD celebrations?
Ans: Canadian Minister Jason Kenney (2013)
  • What is the theme for the 2021 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas?
Ans: Contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat
  • Which city hosted the very first Pravasi Bharathiya Diwas (PBD) Conference?
Ans: New Delhi
  • When did the Overseas Citizen of India card launch?
Ans: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention 2006 at Hyderabad
  • Which city hosted the very first Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conferences (RPBD)?
Ans: New York
  • What does the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2022 logo depict?
Ans: “the human chain depicts our brotherhood and strength across the world, ‘Ashoka Chakra’ along with the tricolour canopy showing the Worldwide contribution towards development on mankind and peaceful presence of ‘Bharatiya’ and ‘Pravasi Bharatiya’ all around the world“

 

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