The top Republic Day Parade tableaux and marching contingents for 2023 have been revealed. There have been two sets of results announced: one by a panel of judges and the other by an online public vote run by MyGov.
For judging the performance of the Marching Contingents from the three Services, the Marching Contingents from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and other auxiliary forces, and the tableaux from various States/Union Territories and Ministries/Departments, three panels of judges were established. On the basis of the assessment of the panels, the results are as under:
- Best Marching Contingent among the three services – Punjab Regiment Centre Contingent
- Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces – Crpf Marching Contingent
- Best three Tableaux (States/UTs)
- First – Uttarakhand (Manaskhand)
- Second – Maharashtra (Sade Tin Shaktipithe & Nari Shakti)
- Third – Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya Deepotsav)
- Best Tableau (Ministries/Departments) – Ministry of Tribal Affairs (Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs))
- Special Prize
- Central Public Works Department (Biodiversity Conservation)
- ‘Vande Bharatam’ Dance Group.
A website was made on the MyGov platform for online registration of residents to view the Republic Day Parade and Beating the Retreat Ceremony 2023. This website was built in addition to the panel of judges. MyGov sponsored an online survey asking citizens to select their favourite Tableaux from States/UTs, Ministries/Departments, as well as among Marching contingents to select the best amongst popular choice category.
The online poll for the popular choice was conducted between January 25-28, 2023 on MyGov web page. The results are:
- Best Marching Contingent among the three services – INDIAN AIR FORCE MARCHING CONTINGENT
- Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces – CRPF MARCHING CONTINGENT
- Best three Tableaux (States/UTs):
- First – Gujarat (Clean-Green energy efficient Gujarat)
- Second – Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya Deepotsava)
- Third – Maharashtra (Sade tin Shaktipeeth and Nari Shakti)
- Best Tableau (Central Ministries/Departments) – CAPF (Ministry of Home Affairs)