Chandigarh, September 02:- In Haryana, ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ will be celebrated from September 17 to October 17, 2026, to mark 25 years of dedicated public service and transformative good governance by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The objective of this month-long campaign is to promote public participation, provide benefits of welfare schemes to eligible citizens and take government services to the grassroots level.
Chief Secretary Shri Anurag Rastogi chaired a meeting here today and reviewed the preparations for the campaign and directed the concerned departments to ensure that the programmes are organised in a coordinated, time-bound and effective manner.
The major part of the campaign will be ‘Seva Setu – Government at your doorstep’. Under this, camps will be organized at block and assembly area levels, where citizens will be informed about various welfare schemes of the Central and State Governments and assistance will be provided to the eligible beneficiaries in availing the benefits of the schemes on the spot.
There is a plan to set up ‘Seva Setu Kendra’ in each block and assembly area. At these centres, citizens will be provided with information about the schemes, assistance in the application process and necessary support to avail the benefits. The aim is to ensure that the eligible beneficiaries do not have to make repeated rounds of government offices. The Chief Secretary directed the departments to prepare block-wise programmes, appoint nodal officers and keep a beneficiary database ready for reaching out to the target beneficiaries.
To ensure the participation of youth and children, a nationwide painting and elocution competition will also be organized from September 17 to October 7. In this, students will present their creative expression on topics related to the country’s development achievements and aspirations for a better future.
Commissioner and Secretary, Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture Department, Shri K.M. Pandurang said that under ‘Seva Mera Gaanatham’, citizens will be motivated to participate in service activities at their homes, neighborhoods, villages, schools, workplaces and public places. Under the campaign, 25 service activities will be organized including blood donation, plantation, sanitation, health camps, visits to orphanages and old age homes, educational assistance to underprivileged children, women’s health and hygiene, nutrition and anemia awareness, road safety, water conservation, waste segregation, cyber security, sports activities and assistance to the disabled.
Under the campaign, service works, welfare schemes and development stories will be brought to the common people through street plays through ‘Namo Seva Gatha’. These programs will be organized at schools-colleges, panchayats, community centers and other public places.
Dr., Director, Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture Department, Aditya Dahiya said that ‘Aangan Da Utsav’ will be organized from September 25 to October 7. Activities related to awareness of children, mothers, nutrition, health and various welfare schemes will be organized in Anganwadi centers. State-level officers of the health and education departments will coordinate its implementation and monitoring, while district-level officers will monitor the arrangements at the local level.
During the campaign, a ‘National Innovation Challenge’ will also be launched to promote the creative and technical potential of the youth of the country. Under this, young industrialists, technologists and students will be motivated to develop useful and widely applicable solutions related to digital solutions and good governance at the grassroots level.
This month-long campaign will culminate with a grand ‘Jan Sevak Mahakumbh’ to be organized in the capital Delhi on October 17. It is planned to be attended by about 1.25 lakh elected representatives, including village sarpanches, representatives of urban bodies and public representatives at the state and national levels. On this occasion, collective singing of all six antars of Vande Mataram is also proposed.
The Chief Secretary during the meeting directed to appoint nodal officers for all activities, fix clear responsibilities, ensure effective coordination among departments and regular monitoring.
The objective of ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ is to take government services closer to the citizens, connect eligible beneficiaries with welfare schemes and widen public participation through community service activities in Haryana.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Services Department Mrs. G. Anupama, Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department Mr. A.K. Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department Mr. Vijender Kumar, Principal Secretary, External Cooperation Department Mrs. Amneet P. Kumar, Commissioner and Secretary of Women and Child Development Department Mr. Shekhar Vidyarthi, Additional Director (Administration) of Information, Public Relations and Languages ??Department Mr. Vivek Kalia, Joint Director Mr. Manav Malik and other senior officers were present.