Gazette Notifications regarding High Level Committee for 200th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Commemoration

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-13042026-271766 EXTRAORDINARY PART I-Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 108] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026/CHAITRA 21, 1948 2627 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF CULTURE (C&M) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th April, 2026 F. No. 21/11/2025 - С&М.—Тo commemorate the 200th Birth Anniversary of Shriman Jyotirao Govindrao Phule during 11-04-2026 to 11-04-2028, the Competent Authority has approved the constitution of a High Level Committee. The composition of the High Level Committee is as under: - Chairman +--------------------+---------------------------------+ | Shri Narendra Modi | Hon'ble Prime Minister of India | +--------------------+---------------------------------+ Members +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. | Name & Designation | Designation | | No. | | | +=======+=============================+=============================================================+ | 1. | Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil | Former President of India | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | Shri Ram Nath Kovind | Former President of India | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | Shri Om Birla | Speaker, Lok Sabha | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | Shri H D Devegowda | Former Prime Minister of India | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and | | | | Minister of Cooperation | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and | | | | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and | | | | Minister of Rural Development | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and | | | | Minister of Corporate Affairs | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | Shri Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister | | | | of Power. | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy | Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel. | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 13. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 14. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 15. | Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of | | | | Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 16. | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18. | Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Minister of Civil Aviation | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 19. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public | | | | Distribution; and | | | | Minister of New and Renewable Energy | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 20. | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 21. | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways; | | | | Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and | | | | Minister of Electronics and Information Technology | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 22. | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Communications; and Minister of | | | | Development of North Eastern Region | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 23. | Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Culture; and | | | | Minister of Tourism | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 25. | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of Women and Child Development | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 26. | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and | | | | Minister of Minority Affairs | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 27. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 28. | Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of | | | | Youth Affairs and Sports | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 29. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Coal; and | | | | Minister of Mines | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 30. | Shri Chirag Paswan | Minister of Food Processing Industries | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 31. | Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 32. | Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the | | | | Ministry of Statistics and Programme | | | | Implementation; | | | | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the | | | | Ministry of Planning; and | | | | Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 33. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the | | | | Ministry of Law and Justice; and | | | | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary | | | | Affairs | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 34. | Shri Prataprao Jadhav | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the | | | | Ministry of Ayush; and | | | | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and | | | | Family Welfare | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 35. | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and | | | | Empowerment | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 36. | Smt. Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and | | | | Family Welfare; and | | | | Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and | | | | Fertilizers | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 37. | Shri Jayant Chaudhary | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the | | | | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; | | | | and | | | | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 38. | Shri Ravneet Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing | | | | Industries; and | | | | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 39. | Shri Jishnu Dev Varma | Governor of Maharashtra | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 40. | Shri Taranjit Singh Sandhu | Lt. Governor of Delhi NCT | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 41. | Sri Nara Chandra Babu Naidu | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 42. | Shri Pema Khandu | Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 43. | Shri Vishnu Deo Sai | Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 44. | Smt. Rekha Gupta | Chief Minister of Delhi NCT | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 45. | Dr. Pramod Sawant | Chief Minister of Goa | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 46. | Shri Bhupendra Patel | Chief Minister of Gujarat | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 47. | Shri Nayab Singh Saini | Chief Minister of Haryana | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 48. | Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 49. | Shri Omar Abdullah | Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 50. | Shri Hemant Soren | Chief Minister of Jharkhand | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 51. | Shri Siddaramaiah | Chief Minister of Karnataka | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 52. | Dr. Mohan Yadav | Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 53. | Shri Devendra Fadnavis | Chief Minister of Maharashtra | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 54. | Shri Yumnam Khemchand Singh | Chief Minister of Manipur | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 55. | Shri. Conrad K Sangma | Chief Minister of Meghalaya | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 56. | Shri Lalduhoma | Chief Minister of Mizoram | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 57. | Shri. Neiphiu Rio | Chief Minister of Nagaland | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 58. | Shri Mohan Charan Majhi | Chief Minister of Odisha | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 59. | Shri Bhagwant Mann | Chief Minister of Punjab | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 60. | Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma | Chief Minister of Rajasthan | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 