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AWARDS AND HONOURS - January 2021

Jan 2021

Aug 13, 2021

Nagaland Wins 7 National Awards Under "Van Dhan Yojana Scheme"

Nagaland was conferred with seven national awards on the first Van Dhan Annual Awards 2020-21, during the celebration of 34th foundation day of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED).
The awards were presented by Union Tribal Minister, Arjun Munda through a Zoom webinar.
The state received seven national awards, with 1st positions in – 'Best Survey State', 'Best Training' and 'Most number of VDVKC's established'.

Aug 12, 2021

Maharashtra Govt. Announces Award Named after Former PM Rajiv Gandhi for IT firms

Maharashtra government has announced a new award named after the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for outstanding performance in the Information and Technology (IT) sector. The Rajiv Gandhi Award in Maharashtra will be given to institutes doing remarkable work in the field of information technology.
The decision to start an award in the state after former PM Rajiv Gandhi was taken in a meeting chaired by Maharashtra Minister of State for Information Technology and Home Satej Patil.

Aug 10, 2021

Telangana Wins AI Gamechanger Award for Crowd Monitoring Solution

The Telangana government's Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) department has won the AI Gamechanger Award at the Xperience-AI Summit organised by NASSCOM.
The extensive AI research works and projects adopted by the state government helped it to win the award.
For a thorough view of the landscape, entries across enterprises, start-ups, government bodies, academic institutes and NGOs were invited for the award.
The 'Crowd Monitoring using AI' scheme implemented by the state government has been awarded the AI Gamechanger Exemplar Award out of 300+ applications from multiple stakeholders.

Aug 08, 2021

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award will henceforth be called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. This decision was taken "respecting the sentiments of citizens across the country".
Major Dhyan Chand was among India's foremost sportspersons who brought honour and pride for India. It is fitting that our nation's highest sporting honour will be named after him.

West Bengal Receives Four SKOCH Awards

The government of West Bengal has received four SKOCH awards for its schemes under the Ease of Doing Business initiative. The State scheme 'Silpasathi'-the online single window portal won the platinum award while the Auto-Renewal of Certificate of Enlistment through the online system for urban areas has received the gold award.
Online issuance of trade licences in rural areas and the E-Nathikaran: the online system for registration, preparation and submission of deeds have won two silver awards. The state government will ensure that the ease of doing business in West Bengal continues to be one of the foremost in the country.

Aug 07, 2021

Chhattisgarh Bags Top Awards for Minor Forest Produce, Van Dhan Yojna

Chhattisgarh has been conferred top awards for excellent performance in procurement, processing and marketing of minor forest produce and for implementation of Van Dhan Yojana.
Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Arjun Munda presented the awards to Chhattisgarh virtually.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has congratulated Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar, and all the officials, employees of Forest Department, Chhattisgarh State Forest Forest Produce Association, forest committees and the self-help groups engaged in collection and processing of forest produce, for this mega achievement.

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