The Education Ministry and the Information and Broadcasting Ministry have jointly launched a nationwide awareness campaign “Mera pehla vote desh ke liye (my first vote for the country)”, to encourage the first-time voters to participate in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
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The Education Ministry and the Information and Broadcasting Ministry have jointly launched a nationwide awareness campaign “Mera pehla vote desh ke liye (my first vote for the country)”, to encourage the first-time voters to participate in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The main objective of the initiative is to engage and encourage young voters to come out and vote and to convey the importance of voting for the larger good of the nation. A comprehensive Voter Awareness campaign is being organised in different Higher Educational institutions across the country to ensure universal enlightened participation of youth in elections. Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan directed all higher education institutions in the country to conduct comprehensive voter awareness activities at their campuses starting from February 28 to March 6, 2024.
The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552 (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). Currently, the house has 543 seats which are filed by the election of up to 543 elected members.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Union Minister- Anurag Thakur
State Minister- Dr. L. Murugan
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