Indigenous gun for salute, street vendors among guests: Centre spells out plans to celebrate 75th Independence Day

The NCC cadets from districts across the country dressed in their local attire will be seated in front of Red Fort in the formation of a map of India to showcase the cultural diversity of India.

TN National Desk

Updated Aug 10, 2022, 14:01 IST

Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar

New Delhi: The Centre will use an indigenously designed gun for the ceremonial gun salute during the 75th Independence Day celebrations this year, Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar informed on Wednesday. He said the NCC cadets from districts across the country dressed in their local attire will be seated in front of Red Fort in the formation of a map of India to showcase the cultural diversity of India.

The secretary also shared the gusts list prepared for this year's celebrations. "This year we have invited mortuary workers, street vendors, Anganwadi workers and Mudra Scheme loanees as special guests for the 15th August Independence Day celebrations," he said.

Kumar said the central government was also starting an online invitation portal with the help of Bharat Electronics (BE). "This year online invitations were initiated in three ministries and we hope to use it for our national events on a large scale basis in the future," he said.

Last year, on the occasion of Independence Day, around 40 events were organised across the country by the Armed Forces and various other segments of the Ministry of Defence, including Border Roads Organisation (BRO), National Cadet Corps (NCC) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG).

Under the unique web-based RSVP system, a QR code was affixed on each invitation card which was to be scanned by the invitee using his/her smartphones.

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