Maharashtra Post Circle honours Dhai Akhar winners, SPARSH scholars
· Free Press Journal
Maharashtra Circle of the Department of Posts felicitated winners of the National Level ‘Dhai Akhar’ Letter Writing Competition 2025-26 and recipients of the Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana scholarship at a function attended by Chief Postmaster General Amitabh Singh.
The Dhai Akhar competition, organised by the Department of Posts, aims to encourage creativity, self-expression and writing skills while reconnecting younger generations with letter writing and philately. The 2025-26 edition was held from September 8, 2025, to January 31, 2026, on the theme “Letter to My Role Model”.
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The competition was conducted in four categories based on age and format, including Inland Letter Card and Envelope categories for participants below and above 18 years. A total of 1,83,049 participants took part in the competition across Maharashtra Circle. The circle-level results were declared on February 19, 2026, and the top three winners in each category were forwarded for national-level evaluation.
Circle-level winners receive cash prizes of ₹25,000, ₹10,000 and ₹5,000 for first, second and third positions, respectively, while national-level winners are awarded ₹50,000, ₹25,000 and ₹10,000.
The event will also recognise 40 students selected under the Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana, a nationwide scholarship programme launched in 2017-18 to promote philately among schoolchildren. This year, 3,570 students from Classes VI to IX appeared for the philately quiz, with 215 shortlisted for project submissions. Ten students from each class category were selected for scholarships of ₹6,000 per annum.