PCRA Saksham National Competition 2023 on Essay Writing, Painting & Quiz for School Students

PCRA Saksham National Competition 2023 on Essay Writing, Painting & Quiz for School Students. Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India, is committed to making oil conservation a National Movement. As a part of its mandate, various literary and cultural events are conducted for school students.

The PCRA Essay writing, Painting, and Quiz competitions aim to raise awareness among youth about practical conservation tips for the conservation of Petroleum products in industrial, transport, agriculture and domestic sector, and how to practice such tips in their daily lives.

• PCRA is conducting an essay writing and painting competition for classes 5-10.
• The Theme of the contest is “One Step Towards Green & Clean Energy एक कदम हरत एव वछ ऊजा की ओर”.
• PCRA has requested that kindly share the same with students of schools so that all the students participate in the competition.
• PCRA requests the schools to send the best 2 entries in each category, i.e., Painting Junior (Class 5-7), Painting Senior( Class 8-10) and Essay Writing( Class 7-10) through a scanned copy or a photocopy so the same can be uploaded in city round contest. 

Painting & Essay Writing competitions are being conducted for school children to promote awareness on Conservation of Petroleum Products and Practical Conservation tips for the conservation of Petroleum products in industrial, transport agricultural and domestic sectors for better future of environment & health.

The winners of this National level competition will be awarded attractive Prizes, including Trip to Japan, Laptop and Cash Prizes worth 2.5 Crores.

Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) is a registered society set up under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India would undertake a month-long mass awareness drive, called ‘SAKSHAM’ seeking citizens to participate in fuel conservation for health & environment protection through state-owned oil & gas companies like HPCL. As part of SAKSHAM 2020 celebrations, we seek permission to organize painting & Essay Competitions for students of your school. The details of the proposed programs are detailed below:

Activity	Details of the activity
Painting Competition (Juniors 5,6,7 & Seniors 8,9,10)	Topic: “One Step Towards Green & Clean Energy एक कदम हरत एव वछ ऊजा की ओर”. Minimum participation: 250 students
Essay Competition (Seniors 7,8,9,10)	Topic: “One Step Towards Green & Clean Energy एक कदम हरत एव वछ ऊजा की ओर”. Minimum participation: 250 students Students Language: Any of English (or) Hindi (or) Telugu (or) Urdu can be used

For effective communication, students may choose to present their ideas and messages for conserving petroleum products and reducing emission, in English, Hindi or Regional languages.

FOUR COMPETITIONS ARE BEING CONDUCTED BY PCRA
PCRA Saksham National Essay Painting & Quiz Competitions:

FOR SCHOOLS ONLY:
a. Essay
b. Painting
c. Quiz for selecting the School team and thereafter District, State and Zonal teams. Zonal teams shall participate in National Finals.

PCRA Saksham National Essay Competition 2021

PRIZES	No of Prizes	Prize Details
NATIONAL	20	Cash prize of Rs.10,000/-
STATE	1800	Cash prize of Rs.2000/- Top 50 students of each of the 36 State/ UT
Total	1820	Total Cash prize of Rs.38 Lakhs

PCRA Saksham National Painting Competition 2021

PRIZES	No of Prizes	Prize Details
NATIONAL	20	Cash prize of Rs.10,000/-
STATE	1800	Cash prize of Rs.2000/- Top 50 students of each of the 36 State/ UT
Total	1820	Total Cash prize of Rs.38 Lakhs

PCRA Saksham National Quiz Competition 2021

PRIZES	No of Prizes	Prize Details
NATIONAL	20	Cash prize of Rs.10,000/- 10 teams of 2 students each to be awarded
STATE	720	Cash prize of Rs.2000/- 10 teams of 2 students each to be awarded in each State/UT
Total	740	Total Cash prize of Rs.16.4 Lakhs

FOR INDIVIDUAL ONLY: a. Individual Quiz for achieving Bronze, Silver or Gold Level, in which children in the prescribed age group can participate. This is a special call to your school to participate in the Saksham National Competition 2021, conducted by Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.

This is an opportunity for children to participate in Quiz, Painting, and Essay writing in 23 languages. All competitions for Essay writing & Painting can be conducted by the School and the two best entries for each category in Painting, and every language in Essays can be uploaded on our portal www.pcracompetitions.org

Alternately, the school may download annexure 1 from the link of the circulars provided below, and complete and send the best two entries each in Junior & Senior category in Painting, and best two entries in each language in Essay Competition held in the school, to our office at following address: Additional Director (EC), PCRA, Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi 110066.

However, the Quiz competition is available in online mode only. The school should register for the competitions and for Quiz they can upload the details of all children, after which, the children can take the Quiz online. The Quiz competition is going to be a major event with a number of episodes being telecast on major TV channels.

The prizes for all categories are excellent with Trip to Singapore, Laptops and Cash awards are given by the Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and an array of prizes at various levels.

The links for the detailed Circular in English as well as in Hindi are as under http://pcracompetitions.org/

Competition Name	PCRA Competition
PCRA Essay Writing Competition 2021	Saksham Essay Writing Competition 2021
PCRA Painting Competition 2021	Saksham Painting Competition 2021
PCRA Quiz Competition 2021	Saksham Quiz Competition 2021

Participation period: 04.01.2021 to 10.02.2021

PCRA National Level Competitions for School Children