Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship initiative ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ (PPC) entered the Guinness World Record for "most people registered on a citizen engagement platform in one month", the Ministry of Education (MoE) announced recently.
In PPC, PM Modi directly interacts with students, teachers, and parents, with an objective to transform the examination season "into a festival of positivity, preparation, and purposeful learning".
According to the ministry, the eighth edition of the PPC programme got 3.53 crore valid registrations, and garnered over 21 crore viewers across various media platforms.
Calling the achievement a “matter of great delight and personal satisfaction”, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the programme aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s vision of holistic learning and emotional well-being. He also highlighted the fact that of the four initiatives of the Narendra Modi government that have been recognised by Guinness of World Records so far, two have come during his tenure as a cabinet minister – PAHAL, the world’s largest direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG, with 12.57 crore households getting cash transfer as of June 30, 2015.
A matter of great delight and personal satisfaction to accept the Guinness World Record for ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ with Shri @AshwiniVaishnaw and Shri @JitinPrasada. #PPC2025 has set a world record with 3.53 crore+ registrations and over 21 crore viewership on television.… pic.twitter.com/9wV5DB4dZi
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) August 4, 2025
The education ministry have, reportedly, spent Rs 64.38 crore on Pariksha Pe Charcha since 2020.
The official Guinness World Record certificate was presented during a ceremony in New Delhi. The event was attended by Pradhan; Minister of Electronics and IT, Railways and Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw; Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Jitin Prasada; and other senior officials from the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Electronics & IT. The record validation was conducted by Rishi Nath, official adjudicator from Guinness World Records.
