Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has launched ‘Punjab Da Crorepati’, a state-level quiz competition aimed at engaging young people with Punjab's history, language, culture and general knowledge. Youth from all 23 districts of Punjab, aged between 15 and 30 years, will be eligible to participate in the competition.
Online registrations for the competition will begin on November 15, while November 28 will be the last date to apply. The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of Rs 1 crore and according to the announced prize structure, a total of 10,000 participants will receive cash rewards at different stages.
The quiz will focus on Punjab, the Punjabi language and 'Punjabiyat', along with questions related to general knowledge and government welfare schemes. Participants will be able to attempt questions in both Punjabi and English.
The competition will have multiple rounds, with the first four rounds serving as the selection process. A total of 10,000 participants will qualify for the fifth round, after which the competition will move through successive stages.
The prize distribution will begin from the fifth round. In this round, 5,000 participants will receive Rs 1,000 each. In the sixth round, 2,500 participants will get Rs 2,000 each, while 1,250 participants in the seventh round will receive Rs 3,000 each.
In the eighth round, 625 participants will be awarded Rs 5,000 each. A further 395 participants will receive Rs 10,000 each in the ninth round.
The district-level competitions are scheduled to take place on December 9. The top 10 participants from each of Punjab's 23 districts will compete at this stage, taking the total number of district-level participants to 230.
The winner from each district will then represent their respective district in the state-level final, scheduled for December 17 and this means that 23 district winners will compete for the top position in the final round.
The announced final-stage prize structure also includes cash rewards of Rs 3 lakh each for 10 participants, Rs 5 lakh each for eight participants and Rs 10 lakh each for four participants and the overall winner will take home the top prize of Rs 1 crore.
Through 'Punjab Da Crorepati', the state government aims to provide young people with a platform to test their knowledge while encouraging greater awareness of Punjab's language, culture and identity.