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The film ‘Khisa’ by Mr. Rajesh Pritam More, through the story of a child, depicts stereotypes,
which may blind our sense of reason, and cause social divide violating the right to life,
liberty, equality and dignity. It is in Marathi with sub-titles in English.
6.28 Moot Court Competition: The Commission has been organizing Moot Court Competition
since 2013 in collaboration with various Law Universities/colleges across India. For Moot Court
Competition to be organised by institutions on behalf and in collaboration with NHRC, NHRC
provides financial assistance after approval of the Commission. However, going by the severity of
the Pandemic of Covid-19, no moot court competition was organised in 2021-22.
6.29 Human Rights Quiz 2022 on MyGov Portal:In collaboration with My Gov team, online human
rights quiz competition was started on 15February 2022 on MyGov portal and the last date was 15
March 2022. There are three cash awards of Rs. 15,000/-, Rs.10,000/- and Rs. 5,000/- along with
certificates that will be given tothe first, second and third winners besides, seven consolation cash
prizes of Rs. 2000/- each.Total 21,329 people fromdifferent age groups participated from all the
28 States and seven UTs, barring Lakshadweep, in this online quiz, which emerged as one of the
most successful and highly participated quiz on the MyGov platform in the recent past. Maximum
participation was from the 18-24 age group, out of which 52.9 percent were males and 47.1 percent
were females. The youngest participant was 14 years old and the senior most was 68 years old.
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Other activities
6.30 Exploring alternative communication platforms: The Commission, through its Media
andCommunication Wing, continued to explore alternative media platforms for building awareness
about the importance of Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. As part of this endeavour,
in the year 2021-22, it continued to maintain dialogue with the National Services Scheme (NSS)
andNehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) to persuade them to organise human rights workshops
through their wide network of youth volunteers and officers.
6.31 National Services Scheme (NSS): Ten NSS online workshops for different zones were held in
February andMarch 2022. NHRC provided the support and resource persons to address these
awareness workshops.
6.32 Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS): One NYKS online workshop was held in October
2021. NHRC provided the support and resource persons to address this awareness workshop.
A total of 2,754 participants from NSS attended these interactive workshops in which NHRC
composite film on issues, when and how to approach the Commission, ppt presentations, and
questions and answers were also held.
6.33 Short Film on NHRC for Foundation Day 2021: The Commissioncoordinated with Films
Division and Anhad Communication to make two-minute short films on NHRC for Foundation
Day, which was screened before the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Home Minster, Minister of State for
Home Affairs and other dignitaries at Vigyan Bhawanon 12 October 2021.
6.34 Debate Competition for personnel of Central Armed Police Forces:In order to promote
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