Pulse Polio Programme 2021 Begins Today: Know About Your State's Plan Here FOLLOW US ON: The Polio National Immunisation Day, which is also popularly known as 'Polio Ravivar', is being observed on Sunday (January 31) across the country. President Ram Nath Kovind had a day ago launched the Pulse Polio Programme 2021 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi. The countrywide immunisation programme was earlier scheduled to start from January 17, however, it was deferred due to the Covid-19 vaccination drive which started on January 16. The three-day polio vaccination drive will continue till 2 February. The vaccination programme for the eradication of polio is organised twice a year.