Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports of India decided to observe 2013 as the year of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

Political parties of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka venerated Vivekananda at different functions and events across the city.

She sanctioned a fund of ₹20 million (US$230,000) on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government for the welfare of Vivekananda Cultural Centre of the state.

[10] In the official website of the event it was stated–[10] The event commemorates the 150th birth anniversary of India’s visionary monk, Swami Vivekananda, who addressed the Parliament of World’s Religions in Chicago in September 1893, passionately calling for both tolerance and universal acceptance as a path to eliminate the evils of sectarianism, bigotry and fanaticism and engage all the world’s religious and spiritual community leaders in efforts to forge a new global civil society.A bilingual film, The Light: Swami Vivekananda was made in India as tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his 150th birth anniversary.

"[11] Bengali theatre group Lokkrishti staged a drama Biley to commemorate the birth anniversary.