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Announcement of three “Know India Programmes” (KIPs)

Posted on: June 17, 2019 |

Since 2004, the Government of India has been organizing “Know India Programmes” (KIPs) for the Indian youth diaspora in the age group of 18-30, with an objective to connect them with their motherland and to give them an exposure about the various aspect of contemporary India’s form of Art, Culture and heritage etc. The KIP is of 25 days programme together with 10 days tour to one or two partner State.

2. In its series, the Government has decided to organize 6 KIPs during the financial year 2019-20. Out of these 6 KIPs, the Government has already announced 3 Know India Programmes on the KIP portal on 30^thMay 2019. The schedule of these KIPs is, as under:-

S. No.	No. of KIP	Partner State	Duration of the whole KIP in India	Schedule for visiting Partner State.	Last date of online submission of applications on KIP Portal.
1	54^th KIP	Punjab, and Haryana.	1^st August to 25^th August , 2019	Punjab – 6 August to 10^th August, 2019; & Haryana -10^th August to 15^th August, 2019.	30^th June, 2019.
2	55^th KIP	Goa	3^rd September to 27^th September, 2019.	7^th September to 16^th September, 2019	30^th July, 2019.
3	56^th KIP	Kerala,	1^st October to 25^th October, 2019.	5^th October to 14^th October, 2019.	30^th August, 2019

3. Indian youth diaspora can apply online on the KIP portal https://www.kip.gov.in/. Ministry’s guidelines are also available on the KIP portal (https://kip.gov.in/home/guidelines).

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