A high-level preparatory meeting of different department authorities organized by Information and Cultural department was held for upcoming 50th Tripura Statehood Day celebration at Rabindra Bhawanon December 15. Directors, Assistant Directors, Deputy Directors and others officials were present in the meeting.Director of ICA department Ratan Biswas briefed about various plans for the upcoming Statehood Day through a power point presentation. Main programme of the Statehood Day will start from January 19 till January 21. Various programmes will be organized by different department from January 1 to January 18 on the occasion of Statehood Day. ICA Director then acquainted himself about different plans of different departments through their respective authorities. Then he gave some meaningful suggestions on implementation of plans.
An indigenous food festival will be organized by Tribal Welfare department at Ujjayanta Palace premises from January 19 to January 21. At the same venue, ICA department will be organising 3-day cultural programme. Exhibition and sale stalls of different products made by Self-Help Groups, handicraft and handloom artisans will be arranged at International Mela Campus, Hapania from January 17 to January 26. Besides that, development journey of Tripura from 1972 till present time period will be shown by different departments of the state government. A live painting exhibition will be organized at Nazrul Kalakhetra from January 19 to January 21 with the initiative of ICA department. Sit and draw competition and quiz competition will be organized at district and sub-division sadar School Education department from January 19 to January 20.
The main programme of State Level Tripura Statehood Day will be organized at Rabindra Bhawan by ICA department on January 21. In the same event, achievement booklet, coffee table cover, postage stamp and success achieved in last 50 years will be released.Felicitation and awards will be given away in the event. Vision document for next25 years will be released with the joint association of ICA department with Cooperation department in the main event. There are more programmes on the occasion of Statehood Day such as cycle marathon, half marathon, district and sub-division level Statehood Day celebration, R.D Burman Night, music lyrics competition etc.