Har Ghar Tiranga- Essay, Debate and Social Media Video Competition by Govt of India: Submit by Aug 5

Submissions are invited for Har Ghar Tiranga- Essay, Debate and Social Media Video Competition by Govt of India for the year 2022. The last date of submission is 5 August.

About

Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India, in its extended efforts to celebrate “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” also initiating “Har Ghar Tiranga” Campaign with an aim to invoke the feeling of patriotism in the hearts of the citizen and promote awareness about our national flag.

The Constitution of India provides right of freedom to the citizens of India and guarantees individual rights that were considered vital by the framers of the Constitution. In this context, Department of Legal Affairs, GOI glad to announce following competitions for wider participation of law students studying in Law Colleges / Institutes of India in the following categories:

Essay Competition	“Envisioning India @2047” in about 2500 words	Entry should be in PDF Format
Debate on Constitutional Issues	Topic may be chosen by the students based on the Constitution of India	PDF and Video
Posts on Social Media	Videos summarizing the “Landmark Judgments in India”	Link of Video posted on social media

Eligibility

The Competition is open to all Indian students studying in Law Colleges / Institutes across all the States of India.

Evaluation Criteria

Selection of the best entries in each category will be taken up as follows:

Essay & Debate Competition

For Debate Competition, the faculty of the respective Law Colleges/Institutes will encourage the students to register and participate in the competition on MyGov and subsequently judge the debate at their college/institute level.
At the first level, designated Institute/team will form a Committee of Experts to examine the entries at the State/UT level and out of these select the 20 best entries for both the competitions from each State with One best entry from each State for dispatch to the DoLA.
Next, the selected entries in both the competitions from each state will constitute a pool of shortlisted entries at the national level for final selection of best Three (3) entries in both competitions that will be decided by a Team of Experts constituted by the DoLA.
All the entries received within the due date will be placed before Team of Experts, the decision of which will be final and binding on all the contestants.
Any legal proceeding arising out of the competition/its entries/ winners shall be subject to the jurisdiction of Delhi only.

The write-ups (essay) will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

Relevance to the Theme – Subject Content (40%)
Comprehensiveness (20%)
Originality of the Idea (20%)
Insights (20%)

The Debate will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

Use of Arguments – Subject Content (40%)
Presentation Style & Clarity (20%)
Documentation of arguments (30%)
Videography OR Photography (10%)

Post on Social Media (Video)

At the first level, Social Media team of DoLA will evaluate the entries at the State/UT level and out of these select the 20 best entries from each State with One best entry from each State for dispatch to the DoLA.
Next, the selected entries in both the competitions from each state will constitute a pool of shortlisted entries at the national level for final selection of best Three (3) entries in both competitions that will be decided by a Team of Experts constituted by the DoLA.
All the entries received within the due date will be placed before Team of Experts, the decision of which will be final and binding on all the contestants.
Any legal proceeding arising out of the competition/its entries/ winners shall be subject to the jurisdiction of Delhi only.

The Video on Social Media will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

Outreach (50%)
Relevance to the Theme – Subject Content (30%)
Creativity (10%)
Insights (10%)

Submission

Interested candidates can submit entries via this page.

Awards

Attractive Cash Prizes, Trophies and Certificates shall be awarded to the National & State level winners in each competition by Department of Legal Affairs (DoLA). E-certificates may be given to all the participants in association with MyGov.