NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 25
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday completed four years in office, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, highlighting that he gave assent to 63 Bills of the Union and state governments, besides lauding frontline Covid warriors for saving countess lives across the country among others initiatives.
Shri Manoj Sinha, Lt Governor of Jammu & Kashmir received President Kovind on his arrival at Srinagar. The President was accorded a guard of honour. pic.twitter.com/OERDQ2zTgJ
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) July 25, 2021
Kovind, aged 76, was sworn in as the 14th President of India on 25 July, 2017.
“President Ram Nath Kovind completes four years in office today,” the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a tweet and shared an e-book highlighting activities during his fourth year of presidency.
President Ram Nath Kovind completes four years in office today. Here are some highlights of the fourth year of presidency in a flip through e-book. https://t.co/XVCwJpNkUe #PresidentKovindAtFour
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) July 25, 2021
As “Everyone’s President”, Kovind visited 13 states and two union territories and met 780 people during these visits, according to the e-book.
As the custodian of the Constitution, the president administered oath of office and secrecy to the members of the council of ministers and the chief justice of India, and gave assent to 43 Bills of the Union government and 20 Bills of the state governments, it said.
For the At Home reception on Independence Day at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Kovind invited some frontline corona warriors working in Delhi as special guests and lauded their courage and dedication in saving countless lives across the country, the e-book said.
He also celebrated Raksha Bandhan with nurses of the Trained Nurses’ Association of India, Military Nursing Service and the President’s Estate Clinic, it said.
The president accepted credentials from 23 foreign heads of Mission via video conferencing.
As the supreme commander of the armed forces, he visited the National War Memorial and paid tributes to the martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice to defend the nation, inaugurated the General Thimayya Museum at Madikeri in Kaodagu, Karnataka, and witnessed Joint Services Operational demonstrations by the Andaman and Nicobar Command at Swaraj Dweep.
Kovind attended a Governor’s Conference on the ‘Role of National Education Policy (NEP 2020) in Transforming Higher Education’ in virtual mode and presented national awards to teachers via video conferencing.
As many as 34,293 people visited the Mughal Gardens during Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Annual Udyanotsav in Feb-March 2021, the e-book said in a chapter titled ‘an accessible Rashtrapati Bhavan’.
About 4,817 people visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan between February and April 13, and 7,458 visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum between January 2021 and April 13, 2021, it said.
President Kovind arrives in Srinagar
President Ram Nath Kovind arrived here on Sunday on a four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, officials said.
They said Kovind arrived at the Srinagar airport here at 11:15 am and was received by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and senior officers of the police and the civil administration.
During the July 25-28 trip, the President will visit Drass in Ladakh to pay homage to the indomitable courage and sacrifice of the Indian armed forces during the Kargil conflict of 1999 at the Kargil War Memorial on Monday on the 22nd anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, the officials said.
In 2019, bad weather had prevented the President from visiting Drass to participate in Kargil Vijay Diwas, and instead, he paid his tributes by laying a wreath at a war memorial at the Army’s 15 Corps headquarters in Badamibagh here.
On Tuesday, the President will address the 19th annual convocation of the University of Kashmir here, they added.
As part of security measures for the President’s visit, traffic on the two approach roads to Raj Bhawan – where Kovind will stay – has been diverted between Sunday and Wednesday.
A traffic department official said diversions have been placed in some areas of the city and no traffic is being allowed on Foreshore Road, along the famous Dal Lake from Dalgate and Nishat axis, as well as towards Gupkar.
