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What is the News?
The government of India has launched the country’s biggest-ever Quiz Contest Sabka Vikas Maha Quiz.
What is Sabka Vikas Maha Quiz?
Organized by: MyGov, a citizen engagement platform launched by the Government of India in 2014.
Purpose: It is a quiz series that aims to sensitize the participants about the various government schemes and initiatives.
This includes schemes that resulted in an unprecedented number of houses built (PM Awas Yojana), water connections given (Jal Jeevan Mission), bank accounts (Jan Dhan), direct benefit transfer to farmers (PM KISAN) or free gas connections (Ujjwala) and many more life-changing interventions for the poor.
Key Features of the Quiz
The quiz will be available in Hindi & English and all other major languages.
One participant can participate only once in a quiz. Every week, the top 1000 winners will be announced, and every winner will receive Rs 2000 each.
At the end of 52 weeks, there will be a bumper prize for those who took part in all the quizzes.
Source: This post is based on the article “Government launches country’s biggest ever Quiz Contest Sabka Vikas Mahaquiz” published in PIB on 14th April 2022.