61. | Sri. Shri Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) | Chief Minister of Sikkim | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 62. | Shri A Revanth Reddy | Chief Minister of Telangana | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 63. | Dr. Manik Saha | Chief Minister of Tripura | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 64. | Shri Yogi Adityanath | Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 65. | Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami | Chief Minister of Uttarakhand | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 66. | Shri Eknath Shinde | Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 67. | Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya | Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 68. | Ms. Sunetra Pawar | Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 69. | Shri Samrat Chaudhary | Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 70. | Dr. P.K. Mishra | Principal Secretary to PM | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 71. | Smt. S. Phangnon Konyak | Member of Parliament | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 72. | Shri Ryaga Krishnaiah | Member of Parliament | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 73. | Dr. Amol Kolhe | Member of Parliament | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 74. | Smt. Jyoti Waghmare | Member of Parliament | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 75. | Smt. P. T. Usha | Member of Parliament | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 76. | Shri Upendra Kushwaha | Member of Parliament | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 77. | Dr. T. V. Somanathan | Cabinet Secretary | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 78. | Shri Govind Mohan | Union Home Secretary | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 79. | Shri Sudhansh Pant | Secretary - Department of Social Justice & | | | | Empowerment | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 80. | Shri Vivek Aggarwal | Secretary - Ministry of Culture | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 81. | Shri Atish Chandra | Secretary - Department of Agriculture & Farmers | | | | Welfare | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 82. | Shri Sanjay Kumar | Secretary - Department of School Education & | | | | Literacy | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 83. | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Chairperson of National Commission for Backward | | | | Classes (NCBC) and Former Member of Parliament | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 84. | Shri Kishore Makwana | Chairman, | | | | National Commission for Scheduled Castes | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 85. | Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi | Chairperson, | | | | J&K Waqf Board | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 86. | Shri Chhagan Bhujbal | Cabinet Minister, Maharashtra | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 87. | Shri Ratnesh Kushwaha | MLA, Bihar | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 88. | Shri Jayant Raj Kushwaha | MLA, Bihar | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 89. | Smt. Snehlata Kushwaha | MLA, Bihar | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 90. | Shri Narendra S. Kushwaha | MLA, Madhya Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 91. | Shri Rikesh Sen | MLA, Chhattisgarh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 92. | Smt. Purnima Sahu | MLA, Jharkhand | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 93. | Smt. Asha Maurya | MLA, Uttar Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 94. | Shri Keshav Prasad | MLC, Karnataka | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 95. | Shri Yogesh Tilekar | MLC, Maharashtra | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 96. | Kumari Mayawati | Former Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 97. | Shri Ashok Gehlot | Former Chief Minister, Rajasthan | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 98. | Shri Pramod Madhwaraj | Former Minister, Karnataka | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 99. | Shri Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai | Former Chief Justice of India | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 100. | Shri K G Balakrishnan | Former Chief Justice of India | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 101. | Smt. Pradnya Satav | Political Leader | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 102. | Shri Bhupendra Saini | Political Leader | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 103. | Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev | Spiritual Leader | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 104. | Baba Ramdev | Spiritual Leader | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 105. | Swami Govind Dev Giri | Spiritual Leader | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 106. | Mata Amritanandmayi | Spiritual Leader | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 107. | Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit | Vice-Chancellor, | | | | Jawaharlal Nehru University | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 108. | Prof. Shashikala Wanjari | Vice-Chancellor, | | | | National Institute of Educational Planning and | | | | Administration | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 109. | Dr. Vilas Kashinath Kharche | Vice-Chancellor, | | | | Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 110. | Dr. Swadesh Singh | Professor, | | | | Delhi University | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 111. | Shri Raja Nayak | A.1 National Vice President & Head- Tribal Wing, | | | | A.2 Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 112. | Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | Former Chairman of the National Commission for | | | | Backward Classes | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 113. | Dr. Budhri Tati | Padma Shree and Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 114. | Smt. Nivedita Bhide | Padma Shree and Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 115. | Prof. Waman Kendre | Padma Shree and Theatre Artist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 116. | Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate | Padma Shree and Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 117. | Shri Manda Krishna Madiga | Padma Shree and Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 118. | Smt. Arti Atin Kamble | Entrepreneur and Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 119. | Dr. Aruna Ramchandra Dhere | Marathi writer | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 120. | Shri Ravi Kirkole | Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 121. | Smt. C Savithri | Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 122. | Shri Harendra Pratap | Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 123. | Shri Avinash Nilkanth Thakre | Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 124. | Mrs. Nayana Sahasrabuddhe | Social Activist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 125. | Prof. Neeraja Madhav | Hindi Author and Scholar | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 126. | Ms Swaroop Sampat Rawal | Actress and Educationist | +-------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ The Mandate of the High-Level Committee will be as under: I. To approve policies/plans, programmes and supervise and guide the commemoration of 200th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule including preparatory activities. II. To decide the broad dates for the detailed programmes of celebration. III. The recommendations of the Committee will be considered by the Government of India for implementation, subject to extant Rules, instructions and practices. IV. The Committee shall have power to co-opt members. V. The terms of the Committee commence with immediate effect and will be until further orders. SAMAR NANDA, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. KUMER CHAND MEENA