Submissions are invited for the Uttar Pradesh Safe City Logo Contest by MyGov, India. Submit by July 31, and win exciting prizes!
MyGov is a citizen engagement platform launched by the Government of India on July 26, 2014, to promote the active participation of Indian citizens in their country’s governance and development.
An initiative of Govt. of India under the Nirbhaya funds scheme, for ensuring the safety of women and children. The Safe City project aims to create a safe, secure and empowering environment for women in public places, to enable them to pursue all opportunities without the threat of gender-based violence and/or harassment.
This scheme aims to prevent and curb all forms of crimes against women and girl children in public places by providing safer urban infrastructure and efficient access to law enforcement agencies.
In this regard, the Department of Urban Development – Government of Uttar Pradesh in collaboration with MyGov – Digital India Corporation is hosting a Logo Design Contest for a safe city platform where we will be inviting citizens to show their creativity and create a suitable Logo that can be easily relatable to the concept of the safe city platform for its popularization and broader outreach.
The Empowered Committee under the Nirbhaya fund has approved Safe City projects in 8 selected cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow).
The government of Uttar Pradesh is focusing on making 18 cities of the state safe cities in phase 1. All Nagar Nigams of the State viz., Agra, Ayodhya, Aligarh, Bareilly, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow (already selected), Moradabad, Meerut, Mathura, Prayagraj, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Varanasi and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
UP Safe City Logo must be of a Uttar Pradesh-centric theme and in line with the pattern of the existing safe city.
The entries will be judged will be selected on the basis following criteria:
In case of more than the required winners in any category, further selection shall be done with the help of Draw.
The decision of the Selection Committee would be final and binding on all the contestants and no clarifications would be issued to any participants or any decision of the Selection Committee.
The best-selected entry shall be rewarded with a cash prize worth Rs. 21,000.
Interested participants can submit their entries via this link.
The last submission date for the slogan writing competition is July 31, 2023, at 6 PM.
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