Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial State Level Painting Competition

• 12 Dec 2022

Why In News?

• On the occasion of the death anniversary of Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh on December 10, 2022, Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam inaugurated a three-day state-level painting competition at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium in Raipur.

Key Points

• As many as 150 participants participated on the first day of a three-day painting competition organized by the Tribal Research and Training Institute from December 10 to 12 in memory of Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh.
• The state level painting competition has been organized in 2 disciplines - painting and drawing sheet painting in canvas. Participants from two age groups 16 to 25 and above 25 years are participating in the canvas painting competition. Similarly, participants in the age group of 12 to 18 and 18-30 years participated in the drawing sheet painting.
• Minister Dr. Tekam informed that prizes will be given to the participants who get first, second and third positions in every category and age group of the competition.
• In the age group of 16 to 25 years and above, the first prize winner will get Rs 11,000, the second prize winner will get Rs 8,000 and the third prize winner will get Rs 6,000.
• Similarly, in the 12 to 18 age group and 18-30 age group, the first prize winner will get Rs 5,000, the second prize winner will get Rs 3,000 and the third prize winner will get Rs 2,000.
• Apart from this, consolation prizes of Rs 1,000 will be given to 5 participants of each age group.