India News | No Decision to Exclude Tagore's Name on UNESCO Plaque at Santiniketan: Govt Tells RS

New Delhi, Dec 7 (PTI) There has been "no decision" to exclude Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's name on the UNESCO plaque at Santiniketan, the government informed Parliament on Thursday.

The text of the plaque has been finalised as prescribed in UNESCO Operational Guidelines, 2023, Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy said in response to a query in Rajya Sabha.

Also Read | Cyclone Michaung Update: Andhra Pradesh CPM State Secretary Srinivasa Rao Flags Concerns over Lack of Proper Drainage System.

Reddy was responding to a question on the reasons behind not including “the name of Rabindranath Tagore on the UNESCO plaque in Santiniketan", the criteria used to determine the names included on the plaque, and whether there are plans to revisit the decision.

In his response, the minister said, "There is no decision to exclude the name of Rabindranath Tagore on the UNESCO Plaque in Santiniketan".

Also Read | India Has Taken Up Threats on Indian Parliament Made by Khalistani Terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun With US and Canada, Says MEA.

"Moreover, the text of the plaque has been finalised as prescribed in UNESCO Operational Guidelines, 2023, which includes the name of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and is aligned with his significant contribution in establishment of Santiniketan," he added.

Santiniketan, where Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List this September.

India had been striving for a long time to get a UNESCO tag for the site located in Birbhum district.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)