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Mission Shakti 5.0 launched

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Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Mission Shakti 5.0 launched (, 20 September 2025)
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What happened

  • The CM launched Mission Shakti 5.0 with the theme “Sashakt Nari-Samriddh Pradesh”. [UP CM press note]
  • Mission Shakti was started in 2020 for women’s safety, dignity and self-reliance; phase 5.0 runs for a month and will then be extended for three months. [UP CM press note]

Background

  • SOP literature for Mission Shakti Kendras was released at the launch. [UP CM press note]

Why it matters

  • A standing campaign with police-run women’s centres is UP’s main women-safety programme.

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How to use this in Mains

GS-VI women's safety

  1. A standing campaign with police-run women's centres is UP's main women-safety programme.
Quotable data point

The CM launched Mission Shakti 5.0 with the theme "Sashakt Nari-Samriddh Pradesh" [UP CM press note].

UP Information Dept, CM press note 2025-09-20: मुख्यमंत्री ने ‘सशक्त नारी-समृद्ध प्रदेश’ की थीम के साथ ‘मिशन शक्ति 5.0’ का शुभारम्भ किया (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: women's safety.

Practice MCQs

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UP's Mission Shakti campaign began in

Answer (c) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept, CM press note 2025-09-20: मुख्यमंत्री ने ‘सशक्त नारी-समृद्ध प्रदेश’ की थीम के साथ ‘मिशन शक्ति 5.0’ का शुभारम्भ किया (Hindi PDF)

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