2017 Republic Day Parade will see 23 tableaux on the Rajpath

2017 Republic Day Parade will see 23 tableaux on the Rajpath in Delhi and, 17 of these will display the unique cultural heritage, festivals, rituals and art forms of the states. Remaining six will be from the central ministries showing recent landmark initiatives.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 23 January 2017.

Jammu and Kashmir will showcase the snowy peaks of Gulmarg on its float in an effort to woo tourists for winter sports

Maharashtra is celebrating the 160th anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak - it will depict the landmarks in his life like starting the newspaper Kesari, initiating Ganeshotsav and going to Mandalay jail

Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Karnataka, Punjab, Tripura and Tamil Nadu will be showcasing their traditional dance forms

Haryana will promote Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao - it will have achievements of women like astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik and paralympic champion Deepa Malik

Gujarat will focus on the art and lifestyle of the Kutch region

Odisha will display Dol Jatra

West Bengal will come with Sharad Utsav

Assam will show the Kamakhya temple

Union territory of Lakshadweep will make a return after 23 years - it will showcase the 'unexplored tourist destination' comprising 36 islands

It will be the first time that a float by National Housing Bank will be shown. It will be the float of Khadi India and it is understood that it will avoid images of both Mahatma Gandhi and PM Narendra Modi. The float will focus on traditional weavers and modern attire made of the hand-woven cloth

The Central Board of Excise and Customs has created its tableau on GST, which is touted as the biggest tax reform since Independence

Tableaux of Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh failed to secure a place this year

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Tejas Light Combat Aircraft to debut at the 2017 Republic Day parade

The Tejas Light Combat Aircraft is the home-grown fighter jet of India and will make its debut at the 2017 Republic Day parade on January 26.
The government has tweaked rules for a ceremonial flypast by waiving off a security condition which states that single engine aircraft were not permitted at the Republic Day flypast over Rajpath where VVIPs and an audience watch the march-past and the flypast.
This is because twin-engine aircraft were better suited for such events and are more likely to survive and be safer for watching crowds if one engine of a plane fails.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 20 January 2017.

The Tejas fighters will take-off from Bikaner in Rajasthan to fly over Delhi for the event. Tejas is the first advanced "fly-by-wire" fighter aircraft which is designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and produced by defence public sector Hindustan Aeronautics.
Incidentally, Tejas have still not got "Final Operational Certificate" in spite of having being initiated more than four decades back and, despite having being flown for more than 3000 hours without major mishap.


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